Micropolitics of the work process of rural nurses: a cartography of
care practices.
Rural nursing. Work. Primary Health Care.
The work process of rural nurses is still little explored in the literature, revealing a gap
in knowledge of the nursing discipline. Ideally, the care practices carried out by these
nurses should produce lines of escape, using light technologies to provide care in a way
that is congruent with the specificities of the rural population. From this perspective,
this study aimed to map the nursing care provided by rural nurses in the micropolitics of
their work process. This is a qualitative study, anchored in Sanna's conceptual
frameworks on the nursing work process, and theoretical-methodological cartography
by Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari. Data production took place through discursive
interviews with five rural nurses and participant observation of their work process. The
organization and analysis of the data was mediated by critical discourse analysis
according to Norman Fairclough's assumptions. The study was approved by the
Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Nor under
opinion number 5.695.462 and CAAE registration 63339422.8.0000.5537. The partial
results indicated that the organization of rigid schedules, the absence of programmed
demand, and greater dialogue with the needs of the rural population are processes that
produce hard lines of segmentarity, which oppose the use of soft technologies for the
production of production practices. more qualified care. The reasons for not changing
this closed rhizomatic structure are attributed to the impossibility of going against the
status quo. However, it is also possible to observe the production of lines of flight in
practices such as prenatal and hyperdia consultations, in which, through dialogue and
health education, nurses are satisfied with their work process. and develop traits of their
professional identity.