Heroínas em tempos de Covid-19: visibilidade da enfermagem na pandemia

Danusa  Begnini; Dayane de Aguiar  Cicolella; Kelly Ribeiro de  Freitas; Thaís  Maranhão; Cristianne Maria Famer  Rocha; Maria Henriqueta Luce  Kruse

doi:10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200373

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DOI of the published preprint https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200373

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Heroines in Covid-19 times: nursing visibility in the pandemic

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Danusa Begnini UFRGS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4713-946X
Dayane de Aguiar Cicolella UFRGS
Kelly Ribeiro de Freitas UFRGS
Thaís Maranhão UFRGS
Cristianne Maria Famer Rocha UFRGS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3281-2911
Maria Henriqueta Luce Kruse UFRGS https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5320-0629

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1983-1447.2021.20200373

Keywords:

Coronavirus infections, Pandemics, Nursing, Social media

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the visibility of Nursing workers through images, which circulated in the media during the Covid-19.
Methods: Cultural analysis that aims to articulate the image and its effects with theories from authors in the field of Cultural Studies.
Results: Six figures were selected in which nurses are portrayed as heroines to fight Covid-19 and are promoted as an adjunct to the main character, combining the care strategy with the scientific discourse of the social isolation. The images portray them as women who face labor suffering from strenuous work and prolonged use of personal protective equipment.
Final considerations: The pandemic, has highlighted speeches relates to health work, where we see images of nurses as heroines who organize chaos and bring order to the “front line”, making the idealization of Nursing visible.