Identidade profissional da enfermeira no campo da saúde mental: estudo fenomenológico em merleau-ponty

Objective: To understand the professional identity of Mental Health Nurses. Method: Qualitative research, based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, conducted between October 2019 and April 2020, with sixteen Nurses working in field Health, located two municipalities State Bahia, Brazil. The Phenomenological Interviewwas used to produce data, which, after transcription, was submitted analysis using Analytics Ambiguity. Results: We outlined categories: From Classical Psychiatry Psychosocial Care;Identity leap mediated by experience body itself. that know-how Nursing is being built intersubjectivity users multiprofessional team. Final considerations: Although performance reveals ambiguities show transition Care, it proved be powerful make “identity leap”, a transcendence shows how much this enables acting Health.