Social support and professional networks of nurses and nursing technicians in coping with Covid-19: A sectional study in two Brazilian cities.

Among healthcare workers, nurses are at exceptionally considerable risk for contracting COVID-19. Regardless of professionals' level of education, Brazilian nursing is one of the healthcare occupations shouldering the highest levels of responsibility and workload. Social support networks to health and nursing can be a strategy to reduce workload and stress and may contribute to implementing the activities and protecting workers' health. This study aimed to map and analyze social support networks at workplaces as informed by frontline nursing professionals working in healthcare units in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Fortaleza, capitals of the States of Rio de Janeiro and Ceará, respectively. This observational and cross-sectional study used an online data collection instrument based on social network analysis methodology. We recruited 163 participants in two reference services for health professionals suspected or with COVID-19 symptoms. The research question was: "Which category or categories of health professionals have supported you or other colleagues the most in the event of diagnosis or suspicion of COVID-19 among nursing categories? Data were organized by nursing category and city and analyzed through social network analysis using Ucinet©, generating graphs and centrality metrics. Results point to the central relevance of nursing categories in the workplace social support in the pandemic, followed by other health professional categories.

Análise do campo da Atenção Básica à luz da teoria de Pierre Bourdieu / Analysis of the field of Primary Care in light of Pierre Bourdieu's theory

Objetivo: apresentar aspectos estruturais, relacionais e prescritivos do campo da Atenção Básica e ressignificar o acolhimento como estratégia de vigilância em saúde para produção do cuidado. Metodologia: estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa delineado pela observação sistemática, cuja análise dos dados foi realizada à luz da teoria de Pierre Bourdieu. Resultados: os diferentes aspectos observados permitiram compreender a lógica de organização, funcionamento e as fragilidades existentes no campo. Por sua vez, através do acolhimento identificado, foi possível estabelecer sentido sobre a prática em saúde instituída pelos profissionais. Conclusão: apoiado em Pierre Bourdieu, o olhar sobre a Atenção Básica permitiu ressignificá-la como um campo, sendo possível observar que ela é conformada por regras que a orientam e dão sentido à sua existência. No que tange ao acolhimento, observaram-se formas distintas de perceber e utilizá-lo, em que esse não emergiu no estudo como estratégia de vigilância em saúde para produção do cuidado.

Objective: to present structural, relational and prescriptive aspects of the field of Primary Care and to redefine hospitality as a health surveillance strategy for the production of care. Methodology: a descriptive study, with a qualitative approach outlined by systematic observation, in which the data analysis was performed in light of Pierre Bourdieu's theory. Results: the different observed aspects allowed us to understand the logic of organization, functioning and the weaknesses that exist in the field. In turn, through the identified hospitality, it was possible to establish meaning about the health practice instituted by the professionals. Conclusion: supported by Pierre Bourdieu, the look on Primary Care allowed to reframe it as a field, it was possible to observe that it is shaped by rules that guide it and give meaning to its existence. With regard to hospitality, there were different ways of perceiving and using it, in which it did not emerge in the study as a health surveillance strategy for the production of care.