[Reflections about the vealed sexuality in the nurse image]. / Reflexoes sobre a sexualidade velada na imagem da enfermeira.

ABSTRACT

This article presents a reflection about the image that the female nurse makes of herself and the lack of sexuality in this image. The cultural interpretation of the theme has been carried out by means of the qualitative methodology. Data have been collected through the technique of the focal group, in eight sessions with fourteen nurses of a public university. The question how do I see the nurse image? Led to the construction of these data. It has been revealed almost total lack of sexuality in the image nurses have of themselves. A conclusion has been drawn that, in Nursing, the existing cultural rules are veiled. They control and discipline individual attitudes, limit differences and level up the group.