Imaginario social sobre la enfermería en el cine: una aproximación histórico-social

Introduction: The cinema disseminates the social imaginary from various human images and archetypes, such as the professional nurse, in their area or outside of it. Thus, this study allows an approximation of the filmic language intertwined with the historical-social analysis of what this professional is and what he represents. Objective: To describe and analyze the social imaginary about the representation of nurses in cinema, considering the cultural and historical context of each chosen film work. Methodology: This is a qualitative, analytical and historical-social-cultural research, based on the theoretical framework on the "social imaginary", in three works of cinematographic art from different times and countries of origin: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, from 1975, “Atonement”, from 2007 and “The Father”, from 2020. Results: Nursing is portrayed differently in film films, such as the one that invokes great icons and their achievements or contributions to the development of professionalization, but without frequently discussing the historical process of the identity construction of what it is to be a nurse and what he does, in favor of the social collectivity. Conclusion: The study contributed to the demystification of the integrated and stereotyped look, in the hope of consolidating itself culturally and advancing in the description and careful, careful and current analysis of the differences in the being and doing of nurses, as a social actor of their time and the structural context in which it is inserted.