ABSTRACT
Objective:
to describe the process of creating the Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes e Enfermeiras Obstetras - National by obstetricans nurses.
Method:
this a qualitative study of social historical approach. The corpus of analysis of this study was to the primary sources that consisted of written documents and oral testimony got from interwiews. We used for the analysis triangulation of data, in the light of the theoretical framework of Pierre Bourdieu.
Results:
The process of creating the Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes e Enfermeiras Obstetras - Nacional started with the approach of the Obstetric Nurse to the Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes and the international recognition of the Obstetric Nurse by the the Midwives and the transformation of this association.
Conclusión:
Associação Brasileira de Obstetrizes e Enfermeiras Obstetras was established in 1992, from a political alliance between the midwife/midwife and obstetric nurse, as were recognized as subjects with legitimate practices.
DESCRIPTORS:
Obstetric nursing; History of nursing; Women’s health.