Primary socialization in the process of professional choice and identity of nurses: a Dubarian approach

to analyze the experiences of management nurses over the primary socialization process that contributed to their professional choice and identity. qualitative and explanatory study grounded in Dubar's theory, carried out with 11 management nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed, and categorized by applying discourse analysis. the motivations for the professional choice and identity of management nurses were found. They were related to family influence in childhood, nursing representations, perception of care practices experienced in a health-related situation in the family, choice of nursing given its academic titles, lack of knowledge about the nursing profession, and assertive choice of this profession. professional choice was closely linked to initial social processes in people's lives and the idea of a socially and uniquely built professional identity.