Introduction:

this study is based on Michel Foucault's philosophical theories and sought to address the constitution of the subject. In this particular case, we sought to understand nurses who militate for their profession.

Objective:

to study the constitutive aspects of nursing activists.

Methods:

historical research, based on the oral history method with a qualitative approach, was carried out with 11 nurses who worked or currently work for professional-related situations. Data collected through semi-structured interviews was organized using N-vivo software 10 and then analyzed based on dialectical hermeneutics.

Results:

nurses became militants due to personal experiences, including: community, social movements, living with ethical and social differences, professional activism, and family life. The speech points to the constitution of militant subjects outside the established spaces of classrooms.

Conclusions:

by looking at the constitution of militant subjects from the point of view of dialectical hermeneutics, we find an internal convergence between the subcategories above, the production of militant subjects, and the analytical categories of this study. We identified training possibilities for militant subjects and highlight the need to review nursing education processes.

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