Transcultural theory in nursing care of women with infections.

Objective: To analyze how nurses consider, in their practice of healthcare, the sociocultural context of women with sexually transmitted infections.

Method: Qualitative research, carried out in October 2017, with ten nurses working in teams of the Estratégia de Saúde da Família (Family Health Strategy). The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, subsequently transcribed, and submitted to the organization supported by the Discourse of the Collective Subject method and analyzed according to Madeleine Leininger's transcultural theory.