We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Difficulties and facilities in intensive care work: a nursing staff's perspective.
- Authors
Lencina Rodrigues, Isabela; Camponogara, Silviamar; Aguiar Soares, Sabrina Gonçalves; Colomé Beck, Carmem Lucia; dos Santos, Tanise Martins
- Abstract
Objective: to recognize the facilities and difficulties met in the everyday work routine of the nursing staff of an adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Method: exploratory-descriptive study of qualitative approach. The data was collected with 11 nursing workers of an adult ICU of a university hospital, between June and July, 2012, through semi-structured interview. The findings were analyzed based on content analysis. Results: several factors interfere in the development of the work, among them, facilities are: the use of technology and the small and restricted environment. Obstacles faced by the subjects were: personal conflicts, lack of commitment among colleagues and lack of human resources and of materials. Conclusion: despite the difficulties found during the development of ICU work, this activity is still seen as something rewarding by the nursing workers.
- Subjects
COMMITMENT (Psychology); CONFLICT (Psychology); CONTENT analysis; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTERVIEWING; JOB stress; RESEARCH methodology; RESEARCH; WORK environment; PEER relations; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2016, Vol 8, Issue 3, p4757
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2016.v8i3.4757-4765