Background: As direct care to the person, the bath, in its performance or supervision, is emphasised as a space/time of interaction and knowledge between the nurse and the person. However, it is sometimes regarded as merely the task of keeping a person clean. Objectives: To understand the meaning assigned by nurses to hygiene care-bath; identify Nursing foci, related to the provision of Nursing care to the person as a whole, considered during hygiene care-bath; and describe the care provided during the bath. Methodology: Qualitative. A descriptive-exploratory, cross-sectional study was conducted with 18 participants using interviews and observation. Results: The results indicate that the provision of health care-bath is a type of nursing care essential to body cleanliness and comfort, and offers an opportunity for communication, presence and relationship with the person. Different foci may be taken into account to guide the provision of care with a view to meeting the person's needs. Conclusion: A type of care that promotes a space directed to the person and that must be provided by the nurse, who should encourage the person to have an active role in the care plan.

This study aimed to understand the visibility of hygiene care related to inpatients with compromised self-care through the nurse-to-nurse shift change report. A qualitative approach was used and data were collected through observation and semi-structured interviews. A total of 33 nurses from medical and surgical units were observed and eight of them were interviewed. The results indicate that the nurse-to-nurse shift change report is a cyclically recreated practice that results in group coherence in updating information and in the continuity of care, and keeps nurses united. Hygiene care activities are present in the shift change reports; they are frequent in the shift change from morning to afternoon and less frequent in the remaining. Information concerning these activities helps to determine the type of aid necessary to the continuity of hygiene and of many other care activities and the rhythm of the following shifts. La visibilidad del autocuidado higiene en el cambio de turno de los enfermerosEl objetivo fue comprender la visibilidad de los cuidados de higiene en la información del cambio de turno, inherentes a la persona internada con el autocuidado comprometido. Se recurrió al abordaje cualitativo, utilizando la observación y la entrevista semiestructurada.Fueron observados 33 enfermeros, 8 de los cuales fueron entrevistados, provenientes de un servicio de medicina y otro de cirugía. De los hallazgos, se puede destacar que el cambio de turno es una práctica recreada cíclicamente y apunta para el sentido de coherencia del grupo en la reactualización de la información, la continuidad de los cuidados y mantiene unidos a los enfermeros. Los cuidados de higiene muestran su presencia en los relatos del cambio de turno, con vínculo explícito en el turno de las 14h30min e implícito en los restantes cambios. La información sobre estos proporciona orientaciones para la continuación de dichos cuidados, así como de los restantes cuidados, actividades y ritmo del próximo turno.Descriptores: Investigación en Enfermaría; Autocuidado; Trabajo por Turnos.

Objetivo: conhecer a perceção dos enfermeiros do trabalho no que respeita às áreas de conhecimento e intervenção. Método: estudo quantitativo, descritivo e transversal. Envolveu amostra de 472 enfermeiros do trabalho. Utilizou-se como instrumento de recolha de dados, que decorreu entre maio e setembro de 2017, questionário, alicerçado nas áreas nucleares de conhecimentos e competências do enfermeiro do trabalho e na escala de perceção das áreas de conhecimento e intervenção do enfermeiro do trabalho. Resultados: a Enfermagem do Trabalho foi entendida pela maioria como atividade profissional transitória, pelo facto de ser exercida como complemento financeiro à atividade principal ou porque não conseguiram colocação na área de exercício profissional da sua preferência. Conclusão: o exercício profissional nas áreas de conhecimento e intervenção foi desvalorizado ou não reconhecido e encarado pela maioria dos enfermeiros como transitório, pelo facto de quase metade ambicionar trabalhar no futuro nessa área, mas apenas em regime de tempo parcial.Descritores: Enfermagem do Trabalho. Perceção. Educação Continuada. Assistência Integral à Saúde. Desenvolvimento de Programas. Objective: to know the perception of nurses at work regarding the areas of knowledge and intervention. Method: quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study. It involved a sample of 472 occupational nurses. A questionnaire was used as a data collection instrument, which took place between May and September 2017, based on the core areas of knowledge and competencies of the occupational nurse and on the scale of perception of the areas of knowledgeand intervention of the occupational nurse. Results: Occupational Nursing was understood by the majority as a transitory professional activity, because it was exercised as a financial complement to the main activity or because they could not be placed in the area of professional practice of their preference. Conclusion: the professional practice in the areas of knowledge and intervention was devalued or not recognized and seen by the majority of nurses as transitory, because almost half aspire to work in the future in this area, but only on a part-time basis.