Implicações da visibilidade da enfermagem no exercício profissional

Abstract

Nursing construction image is permeated by historical socioeconomic and cultural aspects. This theme aims to understand the perception of nurses regarding the visibility of nursing staff's daily work. This qualitative research is exploratory, with 30 nurses at a university hospital in southern Brazil. The data was collected from July to October 2012, through semi-structured interviews and submitted for a discursive textual analysis. The results show that nursing visibility is related to a professional historical trajectory, to an absence of recognition of the scientific aspect of Nursing, to erroneous placement in the media, to improper behavior towards the staff and also to work overload. Thus, the demystification of nursing's image includes greater media visibility, conducting personnel marketing, appropriate behavior in front of health staff and professional demonstrations of autonomy, challenges that must be overcome by nursing.

Depression and suicide risk among nursing professionals: an integrative review

“…Nursing is a profession that is susceptible to mental disorders, because nurses deal with life, pain and death of people under their care on a daily basis, and also the family's expectations (1,5,10,13,16,18,21,28) . Depression is one of the illnesses that most affects these professionals, causing damage to their work capacity and personal lives (1,(5)(6)10,(13)(14) .…”

The Professional Satisfaction of the Nursing Team vs. Work Conditions and Relations: A Relational Study

“…6 It stands out that nursing, until the 1850's, was a profession geared towards abnegation, humility, discipline and philanthropy, staffed mainly by women 12 and that -perhaps because of this -approaches regarding salary remain omitted or neglected. Another fact is that, in present-day society, in spite of nursing being recognized as a science, it still bears traces of the past and many people believe that in order to work in this profession one needs merely a natural gift rather than preparation and specific and in-depth scientific knowledge.…”

“…Another fact is that, in present-day society, in spite of nursing being recognized as a science, it still bears traces of the past and many people believe that in order to work in this profession one needs merely a natural gift rather than preparation and specific and in-depth scientific knowledge. This ignorance regarding training and the true role of the professional nurse is definitely one of the factors which interferes in the recognition of the profession by society 12 and also in its salary.…”

Autonomia profissional e enfermagem: representações de profissionais de saúde

“…The functional nature emphasises the elements that are most important for the performance and justification of a task, that is, elements connected to an action (11)(12) . The word care, which expresses the cognitive dimension of the representation, possibly originates in the classic analogy between nursing and care, as care is inherent to the epistemological pillars of nursing (8)(9) . The word team expresses an imagery dimension of the representation and indicates that the subjects insert the professional autonomy of nurses in the collective context rather than the individual context.…”

“…It can shed light on the social visibility of nursing, especially of nurses, their work, and the results obtained over time (5)(6) . Investigating the professional autonomy of nurses and nursing can increase visibility and support the transformation of care practices (7)(8) .…”