Pleasure-suffering indicators of nursing work in a hemodialysis nursing service

Abstract

Objective:To measure the pleasure and suffering indicators at work and relate them to the socio-demographic and employment characteristics of the nursing staff in a hemodialysis center in southern Brazil. Method: Quantitative research, with 46 workers. We used a self-completed form with demographic and labor data and the Pleasure and Suffering Indicators at Work Scale (PSIWS). We conducted a bivariate and correlation descriptive analysis with significance levels of 5% using the Epi-Info® and PredictiveAnalytics Software programs. Results: Freedom of Speech was considered critical; other factors were evaluated as satisfactory. The results revealed a possible association between sociodemographic characteristics and work, and pleasure and suffering indicators. There was a correlation between the factors evaluated. Conclusion: Despite the satisfactory evaluation, suffering is present in the studied context, expressed mainly by a lack of Freedom of Speech, with the need for interventions to prevent injury to the health of workers. DESCRIPTORSNursing; Renal Dyalisis; Burnout, Professional; Occupational Health; Job Satisfaction; Pleasure-Pain Principle. Pleasure-suffering indicators of nursing work in a hemodialysis nursing serviceIndicadores de prazer e sofrimento no trabalho da enfermagem em um serviço de hemodiálise Indicadores de placer y sufrimiento en el trabajo de la enfermería en un servicio de hemodiálisis INTRODUCTIONWork occupies a position of centrality in the lives of individuals, thus constituting a fundamental operator in the construction of the subject. Thus, work activity is a construction of meaning, the conquest of identity, continuity and historicizing of men (1) .In the same perspective, work activity can promote health with a pivotal role, or contribute to destabilization, leading the subject to imbalance, which reinforces the premise that work is never neutral with regards to workers' health (2) .This research is based on the theoretical framework of the psychodynamics of work, holding the dynamic relations between the labor organization and the employee's subjective processes as its object of study. In these relationships, suffering plays a key role that articulates health and pathology at the same time. Health implies dealing with impositions and pressures at work that cause psychological instability, while pathology is related to failures in the ways of coping with suffering (3) .Thus, on the one hand, suffering operates as a mobilizer of investments in the transformation of reality, and the possibility of transforming reality, and on the other it gives pleasure to the worker. Thus, experiences of pleasure and suffering are dialectical and inherent in all work settings (2) .In this perspective, work can be a health promoter when creativity is used to transform a situation of suffering, which positively affects the worker's identity since it increases their resistance to the risk of mental and somatic destabilization (3) .Nursing workers often forget to take care of themselves and the...

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