Trabalho na Unidade Básica de Saúde: implicações para a qualidade de vida dos enfermeiros

Abstract

Objetivou-se conhecer a percepção dos enfermeiros que atuam nas unidades básicas de saúde de Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, sobre a sua qualidade de vida no trabalho (QVT). Tratou-se de estudo qualitativo, exploratório e descritivo, realizado com sete enfermeiros por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. As falas dos participantes foram submetidas à análise temática. Condições inadequadas para o trabalho, desvalorização profissional e suporte insuficiente dos gestores foram categorias relacionados à baixa QVT, enquanto as relações interpessoais e a satisfação com a atividade de cuidar foram categorias relacionadas positivamente ao desempenho profissional e à QVT.

Influence of Workload on Primary Care Nurses’ Health and Burnout, Patients’ Safety, and Quality of Care: Integrative Review

“…All these effects have economic implications for the system [17,22,31,32]. The studies that support this review allow to know the global scope of this connection [10][11][12][13]17,21,27,31,35,36,38,39,[41][42][43]45,49], that cannot be attributed to the existing particularities of a specific field.…”

“…Despite this difficulty, in the selected studies we can see a relationship between the workload in primary care nursing and its effects on the health of nurses, the decrease of the quality of care, and the errors made in the same context. The studies in which this review is supported make it possible to recognize that the scope of this phenomenon is global [10][11][12][13]17,21,27,31,35,36,38,39,[41][42][43]45,49].…”

“…Qualitative studies follow the line of the above said and identify primary care nursing day-to-day risks, including healthcare overload [12,13,35]. The inadequacy of the available human resources is not the only conditioning factor for primary care nursing, but also [3] inadequate material and environmental resources that affect life quality at work.…”

“…The definition of work overload varies depending on the study and different criteria and tools are used, so it is a matter that depends on the individual perception of the researchers in each case. Some of the criteria used have been a lower ratio of nurses [6,8], subjective perception of overload [12,26,30], or several questionnaires [6,8,[10][11][12]23].Regarding the deterioration of nurses' health, burnout and professional exhaustion [31] have become more important, as well as their relationship with job satisfaction [32][33][34], quality of life at work [35], and suicidal risk [36], in addition to quality of care and patient safety and satisfaction [37]. The scope of the problem is global, as there are studies in different labour contexts at the international level [38][39][40][41][42].…”

“…Regarding the deterioration of nurses' health, burnout and professional exhaustion [31] have become more important, as well as their relationship with job satisfaction [32][33][34], quality of life at work [35], and suicidal risk [36], in addition to quality of care and patient safety and satisfaction [37]. The scope of the problem is global, as there are studies in different labour contexts at the international level [38][39][40][41][42].…”