Work process of nursing professors

Abstract

Objective:to analyze the work process of nursing professors. Method:descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, developed with a focus on critical epidemiology, carried out at a School of Nursing in Chile. The research subjects consist of 17 nursing professors, with whom individual semi-structured interviews were carried out and nine participated in a focus group. The Ethics Committee approved this study. Results:88.2% were female, mean age of 42 years, 47% were married, 94% were Chilean, average length of service in the institution of 2.8 years, and 23.5% had a master’s degree. Regarding the work process, the students were the work object, the tools used were the knowledge and the experience as a nurse, and the work environment was considered good. Regarding the form of work organization, 76% have a 44-hour workweek, the wage was considered inadequate and the workload was higher than foreseen in the contract. The dialectic of the nursing work process is evidenced, demonstrating the contradiction between the low wages and labor overload and the narratives reporting a good work environment, personal fulfillment and transcendence that goes far beyond work. Conclusions:the work process allows describing the work components of the nursing professors, which are consistent with the results of the literature and show the dialectic of the nursing work process.

Challenges for humanization in the work of Nursing educators

“…The sociodemographic and work profile of the participants revealed that the majority were young and married educators, with relative professional experience and a high number of extra-class activities, characterized, among them, as reading and correcting work outside working hours in the institution. These results are similar to those found in a number of studies (8)(9) , in which the predominance of female, married, and young Nursing educators was observed.…”

“…As for the length of experience as an educator, the findings corroborate with what was identified in higher education Nursing workers in Chile (8) , and in this latter, the findings were similar regarding the training time.…”

Prazer e sofrimento docente: estudo na pós-graduação stricto sensu

“…A oportunidade de agregar conhecimento, fomentar o pensamento crítico e transformar a realidade emergiram como fontes de prazer no trabalho docente. Autores também enfatizam que a possibilidade de perceber o crescimento, a evolução, a transformação e a autonomia dos discentes são trazidas pelos profissionais como situações que ressignificam positivamente seu exercício (Giordano & Felli, 2017;Moreira, Tibães, & Brito, 2018).…”

“…É um princípio mobilizador da dinâmica que emerge dos contextos laborais e pode ser resultado também das boas relações no ambiente laboral (Dejours, 2015). Pesquisas demonstram que suas fontes podem resultar da satisfação por executar uma tarefa prescrita, da qualidade nas relações interpessoais, da organização do trabalho e do resultado de vivências simbolizadas positivamente pelos indivíduos em seu exercício profissional (Dejours et al, 2018;Barboza et al, 2018;Fernández, Navarro, & Fierro, 2018;Flores & Moura, 2018;Moreira, Tibães, & Brito, 2018;Amaral, Borges, & Juiz, 2017;Souto et al, 2017;Giordano & Felli, 2017;Ruza & Silva, 2016).…”

Supervised internship in undergraduate nursing courses in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

“…Discussions and reflections about the direction of Nursing Education have intensified in the last two decades, driven mainly by economic and social changes worldwide (1) . The effectiveness of clinical teaching for the training of nurses, their individualization, pedagogical innovations, the participation of professionals from health institutions that receive students in internship situations and the satisfaction of students with their learning have been questioned by researchers (2)(3) .…”