The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
Objective: The aim of this study is to gain insight into the meaning of being a nursing professional working in a public Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU). This study addresses aspects related to their way,of being and feeling from the perspective of ITU patients care and treatment. Methods: A qualitativ...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/42029 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0103-21002008000200010 http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/42029 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Intensive therapy units Nursing staff, hospital Caregivers Nursing, team |
| Sumario: | Objective: The aim of this study is to gain insight into the meaning of being a nursing professional working in a public Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU). This study addresses aspects related to their way,of being and feeling from the perspective of ITU patients care and treatment. Methods: A qualitative research was applied based on a phenomenological background. The guiding question of the study was what does it mean to you being an ITU nursing professional? Results: The results show that the lack of human and material resources in the ITU contributes to a feeling of low self-esteem. It pointed out a stressfull work which can lead to problems in the health assistance quality Conclusion: The stress at work affects psychologically the ITU nursing professionals and it can have negative outcomes in the patients treatment, caused by the isolation and aleniation phenomena. |
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