Carga de trabalho de enfermeiros: uma análise do Nursing Activities Score (NAS)

• Autor(a) principal: Esteves, Alessandra de Souza Monteiro
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/11208
• topic: Work burden; Nursing; Occupational health; Enfermagem do trabalho; Trabalhadores Saúde e higiene; Carga de trabalho; Enfermagem; Saúde do trabalhador; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ENFERMAGEM

The objective of this study was identify and analyze the perception of nurses from a Unit Semi Intensity on the instrument Nursing Activities Score (NAS) concerning the concept of work burden. Specific targets were: identify NAS domains that nurses considerate that can measure work burden ; identify the items they considerate relevant and they would keep in the instrument, the items they would exclude, and items they evaluate must be added; identify sub and super dimensioned items, adequating their punctuation; discuss implications of this assessment for work organization and the impacts on worker s health. Quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study, including a brief qualitative contribution. Locus was a medium complexity health unit with 35 beds in a private hospital of Rio de Janeiro City. Subjects were 28 nurses, and data collection used a structured questionnaire, in the period from April to May, 2008. Data organization was accomplished with support of an electronic database in the software Excel, using descriptive statistical tests. Qualitative material was organized in categories, according to Thematic Analysis of Content methodology. Results showed that nurses considered that the domains can assess work burden in a range from 25% to Neurological Support to 98% for Ventilatory Support. The three domains nurses would increase punctuation were Renal Support Specific Interventions and Metabolic Support. They would exclude items of two domains: Respiratory Support (25%) and Basic Activities (21%), and 69% of nurses considered punctuation correct, and 31%, incorrect. In the samplo, 27% would increase punctuation in some items, and 4% would diminish. About work burden assessment, nurses think NAS collaborates in work process (79%), and 57% think that measure work burden through NAS helps to preserve their health. We concluded that this instrument measures work burden in the nurses' opinion, but needs to be adapted to the unit care reality where is being applied. Besides, nurses altered more the items related to physical burden, without identifying the psychic work burden as relevant, evidencing that nursing work needs to be known better by nurses concerning the impact dimensions in their health.