Profile of nursing professionals operating in the Covid-19 units of a public university hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Paz, Andreia Fontes da
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Albuquerque, Nadja Maria Queiroz de, Motta, Ana Paula de Oliveira, Santos, Camila Medeiros dos, Costa, Reginaldo Paulino da, Oliveira, Gabriela Paloquino de, Marques, Danielle Moreira, Castro, Raquel Rodrigues França de, Figueiredo, Bianca Siciliano de, Coutinho , Katia Aparecida Andrade
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/34765
• topic: Coronavírus; Enfermagem; Cuidados de enfermagem.; Coronavirus; Nursing; Nursing care.; Coronavirus; Enfermería; Cuidados de enfermería.

Introduction: Nursing, the largest category in the health area, composed of auxiliaries, technicians and nurses. Historically, this class carries out its work activities facing precarious working conditions. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated issues of the nursing work process, even threatening the survival of these professionals. Objective: to describe the profile of nursing professionals working in cohort units in a University Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. Objective: to describe the profile of nursing professionals working in cohort units in a University Hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic. Method: quantitative, observational, descriptive study. An electronic questionnaire was used on the Google forms platform, answered by nursing professionals working in cohort units of Covid-19 in a University Hospital of the State of Rio de janeiro. Data stored in Excel 2010 and analyzed by simple statistics. The project was approved by the Research Ethics Committee. Results: 220 professionals participated, 71.1% nursing technicians participated, 78.8% declared themselves female, with a predominant age range between 40 and 44 years (21.9%). They had a temporary bond of 83.9%, working for at least three months in the units, evidencing the precariousnature of work, since the temporary bond deprives the professional of labor rights. (75%) claimed to have a second bond; 60.3% worked 60 hours a week. 72.6% had a second bond and worked in the cohort sector, thus increasing the exposure to the virus and the risk of contamination of these professionals. 28.1% of the participants reported having some comorbidity such as hypertension, obesity, asthma and diabetes. Conclusion: the female gender, the double bond and the excessive workload were factors that increased the exposure of nursing professionals to SARS-CoV-2, compromising the physical, mental and social health of these individuals.