The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit

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Autor(a) principal: Salomé,Geraldo Magela
Data de Publicação: 2008
Outros Autores: Espósito,Vitória Helena Cunha, Silva,Gilberto Tadeu Reis da
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem (Online)
Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21002008000200010
Resumo: 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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title The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
spellingShingle The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
Salomé,Geraldo Magela
Intensive therapy units
Nursing staff, hospital
Caregivers
Nursing, team
title_short The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
title_full The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
title_fullStr The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
title_full_unstemmed The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
title_sort The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
author Salomé,Geraldo Magela
author_facet Salomé,Geraldo Magela
Espósito,Vitória Helena Cunha
Silva,Gilberto Tadeu Reis da
author_role author
author2 Espósito,Vitória Helena Cunha
Silva,Gilberto Tadeu Reis da
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Salomé,Geraldo Magela
Espósito,Vitória Helena Cunha
Silva,Gilberto Tadeu Reis da
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Intensive therapy units
Nursing staff, hospital
Caregivers
Nursing, team
topic Intensive therapy units
Nursing staff, hospital
Caregivers
Nursing, team
description 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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