DAILY WORK AND THE NURSING PROFESSIONAL: SELF-CARELESSNESS

Authors

  • Maria Aparecida Baggio
  • Filomena Maria Formaggio

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i1.11954

Keywords:

Enfermagem, Cuidados de Enfermagem, Ambiente de trabalho, Saúde do Trabalhador.Nursing, Nursing Care, Work environment, Professionals’ Health.Enfermería, Atención en enfermería, Ambiente de trabajo, Salud laboral.

Abstract

Study that aimed to apprehend the meaning of self-care (lessness) among nursing professionals. It was used an exploratory descriptive method of qualitative approach. The participants are 5 nurses, 3 nursing technicians and 4 nursing assistants working for public and private health institutions. Content analysis has shown that daily work contributes significantly to care(lessness). High demand of activities, requirements, and tasks to carry out, added to poorly-paid job, the conditions of unquestionable power on the part of superiors, long working hours, double shifts in order to secure improved salaries, concomitantly with the non-contemplation of their basic human bio-psycho-socio-spiritual needs, were apprehended as contributing factors.

Published

2008-08-05

How to Cite

Baggio, M. A., & Formaggio, F. M. (2008). DAILY WORK AND THE NURSING PROFESSIONAL: SELF-CARELESSNESS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i1.11954

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