The environment of the nursing team's professional practice in inpatient units of a university hospital.

Autor: Magalhães AMM; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Cunha DRMF; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.; Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Moura GMSS; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Urbanetto JS; Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Faculdade de Enfermagem, Nutrição e Fisioterapia, Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Wegner W; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil., Oliveira JLC; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Escola de Enfermagem, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista gaucha de enfermagem [Rev Gaucha Enferm] 2020 Oct 26; Vol. 41, pp. e20190460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Oct 26 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1590/1983-1447.2020.20190460
Abstrakt: Objective: To evaluate the environment of the professional practice of the nursing staff from inpatient units and to compare it according to professional and work characteristics.
Method: A cross-sectional analytical study conducted in southern Brazil. Data was collected through the Brazilian version of the Nursing Work Index-Revised with a sample of (n=142) professionals, them being nurses (n=56; 34.9%) and nursing technicians/assistants (n=86; 60.6%). The analysis was performed by means of descriptive and analytical statistics.
Results: The professional practice environment was considered favorable in all the subscales. The subscale of relationships between physicians/nursing staff showed a significant difference among the professional categories, with better results for nurses. The afternoon shift stood out in the favorable assessment. Longer working time at the institution and unit tended to have worse assessments for autonomy and control, respectively.
Conclusion: The assessment of the practice environment was favorable; however, the study signals opportunities for improvements for the nursing team.
Databáze: MEDLINE