Predictors of moral harassment in nursing work in critical care units

• Main Authors: Luana Silva de Sousa (Author), Roberta Meneses Oliveira (Author), Jênifa Cavalcante dos Santos Santiago (Author), Érika da Silva Bandeira (Author), Yane Carmem Ferreira Brito (Author), Hudson Filipe Arnou Alves (Author), Paulo César de Almeida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the predictors of moral harassment in nursing work in critical care units. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, with 167 nursing professionals in 2016. Sociodemographic/occupational questionnaire and Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised were applied. The analysis included descriptive statistics, measures of central tendency and dispersion, as well as Mann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Conover Inman U-tests for multiple comparisons. Results: there was a 33% prevalence of self-perception of moral harassment, highlighting personal/professional disqualification and work-related harassment. The predictors of moral harassment included age, time working in the job and time in the unit, employment relationship and sector. Conclusions: young professionals (< 30 years), cooperative, crowded in intensive care or emergency units, with less time working in the job (< 5 years) or greater time in the unit (above 10 years) are the biggest victims of moral harassment in the work of nursing in critical environments.

Item Description

1984-0446
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0442