Taking a look to promoting health and complications' prevention: differences by context

• Main Authors: Rosa Maria de Albuquerque Freire (Author), Maria José Lumini Landeiro (Author), Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins (Author), Teresa Martins (Author), Heloísa Helena Ciqueto Peres (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.
• Notes: 1518-8345; 10.1590/1518-8345.0860.2749
• Keywords: Promoción de la Salud; Complicaciones; Enfermería; Procesos de Enfermería; Atención Dirigida al Paciente; Nursing; RT1-120
• Source: Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 24, Iss 0

ABSTRACT Objectives: to acknowledge and compare the health promotion and complications' prevention practices performed by nurses working in hospital and primary health care contexts. Methods: descriptive, exploratory and crosscutting study, performed with 474 nurses selected by convenience sampling. It was used a form that encompassed two categories of descriptive statements about quality in the professional exercise of nurses. This study had ethical committee approval. Results: the nurses' population was mainly women (87,3%) with an average age of 35,5 years. There was more practices of the hospital's nurses related to the identification of potential problems of the patient (p=0.001) and supervision of the activities that put in place the nursing interventions and the activities that they delegate (p=0.003). Conclusion: the nurses perform health promotion and complications' prevention activities, however not in a systematic fashion and professional practices differ by context. This study is relevant as it may promote the critical consciousness of the nurses about the need of stressing quality practices.