Health conditions and Nurses' work characteristics at a university hospital

• Main Authors: Cláudia Jeane Lopes Pimenta (Author), Mateus Carneiro Vicente (Author), Gerlania Rodrigues Salviano Ferreira (Author), Maria Cristina Lins de Oliveira Frazão (Author), Tatiana Ferreira da Costa (Author), Kátia Neyla de Freitas Macedo Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará, 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

Objective: to analyze the sociodemographic profile, health conditions, and nurses' work characteristics. Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted with 152 nurses from a university hospital. We used a structured instrument analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: nurses considered their health good (50.7%), performed physical activity (53.3%), did not smoke (92.8%), did not consume alcohol (56.6%), had some health problems (63.2%) and used medication daily (54.6%). There was a higher number of professionals working in the outpatient clinic (17.8%) and emergency medicine (15.8%), who worked in the studied hospital for up to five years (61.2%), were employees subject to the Consolidation of Labor Laws (74.3%), without another employment relationship (54.6%), day shift (56.6%), had a six-hour schedule (36.2%), reported absence from work for up to five days (38.2%), due to health problems (41.4%). Conclusion: we noticed the presence of illness processes among professionals, which can interfere in the quality and safety of care.

Item Description

10.15253/2175-6783.20202143108
2175-6783