Aim To investigate the nurses' work environment in university hospitals during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Brazil. Background The COVID‐19 pandemic brought challenging times for nurses worldwide. In Brazil, as well as in several countries, nurses are working hard in hospital settings caring for patients infected with the virus, sometimes with unfavourable work environment conditions. Methods This study was a convergent embedded mixed methods research. The sample comprised 104 nurses from three Brazilian university hospitals. Data were collected in April–June 2020 from an online questionnaire with a self‐reporting Likert scale survey designed to measure the nurses' perceptions of their work environment. Qualitative data in the form of written comments were also collected through an open question. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. Results The quantitative results showed that the responses to ‘I received training on the correct use of personal protective equipment’ and ‘I am afraid of being infected’ items had the best and worst evaluations, respectively. The qualitative findings revealed five themes: feeling of insecurity, lack of personal protective equipment, lack of diagnostic tests, changes in the care flow and fear of the unknown. Conclusion The study has highlighted the challenges faced by hospital nurses while caring for patients with COVID‐19. Implications for Nursing and Nursing Policy The gaps identified will assist the policymakers and hospital managers in developing policies to enhance the support offered to nurses and improve the care provided to patients with COVID‐19 in university hospitals. The results also indicate the need for attention to the mental health of the professionals due to the increasing workload and treatment of an illness hitherto unknown.
Objetivo: Analisar as ações de ensino, pesquisa, extensão, assistência e gestão para o enfrentamento da pandemia de COVID-19, no âmbito de Escolas e Departamentos de Enfermagem de Universidades Federais brasileiras. Método: Pesquisa documental realizada no mês de abril de 2020, com buscas em sites e redes sociais (Facebook, Instagram e Twitter) das Escolas e Departamentos de Enfermagem das Universidades Federais de São Paulo, do Amazonas, de Brasília, do Ceará e de Santa Catarina; Portal de Monitoramento do Ministério da Educação e documentos oficiais: planos de contingências e de ações, resoluções, decisões e portarias institucionais. Resultados: As Universidades constituíram comitês de gestão para o direcionamento de ações. As Escolas/Departamentos de Enfermagem demonstraram alinhamento com as universidades, participando destes comitês e estabelecendo estratégias para respostas à comunidade, com ações e ensino remotos, sem paralisação das atividades; informações divulgadas em diferentes mídias; cursos online, sobre a pandemia e seus cuidados; confecção de equipamentos de proteção individual para os trabalhadores dos hospitais universitários e doações; engajamento dos professores no desenvolvimento de pesquisas sobre COVID-19. Conclusão: As instituições demonstraram imensa participação nas ações de combate à COVID-19 nas ações de ensino, pesquisa, extensão e gestão, demonstrando seu compromisso social com a formação de futuros enfermeiros e contribuindo com seu papel social na comunidade e no país.Descritores: Coronavírus; Infecções por Coronavírus; Pandemias; Enfermagem em Saúde Pública; Educação em Enfermagem; Universidades. ACTIONS AND STRATEGIES OF SCHOOLS AND NURSING DEPARTMENTS OF FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES FRONT COVID-19Objective: To analyze teaching, research, extension, assistance and management actions to face COVID-19 pandemic, within scope of Schools and Nursing Departments of Brazilian Federal Universities. Method: Documentary research carried out in April 2020, with searches on websites and social networks (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) of Schools and Nursing Departments of Federal Universities of São Paulo, Amazonas, Brasília, Ceará and Santa Catarina; Monitoring Portal of the Ministry of Education and official documents: contingency and action plans, resolutions, decisions and institutional ordinances. Results: Universities have set up management committees to direct actions. Nursing Schools/Departments demonstrated alignment with universities, participating in these committees and establishing strategies for responding to community, with remote actions and teaching, without stopping activities; information disseminated in different media; online courses on pandemic and its care; making personal protective equipment for university hospital workers and donations; teacher engagement in developing research on COVID-19. Conclusion: The institutions have demonstrated immense participation in actions to combat COVID-19 in teaching, research, extension and management actions, demonstrating their social commitment to training of future nurses and contributing to their social role in community and country.Descriptors: Coronavirus; Coronavirus; Infections Pandemics; Public Health Nursing; Education, Nursing; Universities. ACCIONES Y ESTRATEGIAS DE ESCUELAS Y DEPARTAMENTOS DE ENFERMERÍA DE UNIVERSIDADES FEDERALES FRENTE AL COVID-19Objetivo: Analizar las acciones de enseñanza, investigación, extensión, asistencia y gestión para enfrentar la pandemia COVID-19, en ámbito de las Escuelas y Departamentos de Enfermería de Universidades Federales de Brasil. Método: Investigación documental realizada en abril de 2020, con búsquedas en sitios web y redes sociales (Facebook, Instagram y Twitter) de las Escuelas y Departamentos de Enfermería de las Universidades Federales de São Paulo, Amazonas, Brasilia, Ceará y Santa Catarina; Portal de seguimiento del Ministerio de Educación y documentos oficiales: planes de contingencia y acción, resoluciones, decisiones y ordenanzas institucionales. Resultados: Las universidades han establecido comités de gestión para dirigir las acciones. Las Escuelas/Departamentos de Enfermería demostraron alineamiento con las universidades, participaron en estos comités y establecieron estrategias para responder a comunidad, con acciones remotas y enseñanza, sin detener las actividades; información difundida en diferentes medios; cursos en línea sobre la pandemia y su atención; fabricación de equipos de protección personal para trabajadores de hospitales universitarios y donaciones; Compromiso del docente en desarrollo de la investigación sobre COVID-19. Conclusión: Las instituciones han demostrado una inmensa participación en acciones para combatir COVID-19 en acciones de enseñanza, investigación, extensión y gestión, demostrando su compromiso social con la formación de futuras enfermeras y contribuyendo a su papel social en comunidad y país.Descriptores: Coronavirus; Infecciones por Coronavirus; Pandemias; Enfermería en Salud Pública; Educación en Enfermería; Universidades.
Validação de instrumento de participação da família no cuidado do recém-nascido hospitalizado Validation of an instrument for family participation in the care of hospitalized newborns Validación de instrumento de participación de la familia en el cuidado del recién nacido hospitalizado
Objective: To implement and signify entrepreneurial interventions in Nursing, with a view to the social emancipation of women working in an Association of Recyclable Materials. Method: Action-research with an intervention process based on an action alluding to Mother’s Day, carried out in a pandemic period, with the participation of 28 women from a Recycling Association. Results: The reflexive thematic analysis, which enabled the systematic recording of ideas, insights and the meanings of the intervention, gave rise to two categories: From apparent isolation to professional reinvention and from invisibility to dignity and the feeling of social equality. Conclusion: The interventions carried out in an Association of Recyclable Materials in a pandemic period provided, for its female workers, a sense of life, survival, dignity and empowerment, when they expected little or nothing. Enabling a social identity for the women of a Recycling Association implies, in short, overcoming linear interventions focused on assistance.
Objective To understand entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in the context of postgraduate nursing. Method Qualitative study based on Grounded Theory. The theoretical sample consisted of 15 master’s and doctoral students and seven professors from a postgraduate nursing program at a university in southern Brazil. Individual interviews were conducted between August/2018 and February/2019 in a location defined by the participants, in general the University. The data were collected and analyzed simultaneously by initial and focused coding. Results Three categories and 11 subcategories emerged that, interrelated, represented the phenomenon “Glimpsing entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in postgraduate nursing”. Conclusion Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education, in the context of postgraduate nursing, were understood as incipient and promising processes. In this sense, it is necessary to intensify studies to demonstrate the entrepreneurial possibilities of the area.
RESUMO Objetivo Compreender o empreendedorismo e a educação empreendedora no contexto da pós-graduação em enfermagem. Método Estudo qualitativo, do tipo Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados. A amostragem teórica foi composta por 15 estudantes de mestrado e doutorado e sete docentes de um programa de pós-graduação em enfermagem de uma Universidade do sul do Brasil. Realizaram-se entrevistas individuais entre agosto/2018 e fevereiro/2019 em local definido pelos participantes, em geral a Universidade. Os dados foram coletados e analisados simultaneamente por codificação inicial e focalizada. Resultados Emergiram três categorias e 11 subcategorias que, interrelacionadas, representaram o fenômeno “Vislumbrando o empreendedorismo e a educação empreendedora na pós-graduação em enfermagem”. Conclusão O empreendedorismo e a educação empreendedora, no contexto da pós-graduação em enfermagem, foram compreendidos como processos incipientes e promissores. Nesse sentido, é preciso que se intensifiquem estudos para demostrar as possibilidades empreendedoras da área.
The objective is to produce a critical-reflexivity analysis of nursing care, from the perspective of complexity thinking and social entrepreneurship. Theoretical-reflective study, supported by the framework of complexity thinking and social entrepreneurship. The main characteristics that lead and support nursing care are analyzed from a systemic-entrepreneurial perspective. A parallel is conceived between vertical care, design from a hierarchical structure and nursing care in the systemic-entrepreneurial perspective, which leads to singularity, originality, circularity, complementarity and interactivity. The centrality of nursing care is reaffirmed as a tangible social good or not. Theoretical reflection on nursing care as a systemic and entrepreneurial phenomenon raises a unique and multidimensional perception of the human being/user, health, the nursing work process, in order to achieve an increasingly agile, dynamic, circular, complementary and interdependent care.
The objective is to produce a critical-reflexivity analysis of nursing care, from the perspective of complexity thinking and social entrepreneurship. Theoretical-reflective study, supported by the framework of complexity thinking and social entrepreneurship. The main characteristics that lead and support nursing care are analyzed from a systemic-entrepreneurial perspective. A parallel is conceived between vertical care, design from a hierarchical structure and nursing care in the systemic-entrepreneurial perspective, which leads to singularity, originality, circularity, complementarity and interactivity. The centrality of nursing care is reaffirmed as a tangible social good or not. Theoretical reflection on nursing care as a systemic and entrepreneurial phenomenon raises a unique and multidimensional perception of the human being/user, health, the nursing work process, in order to achieve an increasingly agile, dynamic, circular, complementary and interdependent care.
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