O estresse na atividade ocupacional do enfermeiro

Abstract

The general purpose of this exploratory research was to understand the stress in different nursing occupations, aiming at determining the meaning of stress to nurses, identifying the stressors regarding different nursing occupational activities and investigating if the nurses' occupational activity is perceived as stressful. The sample consisted of three groups of Nurses (clinical, managers and professors) working in the public service of the city of Brasília and data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Although the concept of stress is not clear among nurses, they do experience diverse stressors; related to intrinsic job factors, to relationships at work, to their roles and to the organizational structure.

Stress in nurses working in intensive care units

“…Marital status and number of children were not found to be relevant as a stress source, neither in literature nor in this study (1,(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) .…”

“…Such situations cover issues such as meetings with superiors, taking criticism from superiors, taking criticism from subordinates, facing crisis at home or in the company, feeling alone when (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) .…”

“…According to other authors, the aforementioned stress symptoms are associated to several situations, such as regulations, determinations by superiors, administrative issues, affective bonds and tensions related to keeping the job, making it impossible to manifest feelings and developing demonstrations of dissatisfaction with the activity (1,3,13,15,18) .…”

“…When treating critical patients, it is even considered wearisome, and being a part of such day-to-day routine makes the nurse susceptible to stress (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15) .…”

Qualidade de Vida e Estresse: Revistas Você S/A, Você R.H. e Pequenas Empresas e Grandes Negócios

“…Esta reportagem une o fato da tecnologia dos dias atuais a um modo de trabalho que as pessoas estão fazendo ultimamente e, que as grandes empresas estão visualizando como uma nova etapa, neste caso, mostra-se que existe uma preocupação em conhecer fontes que remetem à qualidade de vida no traba-lho, pois se sabe que profissionais motivados e competentes tendem a procurar empresas que proporcione o menor número de situações estressantes (PIZZOLI, 2004;STACCIARINI;TRÓCCOLI, 2001 Em grande parte das matérias descritas, na tabela 3, observou-se a presença de várias situações que envolvem ambiente físico e saúde do colaborador, simultaneamente. A relação negativa destes dois como ambiente físico e saúde consequentemente irá acarretar em estresse.…”