Estresse do enfermeiro em unidade de emergência

Abstract

Stress is clearly present in nursing work. This article presents an exploratory study carried out among emergency unit nurses from hospital institutions, and aimed at determining these professionals' stress level. The sample consisted of 73 emergency unit nurses who work for public and private institutions in the city of São Paulo. The data was collected through a structured questionnaire. The results indicated that emergency unit nurses present a medium stress level, and that participants considered E--Work Conditions to perform nursing activities, and F - Activities related to personnel administration, as the most stressful areas. For emergency unit nurses, in spite of the ready and effective action towards the instability of the patient's situation, conditions external to this situation are more stressful than the emergency. Hospitals need to analyze these requisites to allow for decreased stress among emergency nurses.

Percepção de enfermeiros sobre condições de trabalho em setor de emergência de um hospital

“…This scenario contributes to the physical and emotional exhaustion of professionals, a situation resulting from the work environment and not caused by problems from health professionals. This fact is also highlighted by other authors (10)(11)(21)(22)(23) . It's worth noting that besides the unsuitable environment for provisioning of care, nurses are still submitted to physical and verbal aggressions.…”

“…For being part of this reality and given the necessity for nurses' constant presence with patients in overall health services, for the indisputable essence of their work, the costs of their professional education, the emergency room work process, and moreover, considering the conditions in which such professionals perform their functions; as well as that in Brazil there are studies focusing on nurse's work in the emergency room, which emphasize profile, management (6)(7)(8)(9) and stress (10)(11) in the sense of psychological pressure, and that few studies relate to specifically nurse's work conditions in emergencies (12) , the author felt the need to develop the present study, with the objective of understanding the conditions of work in the Emergency Room of the Hospital da Restauração, from the perception of the nurses working in the sector.…”

Fatores Sociodemográficos e Ocupacionais Associados à Síndrome deBurnout em Profissionais de Enfermagem

“…A natureza deste trabalho, no qual, às vezes, é necessário lidar com a dor, o sofrimento e a morte de pacientes, pode afetar a saúde dos trabalhadores (França, Ferrari, Ferrari, & Alves, 2012), causando-lhes prejuízos físicos, sociais e psicológicos (Batista & Bianchi, 2006).…”

Enfermidades tratadas e tratáveis pela acupuntura segundo percepção de enfermeiras

“…There are many factors that lead to stress in the nursing area. The following were mentioned: working environment structure, nursing team, reduced number of workers, physical environment, insufficient time to perform nursing care, bureaucratic tasks, and administrative activities that are time-consuming and consequently place the nurse away from direct contact with the client and others (8) .…”