RESUMENSe trata de un estudio descriptivo realizado con el objetivo de analizar las actividades desarrolladas por los enfermeros en las unidades de internamiento de un hospital-escuela. Fueron entrevistados 20 enfermeros de la Maternidad y de las Clínicas Médico, Quirúrgicas y Pediátrica. Los resultados demostraron que los enfermeros se dedican a las actividades asistenciales, seguidas de las administrativas, relacionadas al sistema de información y educativas. Además de eso, fue constatado que los enfermeros se deparan con diversos factores que dificultan su actuación, como la falta de recursos humanos, infraestructura, valorización del trabajo y del trabajador de enfermería, organización del servicio e integración de los miembros del equipo multidisciplinario.
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ABSTRACTThe purpose of this study was to analyze tasks performed by nurses at hospitalization units (maternity, general medicine, surgical and pediatric) in a training hospital in order to better know which factors make it difficult to outline their role as well as the meaning of their actions. It's a descriptive-type qualitative research. Twenty nurses were interviewed following a halfstructured script. Nurses perceive that they perform help-providing tasks more frequently, followed by administrative tasks, dealing with the information system and educational tasks. The lack of skilled human resources, essentially nurses, infra-structure, valorization of nursing care and its workers, work organization and integration among members of the multi-disciplinary staff were identified as work-hampering factors.