Teaching work of nursing and the impact on the health-disease process / Trabalho docente de enfermagem e as repercussões no processo saúde-doença

Abstract

Goals: to identify the advantages and the difficulties present in the teaching work of nursing; and analyze the impact of the work context of the nursing school in the health-disease process of these workers. Methods: this is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research that was developed in a public university of Rio de Janeiro. The subjects were 16 teachers of nursing. The data collection occurred from July to August 2014 by semi-structured interview. The data were analyzed by means of thematic content analysis technique. Results: there are more situations that hinder the work than that favor it, and those complicating situations are closely linked to a neo-liberal policy. Conclusion: It was learned that the configuration of the teaching work negatively affects health, resulting in stress, fatigue and physical and emotional overload. It is necessary that the worker's health services develop actions that neutralize the negative effects on the health-disease process of teachers.

Challenges for humanization in the work of Nursing educators

“…The intensification of the teaching work -as well as the forms of educational management based on the perspective of productivity, which are widespread in the country, establishing goals to be achieved to reach resources, including financial ones -was also identified in a study that depicts the process of precarious teaching work and its consequences for the health of the workers and for the quality of education (1) , results that corroborate those of the study under analysis. Similar findings to those pointed out by another study (13) highlighted the influence of the new configurations of the world of work for Nursing educators, which direct them to the need for versatility and multi-functionality in a work context, often precarious.…”

“…Such data were also found in other studies (1,(10)(11)(12)(13)(14) , pointing to the need to restructure the organization of work so that it becomes more healthy, aiming to minimize the burden, the demand, and the pressure at work, and to encourage the effective participation of the educators in the decisions about their actions, respecting and dialoguing with all the participants involved in this process.…”

“…By means of this research, it was observed that the activities of reading, studies, planning and correction of activities, among other activities, occur outside the institutional locus and after the regulated time for work, such as verified in other studies (13)(14) . Often, these conditions occur due to the demands of the work organization as well as the job development in spaces that do not contribute to workers' health.…”

“…Good interpersonal relationships were also mentioned in a survey carried out in Brazil (13) as a facilitator factor in the teaching work, allied to the identification with the profession, the professional pleasure coming from teaching, and the autonomy and flexibility for the development of their work activities. Rev Gaúcha Enferm.…”

Risks of illness of nursing professors working in in post-graduation courses

“…This category of professionals has been identified as one of the most exposed to conflicting and highly demanding environments at work. This area is evaluated according to their production, whose products are teaching activities, guidelines, scientific publications, project development, reports, patents and researches (3)(4) .…”