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Intensity of nursing work in public hospitals

OBJECTIVE: to analyze the intensity of nursing work in public hospitals. METHOD: cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out in 22 public hospitals. The sample was composed of 265 nurses and 810 nursing technicians and assistants. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed with Ex...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Tatiane Araújo, Santos, Handerson Silva, Sampaio, Elieusa e Silva, de Melo, Cristina Maria Meira, Souza, Ednir Assis, Pires, Cláudia Geovana da Silva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7217623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32401902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.3221.3267
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author dos Santos, Tatiane Araújo
Santos, Handerson Silva
Sampaio, Elieusa e Silva
de Melo, Cristina Maria Meira
Souza, Ednir Assis
Pires, Cláudia Geovana da Silva
author_facet dos Santos, Tatiane Araújo
Santos, Handerson Silva
Sampaio, Elieusa e Silva
de Melo, Cristina Maria Meira
Souza, Ednir Assis
Pires, Cláudia Geovana da Silva
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description OBJECTIVE: to analyze the intensity of nursing work in public hospitals. METHOD: cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out in 22 public hospitals. The sample was composed of 265 nurses and 810 nursing technicians and assistants. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed with Exploratory Factor Analysis. The calculation of the distribution of the work intensity by category was done using a score ranging from -1 to +1 standard deviation of the data. Fisher’s exact test (0.05 <p≤0.10) was used to observe the significance between groups according to the employment bond. RESULTS: work intensity contributed to the explanation of precarization of work, with a value of 13% for nurses and 51.2% for technicians and assistants. For the technicians and assistants, the variables with the highest factor loadings were ‘work requires more than she can do’ (0.6696) and ‘takes on multiple tasks due to staff shortages’ (0.6156). Among nurses, the highest factor loadings were observed in the variables ‘time pressure at work (0.6779) and ‘Work pace’ (0.6651). CONCLUSION: the variables analyzed indicate that work intensity occurs differently among nursing workers, and is revealed by the versatility, understaffing and flexibility of work.
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spelling pubmed-72176232020-05-18 Intensity of nursing work in public hospitals dos Santos, Tatiane Araújo Santos, Handerson Silva Sampaio, Elieusa e Silva de Melo, Cristina Maria Meira Souza, Ednir Assis Pires, Cláudia Geovana da Silva Rev Lat Am Enfermagem Original Article OBJECTIVE: to analyze the intensity of nursing work in public hospitals. METHOD: cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out in 22 public hospitals. The sample was composed of 265 nurses and 810 nursing technicians and assistants. Data were collected through a questionnaire and analyzed with Exploratory Factor Analysis. The calculation of the distribution of the work intensity by category was done using a score ranging from -1 to +1 standard deviation of the data. Fisher’s exact test (0.05 <p≤0.10) was used to observe the significance between groups according to the employment bond. RESULTS: work intensity contributed to the explanation of precarization of work, with a value of 13% for nurses and 51.2% for technicians and assistants. For the technicians and assistants, the variables with the highest factor loadings were ‘work requires more than she can do’ (0.6696) and ‘takes on multiple tasks due to staff shortages’ (0.6156). Among nurses, the highest factor loadings were observed in the variables ‘time pressure at work (0.6779) and ‘Work pace’ (0.6651). CONCLUSION: the variables analyzed indicate that work intensity occurs differently among nursing workers, and is revealed by the versatility, understaffing and flexibility of work. Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto / Universidade de São Paulo 2020-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7217623/ /pubmed/32401902 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.3221.3267 Text en Copyright © 2020 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32401902
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.3221.3267
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