O trabalho do enfermeiro: reconhecimento e valorização profissional

Abstract

The present research has as object of study the [re]cognition that users of a general hospital have about the work of the nurse. Its general objective is to discuss the understanding of users of a general hospital in Rio de Janeiro about the work of the nurse, in the light of their professional recognition, and its specific objectives are: to identify the [re]cognition that users have on the work of nurse and analyze the [re]cognition of users, seeking approaches and distances of the competence of the nurse. This research is based on the theoretical concepts of the psychodynamics of work developed by Dejours, appropriating more deeply, the discussion on the dynamics of the recognition, in which believes that recognition can be a means that enables the transformation of suffering at work in pleasure. In order to respect the ethical principles and the resolution 196/96, this survey was forwarded to the Ethics Committee and Research with Human Beings/SR-2/UERJ and obtained assent with Protocol number 49.3.2012. This is a descriptive-exploratory study of quantitative approach and cross design. The population were patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical wards of the hospital in question. To better characterize the profile of hospitalized clients, was used the Patient Classification System prepared by Perroca (1996), that is based on individualized nursing care needs, in order to identify the extent of dependence degree that subject features of nursing staff. The 65 participants of the survey were selected through an intentional sample. The data-gathering instrument used was a form containing 22 questions, being 18 closed questions and 04 open questions. The information has been collected in the period from August to October 2012 and analyzed using simple descriptive statistics. The presentation of the data was through tables and their discussion had four topics, they are: Socio-demographic profile of the population; Previous hospital experiences; Knowledge of the population about the nurse and his work; The work of nurses and its recognition. The results showed that the demographic profile of the population is made up of a female majority; the predominant age group is from 55 to 64 years, and the educational level of the population is low. To 75.4% of the subjects the current hospitalization is not the first. With regard to the knowledge that the participants have about the nurse, it was found that they report to know who is professional, which is your level of education, but a significant number did not know the composition of the nursing staff (41.5%), demonstrating that this is a contradictory fact. With regard to the recognition given to the nurse and his work, the participants considered important to both the work done by the nurse, as well as their performance in the health team, and declared the little social value that is attributed to the profession. The main forms of recognition granted in this survey were related to positive affectionate feelings that figure of the nurse raises and excellence in nursing care.