Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse

It is a quantitative, exploratory as well as descriptive study which aims to know the nurses’ perception concerning the influence of the performance of the nursing assistance in the occupational environment. It had as environment a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), of a school maternity hospital...

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Main Authors: Maria Alvani Dias Pedroza, Antonia do Carmo Soares Campos, Márcia Maria Coelho Oliveira
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2006-04-01
Series:Rev Rene
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5390
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author Maria Alvani Dias Pedroza
Antonia do Carmo Soares Campos
Márcia Maria Coelho Oliveira
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description It is a quantitative, exploratory as well as descriptive study which aims to know the nurses’ perception concerning the influence of the performance of the nursing assistance in the occupational environment. It had as environment a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), of a school maternity hospital in Fortaleza-CE. Data were collected from August to September, 2004 through a semi-structured questionnaire, applied to 24 active nurses. We verified that the biggest concentration of nurses (37,5%) has from one to five years of experience and that 19 (79%) work in other places, being submitted to high number of working hours. Overload, stress and noise are discomforts found in the place, causing the excess of activities and fatigue. We concluded that the stress in the unit is the main damage caused by such working practice, whose frequent occurrence lead to a reflection about the consequences to the professional/care taker’s health and the necessity of improvement of his/her working conditions.   
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spelling doaj-art-b47c4d7946234e9caf51e1ac8ef6372a2025-08-21T13:55:30ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832006-04-0172Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurseMaria Alvani Dias PedrozaAntonia do Carmo Soares CamposMárcia Maria Coelho OliveiraIt is a quantitative, exploratory as well as descriptive study which aims to know the nurses’ perception concerning the influence of the performance of the nursing assistance in the occupational environment. It had as environment a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), of a school maternity hospital in Fortaleza-CE. Data were collected from August to September, 2004 through a semi-structured questionnaire, applied to 24 active nurses. We verified that the biggest concentration of nurses (37,5%) has from one to five years of experience and that 19 (79%) work in other places, being submitted to high number of working hours. Overload, stress and noise are discomforts found in the place, causing the excess of activities and fatigue. We concluded that the stress in the unit is the main damage caused by such working practice, whose frequent occurrence lead to a reflection about the consequences to the professional/care taker’s health and the necessity of improvement of his/her working conditions.    https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5390StressNeonatal nursingIntensive Care UnitsNeonatalOccupacional Health.
spellingShingle Maria Alvani Dias Pedroza
Antonia do Carmo Soares Campos
Márcia Maria Coelho Oliveira
Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
Rev Rene
Stress
Neonatal nursing
Intensive Care Units
Neonatal
Occupacional Health.
title Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
title_full Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
title_fullStr Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
title_full_unstemmed Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
title_short Working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit: the perceptionof the nurse
title_sort working risk in the neonatal intensive care unit the perceptionof the nurse
topic Stress
Neonatal nursing
Intensive Care Units
Neonatal
Occupacional Health.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5390
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