Meaning of work from the perspective of hospital nurses

to know the meaning of the role of nurses in the hospital environment. this is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose setting was a university hospital in Minas Gerais with 50 nurses. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed according to content analysis, with the contribu...

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Published inRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. e20201362 - 8
Main Authors Franco, Meirieli Faza, Farah, Beatriz Francisco, Amestoy, Simone Coelho, Thofehrn, Maira Buss, Porto, Adrize Rutz
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01.01.2022
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Brazil
Data collection
Hospitals
Hospitals, University
Humans
Interviews
Job Satisfaction
Medical personnel
Motivation
Nurses
Nursing care
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Occupational Health
Personal relationships
Professional ethics
Professionals
Questionnaires
Software
Surveys and Questionnaires
Working conditions
Brazil
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Summary:to know the meaning of the role of nurses in the hospital environment. this is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose setting was a university hospital in Minas Gerais with 50 nurses. Data were collected through interviews and analyzed according to content analysis, with the contribution of the Interface software from R pour les Analyzes Multidimensionalnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires. three categories emerged: "Nurses' daily work in the hospital environment"; "Work motivation as an influential factor in the meaning of work"; "The two faces of the meaning of work: pleasure and suffering". Nurses attributed a positive meaning to their work. three dimensions of the meaning of work were highlighted: individual, organizational and social. These influenced the professional, social, working and individual life of nurses.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1362