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Meaning of work from the perspective of hospital nurses

Sentido del trabajo en la perspectiva de los enfermeros del ámbito hospitalario

ABSTRACT

Objectives:

to know the meaning of the role of nurses in the hospital environment.

Methods:

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.

Results:

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.

Final Considerations:

three dimensions of the meaning of work were highlighted: individual, organizational and social. These influenced the professional, social, working and individual life of nurses.

Descriptors:
Nurses; Occupational Health; Job Satisfaction; Motivation; Hospitals

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