NURSES REFLECTING ON THEIR WORK PROCESS

Authors

  • Simone Coelho Amestoy
  • Maria Elisabeth Cestari
  • Maria Buss Thofehrn
  • Viviane Marten Milbrath
  • Adrize Rutz Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i1.17188

Keywords:

Enfermagem, Trabalho, Ambiente de trabalho, Nursing, Work, Working environment, Enfermería, Trabajo, Ambiente de Trabajo

Abstract

A qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study that aimed to promote the reflection of nurses about theirwork process. It was conducted in a large hospital in the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul, during the months ofFebruary and March 2008, with eleven nurses. The focus group was used as a technique for data collection and thecontent analysis technique for their treatment. Two meetings were carried out; the first approached the nursing workprocess: its stages, emphasizing the action and the discourse, concepts proposed by Hannah Arendt. After that, the groupdiscussed actively. In the second meeting, data obtained in the first meeting were presented, discussed and validated bythe participants. It was realized the importance that nurses assign to the need of reflecting on their work process, forbelieving that by doing that, the adversities experienced in the hospital it could be overcame.

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Published

2010-03-30

How to Cite

Amestoy, S. C., Cestari, M. E., Thofehrn, M. B., Milbrath, V. M., & Porto, A. R. (2010). NURSES REFLECTING ON THEIR WORK PROCESS. Cogitare Enfermagem, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v15i1.17188

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2010)

Section

REPORTE DE EXPERIENCIA

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