Ferreira MJC, Ventura CAA, Valadares GV, Mendes IAC, Silva TPD, Silva ÍR. Nursing and waste management in health services: unveiling meanings in the hospital context.
Rev Gaucha Enferm 2024;
45:e20230136. [PMID:
38922233 DOI:
10.1590/1983-1447.2024.20230136.en]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To unveil the meanings that nursing professionals attribute to practices related to waste management in health services, within the hospital context.
METHOD
Qualitative research, whose theoretical and methodological references were, respectively, Complexity Theory and Grounded Theory. A total of 30 nursing professionals from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro participated in the study, between January and August 2022. A semi-structured interview was used for data collection.
RESULTS
The professionals indicate the need for better knowledge about waste management in healthcare services, while revealing their understanding on the importance of this process and of themselves as important elements in impacting the environment and health.
CONCLUSION
The complexity of the meanings attributed to healthcare waste management practices indicates the dialogue between the fragility of nursing professionals' knowledge and their expanded perceptions about the impacts they can have on this reality.
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