Prazer e sofrimento no exercício gerencial do enfermeiro no contexto hospitalar

Contributions and challenges of hospital nursing management: scientific evidence

AIM

Analyze the scientific evidence, national and international, about contributions and challenges of nursing management in hospital care.

METHOD

Integrative literature review, with guiding question: What are the scientific evidence about nursing management in hospital care? Data was collected in LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL and EMBASE databases. The final sample of 14 articles resulted in two categories: "Contributions" and "Challenges."

RESULTS

Contributions refer to aspects that facilitate the development and organization of work from a technical-political perspective, by qualifying the productive processes. The challenges were related to professional development, work satisfaction, overload, quality of service, conflict resolution and teamwork.

CONCLUSION

Management and care processes are inseparable, requires adequate and up-to-date knowledge to provide a better care experience for the health services user and coordinate team actions.

EQUIPE DE ENFERMAGEM E COMPLEXIDADES DO CUIDADO NO PROCESSO DE MORTE-MORRER

Resumo Compreender como os trabalhadores da equipe de enfermagem se percebem na inter-relação complexa no cuidado ao indivíduo enfermo e seu familiar cuidador no processo de morte e morrer. Pesquisa qualitativa, desenvolvida em Hospital Universitário no período de março a junho de 2016, inspirada na metodologia de Leininger. Participaram 24 familiares cuidadores e 47 trabalhadores da equipe de enfermagem como informantes gerais, dos quais 18 como informantes-chave. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, cujo enfoque foi a autopercepção da equipe no referido processo, contemplando os obstáculos e a complexidade nessas inter-relações no ambiente hospitalar. Mediante análise, com base no referencial teórico da complexidade de Edgar Morin, destacam-se como principais obstáculos: a sobrecarga de trabalho, o despreparo do profissional e a falta de apoio institucional. Quanto à complexidade das relações, destacam-se questões relacionadas: à competência profissional do cuidado, às necessidades das famílias, à valorização dos trabalhadores e sua repercussão para a inter-relação com o indivíduo enfermo e familiar cuidador. Acredita-se que tal estudo poderá levar os profissionais de enfermagem a uma reflexão e avaliação do seu fazer diário em relação aos cuidados com os indivíduos em seu processo de morte e morrer e seu familiar cuidador.

Cross-cultural adaptation and validation of the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for nurses

Objective:

Cross-culturally adapt and validate the Moral Distress Scale-Revised for nurses.

Method:

Quantitative, analytical cross-sectional study conducted with 157 nurses of two hospital institutions of Southern Brazil, one public and one philanthropic. Procedures conducted: cultural adaptation of the instrument according to international recommendations; validation for the Brazilian context.

Results:

Face and content validation was considered satisfactory as assessed by a specialist committee and a pretest. The instrument demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency through frequency and intensity analysis per question in the 157 items and per subgroups of the various hospital units. Cronbach's alpha was 0.88 for the instrument and between 0.76 and 0.94 for hospital units. Pearson's correlation found a moderate association for moral distress among nurses.

Conclusion:

The Moral Distress Scale-Revised - Brazilian version is a valid instrument for the assessment of moral distress in nurses.

Objetivo:

Adaptar culturalmente e validar a Moral Distress Scale Revised para enfermeiros.

Método:

Estudo quantitativo, transversal analítico, realizado com 157 enfermeiros de duas instituições hospitalares do Sul do Brasil, uma pública e uma filantrópica. Realizou-se: a adaptação cultural do instrumento segundo recomendações internacionais; e a sua validação para o contexto brasileiro.

Resultados:

A validade de face e conteúdo foi considerada satisfatória mediante avaliação de comitê de especialistas e realização de pré-teste. Mediante análise de frequência e intensidade por questão nos 157 questionários e por subconjuntos das diferentes unidades hospitalares, o instrumento demonstrou consistência interna satisfatória, com alfa de Cronbach 0,88 para o instrumento e entre 0,76 e 0,94 para as unidades hospitalares. A correlação de Pearson identificou moderada associação de sofrimento moral nos enfermeiros.

Conclusão:

o Moral Distress Scale Revised - versão brasileira é um instrumento válido para ser utilizado na avaliação de sofrimento moral de enfermeiros.

Instrument to assess the nursing care product: development and content validation

OBJECTIVES

develop and validate the content of a tool about nursing care production.

METHOD

the data were collected between 2011 and 2013, based on focus groups, the application of semistructured questionnaires (prototype test) and the Delphi technique. The focus groups were used to produce the instrument items and held at three hospitals in the interior of the State of São Paulo, involving 20 nurses. A panel of 10 experts evaluated the instrument.

RESULTS

after two phases of the Delphi technique, the tool consisted of eight items. The content validity index of the scale corresponded to ≥0.9 and the content validity of the items ranged between 0.8 and 1.0, indicating the maintenance of the structure and content. The assertion on the applicability in daily nursing practice showed a content validity index of the scale equal to 0.8.

CONCLUSION

this study permitted the development and content validation of scale on nursing care production, equipping the nurses in their management practice.

INTERACTIONS IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NURSING CARE TO HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS: SHOWING INTERVENING CONDITIONS

ABSTRACT The study aimed to understand the intervening conditions in the interactions of nurses in managing the nursing care for hospitalized children with chronic conditions. To do that, it used Complex Thinking and Grounded Theory as theoretical and methodological references, respectively. Eighteen subjects participated in the study, pooled into three sample groups: nurses, nursing technicians, and their families. A semi-structured interview was used for data collection. Data analysis followed three stages of coding: open, axial, and selective. The study considered family members, professional experience, the physical structure of the unit, human and material resources, good mood, job satisfaction, confidence, dialogue, and empathy as conditions that influence nurses' interactions in care management. It found that subjective, cognitive, socio-cultural and institutional conditions influence the interactions of nurses, creating order/disorder in nursing care management.

[Intervening conditions on governance of the nursing practice at an obstetrics centre]

Governance refers to all processes that grant nurses autonomy, control and authority over the nursing practice. The aim of this study was to identify intervening conditions on governance of nursing practice at an obstetrics centre. This is a qualitative study based on the grounded theory method. Data were collected between January and May 2013 by means of semi-structured interviews with 27 participants of a university hospital in southern Brazil, divided into four sampling groups. Data were analysed using open, axial and selective coding. Governance is reinforced by experience and professional autonomy, coordination of the care and management dimension, interpersonal communication, satisfaction and engagement with the profession. It is limited by difficulties with interpersonal relationships, work overload and precarious physical structure of the maternity units. This study provides arguments for the discussion on improvements in healthcare and the professional satisfaction of nurses and nursing teams.