Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Meaning of work from the perspective of hospital nurses

  • Meirieli Faza Franco,
  • Beatriz Francisco Farah,
  • Simone Coelho Amestoy,
  • Maira Buss Thofehrn,
  • Adrize Rutz Porto

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1362

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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.

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