Nursing in urgency and emergency: between the pleasure and suffering

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

The work in a hospital's emergency care sector has the potential of generating pleasure and/or suffering to nursing professionals. Objective: To verify what factors lead pleasure and suffering to the nursing professionals who work in an emergency department and hospital emergency, and their defensive strategies. Method: Qualitative, descriptive study, case study; Data collection was carried out by semi-structured interviews and observation. The analysis was given by analysis of Bardin content, and based on the work psychodynamics. Results: Three categories met: 1. pleasure category; 2. suffering category; 3. defensive strategies category: individual and collective. Conclusion: Behavior changes may provide a better way to handle and transform the factors causing suffering and enhance the feelings of pleasure.

Object Details

• Alternative title: A enfermagem na urgência e emergência: entre o prazer e o sofrimento ; Enfermería en urgencia y de emergencia: entre el placer y sufrimiento
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 422-431
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 9(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Psychologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Sozialpsychologie ; Krankenhaus ; Krankenpflege ; Pflegepersonal ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika ; Verhalten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kolhs, Marta ; Olschowsky, Agnes ; Barreta, Natana Laís ; Schimerfening, Janice ; Vargas, Raquel de ; Busnello, Grasiele Fatima
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2017

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2017.v9i2.422-431
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53572-3
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST