The team of nursing and radiological hazards

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Objective: To describe the characteristics of personal and professional profile of the nursing staff of the radiology industry. Methods: This is a field research with a quantitative approach, performed in a public hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, with ten employees of the nursing team. Data collection was by a questionnaire and data were tabulated and organized into charts and tables, based according to the literature on topic. Results: The subjects were female, 50% aged between 40-49 years, 60% married, 60% nursing assistants at the institution for more than three years and remain in the sector radiological more than three hours / day, 50% make use of PPE and 80% know the health risks, especially, sterility and cancer. Conclusion: The Continuing Education can be a tool to be used by nursing staff to avoid unsafe practices against ionizing radiation.

Object Details

• Alternative title: A equipe de enfermagem e os riscos radiológicos ; El personal de enfermeria y los riesgos radiológicos
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 3580-3587
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5(2)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Arbeitswelt ; Pflegepersonal ; Risiko ; Gesundheit ; gesundheitliche Folgen ; Strahlenschutz ; berufliche Weiterbildung ; Krankenpflege ; Arbeitsmedizin ; Brasilien ; Lateinamerika ; Südamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Menezes, Luana Possamai ; Sarturi, Fernanda ; Franco, Gianfábio Pimentel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2013

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55126-9
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST