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. 2024 Jul 29;77(3):e20230374.
doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0374. eCollection 2024.

Nurses' perspectives on nurses' work methods

[Article in English, Portuguese]
João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva  1   2 , Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins  1   3 , Letícia de Lima Trindade  4 , Ana da Conceição Alves Faria  1 , Sónia Cristina da Costa Barros  5 , Mariana Mendes  6 , Ricardo Manuel da Costa Melo  2   7 , Olga Maria Pimenta Lopes Ribeiro  3   8
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Nurses' perspectives on nurses' work methods

[Article in English, Portuguese]
João Miguel Almeida Ventura-Silva et al. Rev Bras Enferm. .

Abstract
in English, Spanish

Objectives: To analyze nurses' perspectives on nurses' work methods in the hospital context.

Methods: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal, involving 17 nurses. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Data collected between May and June 2023 underwent content analysis, supported by Atlas.ti software.

Results: Three thematic areas emerged: "Nurses' work methods in a hospital context," highlighting the conception and components of work methods and the methods in use; "Implementation of nurses' work methods," emphasizing influencing factors and challenges to implementation; and "Impact of nurses' work methods on patients, nurses, and institutions."

Final considerations: Nurses' work methods constitute the structure of nursing care. Some factors influence and some challenges arise in the implementation of these methods, producing impacts on patients, nurses, and institutions.

Objetivos:: Analizar percepción de enfermeros sobre métodos de trabajo en enfermería en contexto hospitalario.

Métodos:: Estudio descriptivo con abordaje cualitativa, realizado en un hospital del norte de Portugal, con participación de 17 enfermeros. Como instrumento de recolecta de datos, recorrido a la entrevista semiestructurada. Datos recolectados entre mayo e junio de 2023, pasaron por análisis de contenido, con suporte del software Atlas.ti.

Resultados:: Emergieron tres áreas temáticas: “Métodos de trabajo de enfermeros en contexto hospitalario”, destacándose la concepción y componentes de métodos de trabajo y en uso; “Implementación de métodos de trabajo”, señalándose factores influenciadores y desafíos a la implementación; e “Impacto de métodos de trabajo de enfermeros para los pacientes, enfermeros e instituciones”.

Consideraciones Finales:: Los métodos de trabajo constituidos como la estructura de asistencia de enfermería. Hay factores que influencian y desafíos que se quedan a la implementación de esos métodos, produciendo impacto en pacientes, enfermeros e instituciones.

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Figure 1. Nurses’ work methods in a hospital contexto. Porto, Portugal, 2023
Figure 2
Figure 2. Implementation of work methods, Porto, Portugal, 2023
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Figure 3. Impact of nurses’ work methods, Porto, Portugal, 2023
Figura 1
Figura 1. Métodos de trabalho dos enfermeiros em contexto hospitalar. Porto, Portugal, 2023
Figura 2
Figura 2. Implementação dos métodos de trabalho, Porto, Portugal, 2023
Figura 3
Figura 3. Impacto dos métodos de trabalho dos enfermeiros, Porto, Portugal, 2023
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