Nurses involved in management of hospital residues: a descriptive study
Online braz. j. nurs. (Online)
;
11(2)ago. 2012.
Article
in English, Spanish, Portuguese
| LILACS, BDENF
| ID: lil-663407
ABSTRACT
Objective:
To discover the nurses' perceptions of their roles with regard to the process of Health Services' Residues Management.Method:
Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research conducted with nurses from a university hospital's open hospitalization units of. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews held between November 2010 and March 2011. Afterwards, based on the framework of thematic content analysis, the findings were analyzed.Results:
The categories related to knowledge about the process of residues management; the difficulties of obtaining the multi-professional team's cooperation; the nurses? perceptions since they were responsible for the management process of solid waste; the nurses' actions as in-service educators; and the emergence of the management process being a difficult task.Conclusion:
Since it is a new demand for the profession, there is a continuing need to improve discussion with nurses about the waste management responsibilities attributed to them.
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Nursing
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Medical Waste Disposal
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Waste Management
/
Environment
Type of study:
Qualitative research
Limits:
Female
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Humans
/
Male
Language:
English
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Spanish
/
Portuguese
Journal:
Online braz. j. nurs. (Online)
Journal subject:
Nursing
Year:
2012
Type:
Article
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