Nurses involved in management of hospital residues: a descriptive study
Online braz. j. nurs. (Online)
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11(2)ago. 2012.
Artigo
em Inglês, Espanhol, Português
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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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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Enfermagem
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Eliminação de Resíduos de Serviços de Saúde
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Gerenciamento de Resíduos
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Meio Ambiente
Tipo de estudo:
Pesquisa qualitativa
Limite:
Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglês
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Espanhol
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Português
Revista:
Online braz. j. nurs. (Online)
Assunto da revista:
Enfermagem
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
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