Night Work And Its Implications In The Quality Of Life Of Nurses | Zendy

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Night Work And Its Implications In The Quality Of Life Of Nurses

Author(s) -

Wanderson Carneiro Moreira,

Anderson de Assis Ferreira,

Agna Roberta Rodrigues de Sousa,

Wenysson Noleto dos Santos,

Hallyson Leno Lucas da Silva,

Girlene Ribeiro da Costa,

Delmo de Carvalho Alencar,

Rennan Petit Brito,

Carolinne Kilcia Carvalho Sena Damasceno,

Samara Karine Sena Fernandes Vieira

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international archives of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1755-7682

DOI - 10.3823/2364

Subject(s) - overtime , medicine , work (physics) , affect (linguistics) , quality of life (healthcare) , descriptive research , quality (philosophy) , nursing , working hours , qualitative research , gerontology , psychology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , statistics , mathematics , communication , epistemology , labour economics , political science , law , economics , engineering , social science , sociology

Objective: to know the consequences that night work can bring to the quality of life of nurses, identifying the strategies adopted by nurses to stay healthy.\udMethod: descriptive, mixed-approach (quanti-qualitative) research, carried out with nine Nursing professionals. Data were collected in June 2016.\udResults: The male gender (77.7%) prevailed, the working time in the sector was between 1 and 5 years (55.5%), with the majority still working overtime (66.6%). Most participants report being dissatisfied with the quality of their sleep, although 88.8% of professionals say they are satisfied with their quality of life. From the testimonies, we obtained the meanings that were grouped in the categories: "It is something related to my health", "It interferes with my work, family and leisure ...", Night work and basic necessities.\udConclusion: It was found that night work has negative social impacts that affect workers' personal and social lives. These negative aspects are compounded by poor working conditions, double working hours, overtime, among other factors

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