TRABALHO, COTIDIANO E O PROFISSIONAL DE ENFERMAGEM: O SIGNIFICADO DO DESCUIDADO DE SI

Study that aimed to apprehend the meaning of self-care (lessness) among nursing professionals. It was used an exploratory descriptive method of qualitative approach. The participants are 5 nurses, 3 nursing technicians and 4 nursing assistants working for public and private health institutions. Content analysis has shown that daily work contributes significantly to care(lessness). High demand of activities, requirements, and tasks to carry out, added to poorly-paid job, the conditions of unquestionable power on the part of superiors, long working hours, double shifts in order to secure improved salaries, concomitantly with the non-contemplation of their basic human bio-psycho-socio-spiritual needs, were apprehended as contributing factors.