Open AccessNurse managers in mental health units: from activities to time management
Author(s) -
Luísa Paula da Silva Pires Alferes,
Manuela Martins,
Margarida Reis Santos,
Manuela Teixeira,
Ana Filipa Poeira,
Regina Pires,
Rui Paulo Asseiro Alferes
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.20222371282
Subject(s) - likert scale , time management , scale (ratio) , nursing , work (physics) , mental health , psychological intervention , perception , psychology , data collection , human resources , business , medicine , management , sociology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , developmental psychology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , engineering , economics
Objective: to understand the use of time by nurse managers in psychiatry and mental health units, as they carry out their daily tasks. Methods: cross-sectional study, carried out by 48 managers from public psychiatric units and from the social sector. Data collection was made through an online questionnaire that is part of the Scale of Perception of Nurse Manager Work, including 43 items separated in five functional domains of nurse managers. The responses were in a Likert scale: does not take time, takes little time, takes some time, takes much time. Results: the activities inherent to ethical and legal professional practices and to the management of care and of human resources required more time from the manager when compared to policy interventions, and consulting and professional development. Conclusion: the managers recognize that managing time implies organization, planning work, and establishing priorities in the tasks to be developed.