Social and environmental responsibility in the hospital context: an integrative review ; Responsabilidade socioambiental no contexto hospitalar: revisão integrativa

Objective: to analyze what has been produced about socio and environmental responsibility in the hospital context. Method: it forms an integrative review with the databases LILACS and PubMed/ MEDLINE, between March and April 2014. Data were recorded in a summary table and the reading was performed in order to characterize the publications and identify the relevant categories for the construction of knowledge about the subject, which have undergone a process of analysis and interpretation. Results: there were analyzed 14 productions. After analysis two relevant categories emerged: << Adoption of sustainable strategies by the part of the hospitals >> and << The role of Nursing before environmental issues >>. Conclusion: worldwide, there are studies that indicate to the environmental damages arising from health-care activities, indicating strategies that can be implemented in order to reduce the caused damage. However, there were not found studies focusing on conceptual theoretical issues, neither concerning social and environmental responsibility by the part of health workers. Descriptors: Environmental Education; Health Services Waste; Social Responsibility; Institutional Responsibility. RESUMO Objetivo: analisar o que tem sido produzido sobre responsabilidade socioambiental no contexto hospitalar. Método: revisão integrativa nas bases de dados LILACS e PUBMED/MEDLINE, no período de março a abril de 2014. Os dados foram registrados em um quadro sinóptico e a leitura foi realizada de forma a caracterizar as publicações e a identificar as categorias relevantes na construção do conhecimento sobre o tema, as quais sofreram um processo de análise e interpretação. Resultados: analisaram-se 14 produções. Após análise dessas, emergiram duas categorias relevantes: << Adoção de estratégias sustentáveis por parte de instituições hospitalares >>, e << O papel da enfermagem frente à problemática ambiental >>. Conclusão: em âmbito mundial, há estudos que sinalizam para ...