Promotion of nursing worker´s health and decisive aspects for the quality of life on work: a descriptive qualitative study

Objective: to evaluate and discuss the strategies proposed by nurses of a school hospital in Rio de Janeiro city, aiming at the promotion of health on work environment. Method: this is about a descriptive study from qualitative approach, performed from January to October 2009. The subjects of the study were sixteen nurses working at São Francisco de Assis Hospital. To proceed to data compilation, according as soon was approved by Ethic Committee on Research with Human Beings of Nursing College Anna Nery/UFRJ, protocol n°045/2009. Results: it was identified as categories of the study to promote occupational health and safety at work, with proper communication. Professionals in the discussions stressed the need to create alternatives for prevention and health promotion in the workplace, causing work to be an active agent in this process. Conclusion: we concluded that, in order to spread these propositions beyond the meeting rooms of these institutions, we should maintain a political conduct based on a critical, reflective and conscious vision on behalf of health and the right to a decent work, stimulating the adoption of specific preventive measures, demanding together with other professionals or sectors the elaboration of healthy public politics, since only this way Health Promotion on work. Descriptors: health promotion; nursing; quality of life. RESUMOObjetivo: avaliar e discutir as estratégias propostas pelos enfermeiros de um hospital escola da cidade do Rio de Janeiro para promoção da saúde no trabalho. Método: trata-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa, entre janeiro a outubro de 2009. Os sujeitos foram dezesseis enfermeiros que trabalham no Hospital São Francisco de Assis. A coleta dos dados procedeu-se após aprovação pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da UFRJ, sob protocolo nº045/2009. Resultado: Identificou-se, como categorias do estudo a promoção à saúde do trabalhador e segurança no trabalho; a comunicação adequada. Nas ...