%0 Journal Article
%T The nursing professional in an Intensive Therapy Unit
%A Salom¨¦
%A Geraldo Magela
%A Esp¨®sito
%A Vit¨®ria Helena Cunha
%A Silva
%A Gilberto Tadeu Reis da
%J Acta Paulista de Enfermagem
%D 2008
%I Universidade Federal de S?o Paulo
%R 10.1590/S0103-21002008000200010
%X objective: the aim of this study is to gain insight into the meaning of being a nursing professional working in a public intensive therapy unit (itu). this study addresses aspects related to their way of being and feeling from the perspective of itu patients care and treatment. methods: a qualitative research was applied based on a phenomenological background. the guiding question of the study was "what does it mean to you being an itu nursing professional?" results: the results show that the lack of human and material resources in the itu contributes to a feeling of low self-esteem. it pointed out a stressfull work which can lead to problems in the health assistance quality. conclusion: the stress at work affects psychologically the itu nursing professionals and it can have negative outcomes in the patients treatment, caused by the isolation and aleniation phenomena.
%K intensive therapy units
%K nursing staff
%K hospital
%K caregivers
%K nursing
%K team.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-21002008000200010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en