estudo qualitativo, com oito enfermeiros do trabalho atuantes em sete empresas. Dados coletados através de entrevistas e observações não participantes e analisados pelo método de Análise de Conteúdo.
Resultados:
os enfermeiros realizam atividades de cunhos assistencial, administrativo, educativo, integrativo e de pesquisa, onde a finalidade dessas perpassa o enfoque ao trabalhador e é interferida pelas características do serviço de saúde ocupacional e pelo contexto institucional.
to understand the activities of occupational nurses working in companies.
Methods:
qualitativestudy, with eight occupational nurses working in seven companies. Data collected through interviews andnon-participant observations analyzed by the Content Analysismethod.
Results:
nurses perform activitiesof assistance, administrative, educational and integrative research, where the purpose of these traverses theapproach to the worker and is interfered by the characteristics of the occupational health service and theinstitutional context.
Conclusion:
the work of nurses is influenced by the size of the health and safety teamand the socioeconomic characteristics of companies and municipalities, shaping the labor market and posing achallenge for these professionals.