Pleasure and suffering of nursing in COVID-19 hospital units: between disenchantment and formation of meanings / Placer y sufrimiento de enfermería en unidades hospitalarias COVID-19: entre el desencanto y la formación de sentidos / Prazer e sofrimento de enfermagem em unidades hospitalares COVID-19: entre desencantos e formação de sentidos
Centenaro, Alexa Pupiara Flores Coelho; Andrade, Andressa de; Franco, Gianfábio Pimentel; Silva, Rosângela Marion da; Cardoso, Leticia Silveira; Spagnolo, Lílian Moura de Lima; Bonow, Clarice Alves; Costa, Marta Cocco da.
Rev. bras. enferm
; 76(supl.1): e20220356, 2023.
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in English
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
to analyze the experiences of pleasure and suffering of nursing workers in COVID-19 hospital units.Methods:
a multicenter, qualitative study, developed with 35 nursing workers from COVID-19 units in seven hospitals in southern Brazil. Data were produced through semi-structured interviews, submitted to thematic content analysis with the help of NVivo.Results:
experiences of pleasure were linked to gratification, identification with work content, positive results in care, recognition, integration with the team and personal overcoming. Suffering was revealed in daily life of deaths and losses, feelings of helplessness, team conflicts, institutional demands, professional devaluation. Workers reported disenchantment, but also strengthening the meaning of their work, highlighting frontline impacts on their mental health. Final considerations in the dynamics between pleasure and suffering in nursing work in COVID-19 hospital units, elements point to the risk of psychological illness.
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