Being an intensive care nurse: identity elements present in the field of social representations [Ser enfermeira intensivista: elementos identitários presentes no campo das representações sociais] [Ser enfermera intensivista: elementos de identidad presentes en el campo de las representaciones sociales]
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https://doi.org/10.12957/reuerj.2018.20787Keywords:
Nurse care, intensive therapy unit, social identity, social psychology.Abstract
Objective: to recognize the identity aspects present in the social representation of nurses about the care practices for the client hospitalized in intensive therapy. Method: field study, qualitative, descriptive and explanatory, based on the theory of social representations and on the social identity concept. After approval by the Research Ethics Committee, interviews were carried out with 21 nurses working in the assistance of an intensive care unit in a federal hospital, using a semi-structured guide. Data were submitted to the content analysis. Results: social identification and enhancement of the group itself, and social comparison and stereotyping of the outside group are evidenced, which are: the ways of using the technologies, the delineation of the typical patient figure, as well as the attributes of the ideal nurse, the sense of work, the intra and intercompany relationship. Conclusion: it is recommended the reorganization of the field of social representation from interventions under identity elements.
RESUMO
Objetivo: identificar os aspectos identitários presentes nas representações sociais de enfermeiras sobre as práticas de cuidar do cliente hospitalizado na terapia intensiva. Método: estudo de campo, qualitativo, descritivo-explicativo, apoiado na teoria das representações sociais e no conceito de identidade social. Após aprovação do projeto pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, realizaram-se entrevistas com 21 enfermeiros atuantes na assistência de uma unidade de terapia intensiva de um hospital federal, com uso de um roteiro semiestruturado de questões, cujos dados foram submetidos à análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: evidenciam-se aspectos de identificação social e valorização do endogrupo, e de comparação social e estereotipização do exogrupo, quais sejam: os modos de usar as tecnologias, o delineamento da figura típica do paciente, bem como os atributos do enfermeiro ideal, o sentido do trabalho, o relacionamento intra e interequipes. Conclusão: recomenda-se reorganizar o campo da representação social a partir de intervenções sob elementos da identidade.
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Objetivo: reconocer los aspectos de identidad presentes en la representación social de las enfermeras sobre las prácticas de cuidado para el cliente hospitalizado en terapia intensiva. Método: estudio de campo, cualitativo, descriptivo y explicativo, basado en la teoría de las representaciones sociales y en el concepto de identidad social. Después de la aprobación del Comité de Ética en Investigación, se realizaron entrevistas con 21 enfermeras que trabajaban en la asistencia de una unidad de cuidados intensivos en un hospital federal, utilizando una guía semiestructurada. Los datos fueron sometidos al análisis de contenido. Resultados: se evidencia la identificación social y la mejora del grupo en sí, y la comparación social y los estereotipos del grupo externo, que son: las formas de usar las tecnologías, la delineación de la figura típica del paciente, así como los atributos de la enfermera ideal. el sentido del trabajo, la relación intra e intercompañía. Conclusión: se recomienda la reorganización del campo de la representación social a partir de intervenciones bajo elementos de identidad.
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