SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT: NURSES’S PERCEPTION

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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769231634

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Sustainable development, General hospital, Nursing

Abstract

Aim: to know nurses’ perceptions about the environmental sustainability within the hospital environment. Method: this is an exploratory-descriptive study, with a qualitative approach, performed in four hospitals of the 1st, 4th, 17th and 18th Regional Health Coordinations of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. It was developed between September 2013 and February 2014, with the participation of 26 nurses. Data analysis complied with the precepts of Discursive Textual Analysis. Results: the reports originating from the interviewees highlighted that nursing practices in hospital sustainability are exclusively shown under the obedience of hospital organizational structures, dependence on legislation and in the construction of organizational values. Final Considerations: the construction of sustainable practices is linked to the inheritance of the bureaucratic, normative and categorical administrative model in the decision-making process of the formation of sustainable beliefs and values.

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Daniel Pinho Mendes, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)

Graduated in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio Grande (2011). . Master in Nursing. PhD Student in Nursing, Graduate Nursing Program, Federal University of Rio Grande - PPGENF / FURG.
Member of the Study and Research Groups on the Nursing and Health Work Organization - GEPOTES and Nursing and Health Studies and Research Center - NEPES. Has experience in Nursing, working in Intensive Care Unit. She works in the following research areas: health organization administration, nursing staff sizing, hospital organizational culture and hospital sustainability. Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul. Brazil.

Edison Luiz Devos Barlem, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)

Graduated in Nursing and Obstetrics from the Federal University of Rio Grande (2006), Master's degree in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio Grande (2009) and PhD in Nursing from the Federal University of Rio Grande (2012). He is currently Director of the FURG School of Nursing; He is a member of the Brazilian Society of Bioethics, member - International Association for Education in Ethics, associate professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande. Has experience in Nursing, focusing on Ethics, acting on the following subjects: nursing ethics, moral distress, health advocacy and moral sensitivity.

Helena Heidtmann Vaghetti, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)

Graduated in Nursing and Obstetrics by the Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (1980), Specialization in Hospital Administration (1981), Graduated in Portuguese Letters Full Degree by the Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (1993), Graduate in Nursing and Obstetrics Full Degree by the Federal University of Rio Grande Foundation (1992) and Master in Nursing Care from the Federal University of Santa Catarina (1999). PhD in Nursing - Concentration Area: Philosophy, Health and Society, Federal University of Santa Catarina (2008), Specialization in Management of Federal University Hospitals in SUS (2016). Lecturer at the Federal University of Rio Grande (1993-2018). She works in the following research areas: health organization management, hospital organizational culture, health human resources, public hospitals, nursing / health history, health work organization, humanization, professional identity, health marketing and communication, sizing of staff in health. Student Superintendent (1998-2001). Coordinator of the Nursing Graduate Program at the Federal University of Rio Grande (2010-2012). Director of the University Hospital Dr. Miguel Riet Corrêa Jr. (2012-2015l). Certification Technician of Teaching Hospitals / ME (2012-2014). Superintendent of the University Hospital Dr. Miguel Riet Corrêa Jr. FURG / EBSERH (2015-2018).

Carolina Domingues Hirsch, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG)

Nurse. PhD in Nursing, Graduate Program in Nursing, Federal University of Rio Grande (PPGEnf-FURG). Member of the Study and Research Group on Nursing and Child and Adolescent Health - GEPESCA / FURG.

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2018-12-13

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Mendes, D. P., Barlem, E. L. D., Vaghetti, H. H., & Hirsch, C. D. (2018). SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES IN THE HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT: NURSES’S PERCEPTION. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 8(4), 769–779. https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769231634

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Vol. 8 No. 4 (2018)

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