Parra-Giordano, D.; Quijada Sánchez, D.; Grau Mascayano, P.; Pinto-Galleguillos, D. Quality of Work Life and Work Process of Assistance Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19, 6415.
Parra-Giordano, D.; Quijada Sánchez, D.; Grau Mascayano, P.; Pinto-Galleguillos, D. Quality of Work Life and Work Process of Assistance Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6415.
Parra-Giordano, D.; Quijada Sánchez, D.; Grau Mascayano, P.; Pinto-Galleguillos, D. Quality of Work Life and Work Process of Assistance Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health2022, 19, 6415.
Parra-Giordano, D.; Quijada Sánchez, D.; Grau Mascayano, P.; Pinto-Galleguillos, D. Quality of Work Life and Work Process of Assistance Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 6415.
Abstract
Background: The concept of Quality of Work Life (QWL) has been built multidimensionally through social reproduction; it is impacted by the perceptions of each individual and by the relationship between workers and the work environment. Objective: to analyze the Work Process and QWL of assisting nurses in public health. Methods: Research in a critical paradigm, descriptive, exploratory with a qualitative approach. The population corresponds to Nurses who work in care work. Semi-structured guiding questions were applied and were analyzed with content analysis. Results: seven participants declared female; all Chilean; seven are young adults; six singles; only one has children, and one has a person dependent on her care; six are heads of household, and five receive help with housework. All have a nursing degree, five have a diploma, but none have a postgraduate. Work Process has three subcategories: work object, instrument, organization, and work conditions; the QWL category has six subcategories: definition and perception of QWL, QWL potentiating factors, QWL exhausting factors, QWL improvement strategies, the emotional burden associated with QWL, and Health problems. Conclusions: In this way, the lifestyle built by the assistance in the health area has repercussions on the quality of life and health in general.
Keywords
Occupational Health; Quality of Life; Nurses; Working Conditions; Work; Primary Health Care.
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Nursing
Copyright:
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