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Caring for Patients without being with them: Invisibility of Nursing Care in Hospitalization Services/Cuidar al paciente sin estar con el: invisibilidad del cuidado de enfermeria en servicios de hospitalizacion/Cuidar ao paciente sem estar com ele: invisibilidade do cuidado de enfermagem em servicos de hospitalizacao
Objective. This work sought to understand the meaning of invisible care for nurses in hospitalization services. Methods. Qualitative ethnographic study conducted in Medellin, Colombia. Seven open interviews were conducted with an equal number of participants and 30 h of observation. The data was sub...
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Published in: | Investigación y educación en enfermería 2018-09, Vol.36 (3) |
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Summary: | Objective. This work sought to understand the meaning of invisible care for nurses in hospitalization services. Methods. Qualitative ethnographic study conducted in Medellin, Colombia. Seven open interviews were conducted with an equal number of participants and 30 h of observation. The data was subjected to ethnographic analysis. Results. Two principal categories of analysis emerged: What nurses do and The transformation of the role; the latter with three subcategories (Priorities of the nurses: "What the nurse should do", Priorities of the institutions: "That which has to be done", Result of the change: "The unknown nurse"). Nurses during their daily work transform their caregiver role to adapt to diverse demands from the institutional contexts. If they do what they believe they should do, they are invisible to the institutions, but if they do what is visible to the institutions, care becomes invisible to patients and their relatives. Conclusion. In the hospitalization services, nurses care for patients but without being with them. Nurses during their daily work transformed their caregiver role to adapt to diverse demands from the contexts, especially the institutional context. Descriptors: nursing care; hospitalization; nursing staff, hospital; qualitative research. Objetivo. Comprender el significado del cuidado invisible para las enfermeras en los servicios de hospitalizacion. Metodos. Estudio cualitativo etnografico, realizado en Medellin (Colombia). Se realizaron 7 entrevistas abiertas a igual numero de participantes y 30 horas de observacion. A los datos se les hizo analisis etnografico. Resultados. Emergieron dos categorias principales de analisis: Lo que hace la enfermera y La transformacion del rol; esta ultima con tres subcategorias (Prioridades de las enfermeras: "Lo que debe hacer", Prioridades de las instituciones: "Lo que tiene que hacer", Resultado del cambio: "La enfermera desconocida"). Las enfermeras en su quehacer diario transforman su rol cuidador para adaptarse a diversas exigencias de los contextos institucionales. Si ellas realizan lo que creen que deberian hacer, son invisibles para las instituciones, pero si hacen lo que es visible para las instituciones, el cuidado se vuelve invisible para los pacientes y sus familiares. Conclusion. En los servicios de hospitalizacion, las enfermeras cuidan pacientes pero sin estar con ellos. Las enfermeras en su quehacer diario transformaron su rol cuidador para adaptarse a diversas exigencias |
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ISSN: | 0120-5307 |
DOI: | 10.17533/udea.iee.v36n3e10 |