Taking a look to promoting health and complications' prevention: differences by context

Authors

  • Rosa Maria de Albuquerque Freire Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
  • Maria José Lumini Landeiro Universidade do Porto; Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar
  • Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
  • Teresa Martins Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
  • Heloísa Helena Ciqueto Peres Universidade de São Paulo; Escola de Enfermagem

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.0860.2749

Abstract

Objectives: to acknowledge and compare the health promotion and complications' prevention practices performed by nurses working in hospital and primary health care contexts. Methods: descriptive, exploratory and crosscutting study, performed with 474 nurses selected by convenience sampling. It was used a form that encompassed two categories of descriptive statements about quality in the professional exercise of nurses. This study had ethical committee approval. Results: the nurses' population was mainly women (87,3%) with an average age of 35,5 years. There was more practices of the hospital's nurses related to the identification of potential problems of the patient (p=0.001) and supervision of the activities that put in place the nursing interventions and the activities that they delegate (p=0.003). Conclusion: the nurses perform health promotion and complications' prevention activities, however not in a systematic fashion and professional practices differ by context. This study is relevant as it may promote the critical consciousness of the nurses about the need of stressing quality practices.

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 24 (2016)

Section

Original Articles

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Taking a look to promoting health and complications’ prevention: differences by context . (2016). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 24, e2749-. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.0860.2749