Dupla jornada de trabalho na enfermagem: fatores que afetam a qualidade de vida no cotidiano do profissional

Abstract

Many nursing professionals choose to develop two or more paid activities daily as a way of supplementing their monthly income. As a result, high workloads due to hospital shifts, shift changes and double employment associated with low levels of training significantly affect the quality of life of nursing professionals. In view of this study, the objective was to analyze the main factors that affect the quality of life in the daily lives of nursing professionals who work two shifts. The study presents methodological standards of scientific research, characterized as a descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The research was carried out in the municipality of Grajaú – MA, in November 2023, at the Senador Vitorino Freire Basic Health Unit and the Outpatient Specialties Center at the Dr° Itamar Guará Health Unit. The research included 09 nursing professionals who agreed to participate in the research. A semistructured interview was used and for data processing, all conversations were listened to and transcribed in full into a Word document, spoken with reliability and transparency and tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2016 software. The results revealed that when nursing professionals were asked about the consequences of work overload on quality of life, it was clear that most of the participants' responses were due to an exacerbated routine, a lot of physical and mental fatigue, as well as stress. In addition to this, when trying to deal with the increased workload, nurses have tiring days that require exhaustion, which often has consequences for the health of their own bodies and those around them. Therefore, this study showed that work overload and the professional's QoL go somewhat on opposite sides, mainly due to the physical and emotional exhaustion that this exhilarating routine causes to the professional, and which often result in illnesses considered occupational, such as stress and anxiety. It is expected that this study can contribute significantly to institutions, health services and nursing professionals, in a way that promotes reflections on the conditions of working environments and the repercussions of double working hours on workers' health, services and users