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  • Competência ética como recurso de enfrentamento do sofrimento moral em enfermagem
    Publication . Schaefer, Rafaela; Vieira, Margarida
    The study's objectives were: to seek evidence on ethical situations experienced by nurses in the health services; to identify the coping resources which they use; and to ascertain the role of ethical competence in coping with moral distress. The integrative literature review was used as the method. The search was made in the LILACS, IBECS, MEDLINE, SciELO, CINAHL, PubMed, RCAAP and BDTD databases. A total of 23 studies was selected, based on previously established inclusion and exclusion criteria. The results indicate ethical questions experienced by the nurses in their relations with patients and family members, the team and the health system. Coping resources used by the professionals and implemented by the researchers are described. It may be concluded that the ethical challenges and moral distress are present in the nurses' work context, and the strategies aimed at promoting ethical competence, have positive consequences in coping with, and in reducing, levels of moral distress.
  • Nursing practices in the primary health care context: a scoping review
    Publication . Barbiani, Rosangela; Nora, Carlise Rigon Dalla; Schaefer, Rafaela
    Objective: to identify and categorize the practices performed by nurses working in Primary Health Care and Family Health Strategy Units in light of responsibilities established by the profession’s legal and programmatic frameworks and by the Brazilian Unified Health System. Method: a scoping review was conducted in the following databases: LILACS, IBECS, BDENF, CINAHL and MEDLINE, and the Cochrane and SciELO libraries. Original research papers written by nurses addressing nursing practices in the primary health care context were included. Results: the review comprised 30 studies published between 2005 and 2014. Three categories emerged from the analysis: practices in the service; practices in the community; and management and education practices. Conclusion: the challenges faced by nurses are complex, as care should be centered on the population’s health needs, which requires actions at other levels of clinical and health responsibility. Brazilian nursing has achieved important advancements since the implementation of policies intended to reorganize work. There is, however, a need to shift work processes from being focused on individual procedures to being focused on patients so that an enlarged clinic is the ethical-political imperative guiding the organization of services and professional intervention.
  • Moral distress in nurses: a description of the risks for professionals
    Publication . Schaefer, Rafaela; Zoboli, Elma Lourdes Campos Pavone; Vieira, Margarida
    Objective: to describe the profile of nurses and the occurrence and frequency of risk factors regarding moral distress. Method: a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, with 268 nurses working in hospitals and primary health care units in the Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil), between the months of March and July, 2016. Data collection was performed using the online Google Docs tool. A moral distress risk scale and a set of variables were used to characterize the participants and their context.Results: the sample mainly consisted of young women who worked between 36 and 40 hours a week, with an average monthly income between five and sevem wages and about 10 years of nursing experience. The risk of moral distress was considered moderate, with a considerable percentage of professionals showing an intention to abandon their current job. Conclusion: moral distress is a reality experienced by the nurses under study, and the identification of risk factors is one of the tools used to create coping strategies.