[The social representations of hospital-acquired infections elaborated by nursing professionals].
Prevention and control of hospital acquired infections is a constant challenge for the nursing professionals. This study sought to grasp the social representations of hospital-acquired infections elaborated from the perceptions of nursing professionals, and to discuss how these representations influence their practices in controlling and preventing infections. This is a qualitative research, applied in a reference urgency-emergence service, which used as a data collection technique the semi-structured interview, and for content analysis the category elaboration. It was observed that the execution of the activities is closely tied to the individual subjectivities of each professional and deeply dependant on the moral, ethical, ideological and subjective values of these professionals, regarding interpretation, judging and personal decision in the application of the scientific knowledge.
dos Santos
Ana Maria Ribeiro
AM
Faculdade NOVAFAPI, Teresina, PI.
Cabral
Luciane dos Anjos Formiga
Ldos A
Brito
David Soares
DS
Madeira
Maria Zélia de Araújo
MZ
da Costa e Silva
Maria Enoia Dantas
ME
Carvalho e Martins
Maria do Carmo de
Mdo C
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D012961:Sociology