[Possibilities and limits of sleep recovery for night-nursing workers].
The present study had the objective of investigating the possibilities/limits of sleep recovery in women workers with medium level in nursing that develop their activities in night shifts in a first-aid clinic at a public hospital in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. This was an analytic study, with a qualitative approach which used the technique of thematic oral history Fifteen women workers with medium level in nursing were interviewed. The following empirical categories were defined: night shift work and night sleep and night rest at work environment Physiological and psychological sufferings are evident on their speech as well as what the lack of sleep causes in health and personal life of these women workers, making the overload of work clear and also the sociocultural imperfections of feminine gender
de Medeiros
Soraya Maria
SM
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brasil. sorayamaria@digi.com.br
de Macêdo
Maria Lúcia Azevedo Ferreira
ML
de Oliveira
Jonas Sâmi Albuquerque
JS
Ribeiro
Laiane Medeiros
LM
D004325:Dreams; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005195:Family Relations; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007508:Irritable Mood; D009551:Night Care; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009729:Nursing; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D012892:Sleep Deprivation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D020178:Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012941:Social Responsibility; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology
D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D014149:Tranquilizing Agents