title: Work objective in emergency wards: professionals' conceptions.
abstract: This qualitative case study aimed to analyze how health team professionals perceive the work objective in one emergency unit. The place of study was a hospital emergency ward in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data collection was conducted through observation and semi-structured interview. The results disclose the divergence between the health needs that make users seek health care in the emergency ward; and the work objective at that ward as highlighted by the professionals. The work team shows dissatisfaction due to the excessive search for care that cannot be classified as emergency, highlighting the number of attendances as a justification for resistance to perform the work and lack of commitment in care production.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. estelagarlet@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Estela Regina
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Garlet
authors.forename: Maria Alice Dias
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: da Silva Lima
authors.forename: José Luís Guedes
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: dos Santos
authors.forename: Giselda Quintana
authors.initials: GQ
authors.lastname: Marques
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans