title: Intensive care nurses' practice related to experience and shift worked.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyse the social representations of nurses about intensive care practices comparing the variables 1) time since graduation and 2) shift worked.
  
  
  METHODS
  Qualitative field research using social representation theory. Individual interviews were conducted and lexical analysis was applied.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intensive Care Unit of a federal hospital with 21 clinical nurses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Day shift nurses are more pragmatic and operationally oriented because they deal directly with the general functioning of the unit. Less experienced nurses face difficulties dealing with intensive care contexts, but have a critical view of their practices, while more experienced nurses apply practical knowledge in their decision-making and actions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The relationship of proximity or distance from patients, mediated by technology, is related to the domains of knowledge that are required to manage technology and to the role technology plays in intensive care.
authors.affiliation: Anna Nery School of Nursing (EEAN)/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rua Afonso Cavalcanti, n°. 275, Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, CEP-20211-110, Brazil. Electronic address: rafaenfer@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Rafael Celestino
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Anna Nery School of Nursing (EEAN)/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rua Afonso Cavalcanti, n°. 275, Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, CEP-20211-110, Brazil; Brazilian Scientific and Technological Development Council - CNPq, Rua Afonso Cavalcanti, n°. 275, Cidade Nova, Rio de Janeiro, CEP-20211-110, Brazil. Electronic address: marcia.eean@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Márcia de Assunção
authors.initials: Mde A
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.affiliation: Aix-Marseille Université, Laboratoire de Psychologie sociale, 29, avenue Robert Schuman, 13621, Aix-en-Provence cedex, France.. Electronic address: themistoklis.apostolidis@univ-amu.fr.
authors.forename: Thémis
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Apostolidis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*; D000078329:Workforce
keywords: Intensive Care Unit; Nursing; Nursing care; Social psychology