Quality of life in the work of nursing professionals in a pediatric intervention unit

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aims to analyze the quality of life in the work of pediatric nursing professionals, considering the domains: physical/health, psychological, personal and professional. METHOD: Descriptive cross-sectional study of a quantitative approach, with convenience sample, developed from March to May 2018, using two categories of Nursing and Nursing Technicians of the pediatrics in the hospital admission unit, with data collection using the Quality of Working Life Questionnaire according to the strategy of snowball sampling ("Snowball"). RESULTS: Eight professionals from each category were found, with a mean age range of 28-32 years and wage income between two and three minimum wages. Regarding the quality of life at work, the professional domain with a mean score of 42.38 was classified as unsatisfactory, in the physical/health, psychological domain and quality of life in the total work, a score of neutrality was observed among the evaluated professionals, while that the personal domain obtained a satisfactory score. CONCLUSION: Factors such as compensation, excessive hours, work hours, sleep and their physiological needs affect directly the quality of life in the work of these professionals.