Disposição afetiva para o cuidado: o cotidiano da equipe de enfermagem na Sala de Recuperação Pós-Anestésica, suas normas e rotinas

Abstract

Care can be characterized as the “essence” of nursing, as it goes beyond the limits of performing actions, involves the promotion and recovery of health through feeling, affection, patience, humanization, careful and careful look of the patient, especially in the hospital environment. during the immediate postoperative period. This study aimed to discuss the implementation of protocols for patient care in the post-anesthetic recovery room (SRPA), considering the affective disposition of the nursing staff in their daily lives, in a hospital in the west region of Santa Catherine. Qualitative research was used based on ethnography, considering as semi-structured interviews with guiding questions, participant observation and field journaling as collection instruments. The research participants were a total of nine nursing professionals, including nursing technicians and nurses, who were working in the post-anesthetic recovery room, respecting the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data were collected in the first half of 2019, between May and June, considering the Bardin content analysis. Through analysis, three categories emerged, developed in three chapters with the questions that arose during the speeches. The results showed that nursing professionals understand the importance of affective disposition in the care of patients in the post-anesthetic recovery room, highlighting the high demand for activities and surgeries and the insufficient number of staff, as difficulties for effective, affective care. and empathetic in their daily lives. Also, it was obtained as result in this research, the low adherence to the use of the assistance protocols available in the SRPA, despite the recognition of their importance in the care directed to the patients. As a determining factor for this, there was the high daily demand of the sector, the inadequate number of employees and the care of critically ill patients for long periods in the studied environment.