The Elderly Nursing Personnel According To Ergonomic Aspects
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
This study aims to analyzeelderly nursing professional saged 60 or over who are active in the nursing profession and to identify the socio-demographic data and the agents that provideergonomicrisks that are submitted to nursing professionals in performing the iractivities Within a hospital unit. The number of elderly people has increased significantly in Brazil, so it willbe common to find elderly nursing professionals, who continue towork in hospital units. The methodology used was a qualitative-quantitative research, of the descriptive type, exploratory through question naires of closed questions. Four nursing assistants and two nursing technicians participated in the study. The results showed that all the interviewees are female, who did not receive educational training onergonomic risks during all the nursing years.
Authors and Affiliations
Fátima Aparecida Lourenço da Silva, Claudia Lysia de O. Araújo, Henrique Martins Galvão, Nelson Tavares Matias
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