Complexities of nursing in healthcare waste management in hospitals.

IF 1.2 Q3 NURSING Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem Pub Date : 2024-12-16 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0391

Maria José Carvalho Ferreira, Carla Aparecida Arena Ventura, Glaucia Valente Valadares, Thiago Privado da Silva, Laura Johanson da Silva, Ítalo Rodolfo Silva

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Abstract

Objectives: to understand how healthcare waste management is developed by nursing professionals in hospitals.

Methods: qualitative research, whose theoretical and methodological frameworks were Complexity Theory and Grounded Theory. Thirty-two nursing professionals from a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro participated in the study. Semi-structured interviews were used.

Results: nursing affects healthcare waste management multidimensionally. Shortage of materials and work overload were identified as factors that influence professionals' decision-making and increase the risk of improper waste disposal. The lack of knowledge on the subject also influences nursing practice. However, professionals value actions related to hazardous waste.

Final considerations: nursing professionals recognize themselves in healthcare waste management and understand the need to develop systemic awareness for sustainable practice.

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Revista Brasileira De Enfermagem NURSING-

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2.30

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7.70%

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477

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21 weeks

期刊介绍： The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem created in 1932, March 20 is the official publication of the Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (Brazilian Nursing Association) has as purpose to disseminate the scientific production from different nursing interest areas of knowledge, including those which express the political project of the Association. The Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem is the oldest journal of the Brazilian nursing. Its first title was "Annaes de Enfermagem" from 1932 to 1941, being entitled Anais de Enfermagem" until 1955, when its title was changed to the current.