Quality of Work Life and Work Process of Assistance Nurses

Denisse Parra-Giordano, Denisse Quijada Sánchez, Patricia Grau Mascayano and Daniela Pinto-Galleguillos
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Denisse Parra-Giordano: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Chile, Av. Independencia, Santiago 7760388, Chile
Denisse Quijada Sánchez: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Chile, Av. Independencia, Santiago 7760388, Chile
Patricia Grau Mascayano: Departamento de Enfermería, Universidad de Chile, Av. Independencia, Santiago 7760388, Chile
Daniela Pinto-Galleguillos: Programa de Microbiología y Micología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Av. Independencia, Santiago 7760388, Chile

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 11, 1-11

Abstract: Background: The concept of Quality of Work Life (QWL) has been built multidimensionally through social reproduction; it is impacted by the perceptions of each individual and by the relationship between workers and the work environment. Objective: to analyze the Work Process and QWL of assisting nurses in public health. Methods: Research in a critical paradigm, descriptive, exploratory with a qualitative approach. The population corresponds to nurses who work in care work. Semi-structured guiding questions were applied and were analyzed with content analysis. Results: seven participants declared female; all Chilean; seven are young adults; six singles; only one has children, and one has a person dependent on her care; six are heads of household, and five receive help with housework. All have a nursing degree, five have a diploma, but none have a postgraduate. The work process has three subcategories: work object, instrument, organization, and work conditions; the QWL category has six subcategories: definition and perception of QWL, QWL potentiating factors, QWL exhausting factors, QWL improvement strategies, the emotional burden associated with QWL, and health problems. Conclusions: In this way, the lifestyle built by the assistance in the health area has repercussions on the quality of life and health in general.

Keywords: occupational health; quality of life; nurses; working conditions; work; primary health care (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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