PubMed · 253426
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E A Simendinger, V Gilbert. 1979. Flexible staffing.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/253426/
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The study aimed at knowing the activities performed by nurses in internment units of ageneral hospital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data have been collected by means of free observation per time sampling, semi-structured interviews and consultation on documents. The subjects were nurses who act in the internment units who were chosen at random. The results showed that the nurse coordinates the care, executes several procedures and provides infrastructure conditions for the development of the collective work. The nurse articulation capacity has been identified both in relation to the nursing team organization and in the organization of the hospital environment.
The author investigates the degree of compliance of nursing functions in hospitals, the manner and the attitudes with which a nurse carries out these functions, and their degree of interdependence and mutual conditioning. To these ends, the author has carried out a theoretical analysis and a field investigation which have helped obtain diverse conclusions.
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