Professional profile and work conditions of nurses working in intensive care units: A multicentre study
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Achury Saldaña, Diana Marcela
Achury Beltrán, Luisa Fernanda
Rodríguez Colmenares, Sandra Mónica
Alvarado Romero, Herly Ruth
Cavallo, Edhit
Ulloa, Ana Cristina
Merino, Virginia
da Silva Barreto, Mayckel
Andrade Fonseca, David
Muñoz Acuña, Doraly
Betancur Manrique, Yanier
Rodríguez Marín, Jorge Eliecer
González Gómez, Ana Angelica
Herrera Corpas, Katerine
Andrade Méndez, Brayant
Vargas Toloza, Ruby Elizabeth
Martínez Rojas, Sandra Milena
De las Salas Martínez, Roxana Patricia
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Aim: To determine the professional profile and the work conditions of nurses working in intensive care units (ICU) in Colombia, Argentina, Peru and Brazil. Background: ICUs require a differentiated professional profile to provide quality care, and appropriate working conditions, leading to a transformation of care and management practices. Design: Descriptive multicentre cross-sectional observational study. Methods: An online survey was applied to identify both the characteristics of the professional profile and the working conditions. 1,427 ICU nursing professionals were included. RStudio statistical software was used for the analysis of the information. Descriptive statistics were used for the presentation of the results. The STROBE checklist for cross-sectional studies was used in this study. Results: Only 33.6% of the professionals had a specialisation degree in intensive care. The skills that were most frequently put into practice were communication (68.5%) and care management (78.5%). The most predominant nurse-to-patient ratios were 1:2, and greater than 1:6. 59.1% of the nurses had an indefinite term contract, 38.8% worked 48 hours per week and 49.8% had rotating shifts. Only 50.4% of them received incentives. The average salary ranged between 348 and 1,500 USD. 64.5% of the participants were satisfied with their job. Conclusion: It is necessary to strengthen nurses’ professional profile by promoting both postgraduate education and the development of troubleshooting and teamwork skills. It is necessary to standardise the nurse-to-patient ratio, improve wages and increase incentives to achieve greater job satisfaction. Relevance to practice: The knowledge and the improvement of both the professional profile and the work conditions of nurses working in intensive care units will improve the quality of the care given to critical patients and, therefore, the quality of health outcomes.Fil: Achury Saldaña, Diana Marcela. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Achury Beltrán, Luisa Fernanda. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Rodríguez Colmenares, Sandra Mónica. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Alvarado Romero, Herly Ruth. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Cavallo, Edhit. Universidad Católica de Cordoba; Argentina
Fil: Ulloa, Ana Cristina. Universidad Católica de Cordoba; Argentina
Fil: Merino, Virginia. Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins; Perú
Fil: da Silva Barreto, Mayckel. Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul; Brasil
Fil: Andrade Fonseca, David. B. Braun Avitum; Colombia
Fil: Muñoz Acuña, Doraly. Universidad de los Llanos. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Betancur Manrique, Yanier. Universidad Católica de Manizales. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Rodríguez Marín, Jorge Eliecer. Universidad Católica de Manizales. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: González Gómez, Ana Angelica. Universidad de Cartagena. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Herrera Corpas, Katerine. Universidad de Cartagena. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Andrade Méndez, Brayant. Universidad Surcolombiana. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Vargas Toloza, Ruby Elizabeth. Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: Martínez Rojas, Sandra Milena. Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia
Fil: De las Salas Martínez, Roxana Patricia. Universidad del Norte. Faculty of Nursing; Colombia