Emotional intelligence of health personnel and safety climate in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To analyze the relationship between the emotional intelligence of healthcare workers in a hospital environment and their perception of the safety climate in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Cross-sectional, analytical study, carried out with 81 health workers who worked in hospitals during the pandemic, between September and November 2021. Data collection was carried out using an electronic form, which included a sociodemographic/occupational questionnaire and the Brazilian versions of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire and the Schutte Self Test.

Professional burnout and patient safety culture in Primary Health Care.

Objectives: to analyze the association between the risk of occupational exhaustion (burnout) and safety culture in Primary Health Care.

Methods: ross-sectional study conducted in 18 Primary Health Care Units in the Northeast of Brazil. Three questionnaires were used: sociodemographic, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and the Medical Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture.

Normalization of deviance in pediatric hospital: perception of health workers.

Objective: To know the perception of health workers about the phenomenon of normalization of deviance in a pediatric hospital.

Method: Exploratory, descriptive, and qualitative study conducted in a public pediatric hospital in northeastern Brazil in 2021. An in-depth interview was applied to 21 health workers, submitted to Thematic Categorical Content Analysis in the MAXQDA® Software.

Professional practice environment and nursing work stress in neonatal units.

Objective: To assess the nurse professional practice environment of neonatal units and its relationship with the levels and main sources of occupational stress.

Method: Cross-sectional descriptive, exploratory, correlational study performed with nursing professionals of neonatal units of four public hospitals. A sociodemographic/professional questionnaire, the Brazilian version of Practice Environment Scale, and the Work Stress Scale were applied.

Predictors of moral harassment in nursing work in critical care units.

Objectives: to analyze the predictors of moral harassment in nursing work in critical care units.

Methods: a cross-sectional study conducted in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, with 167 nursing professionals in 2016. Sociodemographic/occupational questionnaire and Negative Acts Questionnaire Revised were applied.

Effective communication strategies for managing disruptive behaviors and promoting patient safety.

Objective: To describe and analyze strategies for professionals to communicate effectively when managing disruptive behaviors at the hospital and to promote patient safety.

Methods: This is a descriptive and qualitative study conducted with 29 health professionals at a public hospital in Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected in 2014 by means of an in-depth interview, analyzed using the content analysis technique with MAXQDA® software, and discussed according to patient safety references.

Analyzing the concept of disruptive behavior in healthcare work: an integrative review.

Objective: To analyze the concept of disruptive behavior in healthcare work.

Method: An integrative review carried out in the theoretical phase of a qualitative research substantiated by the theoretical framework of the Hybrid Model of Concept Development. The search for articles was conducted in the CINAHL, LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed and SciVerse Scopus databases in 2013.

Evaluating the intervening factors in patient safety: focusing on hospital nursing staff.

Objective: To evaluate intervening factors in patient safety, focusing on hospital nursing staff.

Method: The study is descriptive, with qualitative approach, excerpt from a larger study with analytical nature. It was undertaken in a public hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil, between January and June 2013, with semi-structured interviews to 70 nurses, using Thematic Content Analysis.

[Chronic pain related to AIDS: perspective of nurses and doctors].

The objective was to identify the features and the management of chronic pain associated to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) from the perspective of nurses and doctors. Qualitative study conducted at a reference hospital in Fortaleza- CE, Brazil, with 20 professionals. It was applied semi-structured interview and the speeches were analyzed using content analysis of Bardin, emerging three categories: Characterization of pain, Clinical evaluation of pain and Clinical care of pain.

[Pain management in patients with AIDS: analysis of the management structure of a reference hospital].

The objective of this study was to analyze the structure for the management of pain in patients with AIDS in a reference hospital in Fortaleza, Brazil. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, developed in 2010. Twenty interviews were performed with health care professionals (physicians and nurses), and analyzed according to the methodology of content analysis.