Associação entre erro e condições de trabalho em enfermagem

Abstract

This research aims to verify the association between the occurrence of errors and working conditions in nursing. This is an exploratory, analytical, cross-sectional epidemiological study. The sample of the matrix research is composed of Ethical Disciplinary Processes processed and judged in the Regional Nursing Councils of the Northeast Region that participated in the research. All ethical-disciplinary processes processed, judged and filed in the period from 2000 to 2018, which have as object of denunciation the error committed by workers in nursing were included in the study. To carry out the statistical analyses, the chi-square test or Fisher's exact test were used to verify the relationship between variables of working conditions and error, and multivariate analysis with a multiple logistic regression model to estimate the measure of association odds ratio, with a confidence interval of 95% (p < 0,20) for all statistical analyzes. The results of the study show that working conditions can interfere with the occurrence of errors, regardless of the type of service in which the error occurs. It is verified that the chance of an error occurring “without consequence” for the patient in bad/very bad working conditions increases. The most serious errors, “with irreversible consequences” for the patient, only occur from the most adverse working conditions. Check that there is protection from 52% (OR= 0,48% [0,16; 11,80]; (1-0,48)) in the occurrence of error when comparing the occurrence of this in poor working conditions with poor working conditions. It is concluded that there is evidence of an association between the occurrence of errors and precarious working conditions. More serious errors, with irreversible consequences for the patient, occur from working conditions typified as bad/very bad/terrible.