Abstract

GUERRERO, JUAN  and  PULIDO, GUILLERMO. Work, health and contractual regime of nursing staffs: A psychosocial approach. av.enferm. [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.2, pp.111-122. ISSN 0121-4500.

Associated cooperativism has been the favorite mechanism of labor flexibilization in the Colombian health system. In spite of the multiple references to the deleterious effects on working conditions, no specific research has been conducted about the effects on nursing staffs. This research is intended to define and compare the working and health conditions of the auxiliary and professional nursing staff according to the contractual modality and other relevant socio-labor conditions. 290 professional and auxiliary nurses from a highly complex public hospital located in Bogota attached to the Network of Hospitals of the District Health Secretariat were subject to a psychosocial interview derived from instruments designed or adapted by the line of research “Psychosocial approach of the health-labor relation”, of the National University. The lipid profile of 176 participants was also measured. The results show that human resources policies (contracts, salary, promotions, occupational health, training, leisure, etc.) are factors that cast the major negative influence on the welfare of nursing staffs, mainly in cooperative and professional ones. Particularly, the results present the main working conditions risk-protection profiles through the conglomeration of intra-labor, extra-labor, individual factors or macro-factors.

Keywords : nursing; risk factors; occupational health.

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