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The team of nursing and radiological hazards
A equipe de enfermagem e os riscos radiológicos
El personal de enfermeria y los riesgos radiológicos
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Abstract Objective: To describe the characteristics of personal and professional profile of the nursing staff of the radiology industry. Methods: This is a field research with a quantitative approach, performed in a public hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, with ten employees of the nursing team. Data collection... view more
Objective: To describe the characteristics of personal and professional profile of the nursing staff of the radiology industry. Methods: This is a field research with a quantitative approach, performed in a public hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, with ten employees of the nursing team. Data collection was by a questionnaire and data were tabulated and organized into charts and tables, based according to the literature on topic. Results: The subjects were female, 50% aged between 40-49 years, 60% married, 60% nursing assistants at the institution for more than three years and remain in the sector radiological more than three hours / day, 50% make use of PPE and 80% know the health risks, especially, sterility and cancer. Conclusion: The Continuing Education can be a tool to be used by nursing staff to avoid unsafe practices against ionizing radiation.... view less
Keywords
nursing staff; risk; health; health consequences; radiation protection; advanced vocational education; nursing; occupational medicine; Brazil; Latin America; South America
Classification
Medical Sociology
Working Conditions
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 3580-3587
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 5 (2013) 2
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed