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A ansiedade nos enfermeiros, estudantes de enfermagem e recém-licenciados relacionada com a situação laboral: um estudo comparativo
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A ansiedade é um tema cada vez mais mediático na atualidade, sendo que se trata de um sintoma que, ainda que pouco visível, tem implicações a nível da saúde, quer física, quer mental. Nos recém-licenciados em Enfermagem em busca do primeiro emprego, a dificuldade de inserção no mercado de trabalho e a própria carreira de Enfermagem são questões que, empiricamente, parecem ser passíveis de causar ansiedade. Em Portugal o número de estudos que abordam a ansiedade enquanto sintoma neste grupo específico é
reduzido, pelo que o presente trabalho de investigação visa dar um contributo para colmatar esta lacuna no conhecimento. Assim, o principal objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar e comparar a ansiedade relacionada com a situação laboral em recém-licenciados, estudantes de Enfermagem e enfermeiros, utilizando como instrumento de avaliação o Inventário Estado-Traço da Ansiedade. Este tratou-se de um estudo quantitativo, do tipo
observacional comparativo com corte transversal, no qual se recorreu a uma técnica de amostragem em bola de neve de forma a avaliar se os recém-licenciados efetivamente apresentavam maiores níveis de ansiedade em comparação com outros grupos em situação entendida como mais estável, nomeadamente, os estudantes de Enfermagem do 2º e 3º ano, bem como os enfermeiros em exercício de funções na prática clínica há pelo
menos dois anos. Os resultados indicaram que os recém-licenciados em busca do primeiro emprego não apresentavam níveis superiores quer de ansiedade-estado quer de ansiedade traço comparativamente com os estudantes de Enfermagem e os enfermeiros. Pese embora estes resultados, importa que haja parcimónia na sua análise, já que as amostras em estudo foram relativamente pequenas, não se pretendendo que estas fossem representativas das respetivas populações. Dando resposta ao objetivo principal do estudo, não se verificaram diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os níveis de ansiedade do grupo de recém-licenciados em busca do primeiro emprego e os dos restantes grupos estudados. Ainda assim, o presente estudo pretende chamar a atenção e enfatizar que poderia ser benéfico preparar os estudantes de Enfermagem, ao longo da sua formação académica, para as dificuldades que poderão sentir na transição para o mercado de trabalho. Ao nível da investigação futura, para além da área específica de Enfermagem, seria relevante explorar esta temática também noutras áreas do Ensino Superior.
Anxiety is an increasingly Media issue today and it is a symptom that, although barely visible, has health implications, both physical and mental. In recent nursing graduates seeking their first job, the difficulty of insertion in the labor market and the nursing career itself are issues that, empirically, seem likely to cause anxiety. In Portugal, the number of studies addressing anxiety as a symptom in this specific group is reduced, so this research work aims to make a contribution to fill this knowledge gap. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the anxiety related to the work situation in recent graduates, nursing students and nurses, using as an assessment instrument the state-trait inventory of anxiety. This was a quantitative study of the comparative observational type with cross-section, in which a snowball sampling technique was used to evaluate whether the recent graduates actually had higher levels of anxiety compared to other groups in a more stable situation, namely, the nursing students of the 2nd and 3rd year, as well as the nurses in exercise of functions in clinical practice for at least two years. The results indicated that the recent graduates seeking the first job did not have higher levels of either state anxiety or trait anxiety compared to nursing students and nurses. Despite these results, it is important to be parsimonious in their analysis, since the samples under study were relatively small, not intended to be representative of the respective populations. Responding to the main objective of the study, there were no statistically significant differences between the anxiety levels of the group of recent graduates seeking their first job and those of the remaining groups studied. Still, the present study aims to draw attention and emphasize that it could be beneficial to prepare nursing students, throughout their academic training, for the difficulties they may experience in the transition to the labor market. At the level of future research, in addition to the specific area of Nursing, it would be relevant to explore this theme also in other areas of Higher Education.
Anxiety is an increasingly Media issue today and it is a symptom that, although barely visible, has health implications, both physical and mental. In recent nursing graduates seeking their first job, the difficulty of insertion in the labor market and the nursing career itself are issues that, empirically, seem likely to cause anxiety. In Portugal, the number of studies addressing anxiety as a symptom in this specific group is reduced, so this research work aims to make a contribution to fill this knowledge gap. Therefore, the main goal of this study was to evaluate and compare the anxiety related to the work situation in recent graduates, nursing students and nurses, using as an assessment instrument the state-trait inventory of anxiety. This was a quantitative study of the comparative observational type with cross-section, in which a snowball sampling technique was used to evaluate whether the recent graduates actually had higher levels of anxiety compared to other groups in a more stable situation, namely, the nursing students of the 2nd and 3rd year, as well as the nurses in exercise of functions in clinical practice for at least two years. The results indicated that the recent graduates seeking the first job did not have higher levels of either state anxiety or trait anxiety compared to nursing students and nurses. Despite these results, it is important to be parsimonious in their analysis, since the samples under study were relatively small, not intended to be representative of the respective populations. Responding to the main objective of the study, there were no statistically significant differences between the anxiety levels of the group of recent graduates seeking their first job and those of the remaining groups studied. Still, the present study aims to draw attention and emphasize that it could be beneficial to prepare nursing students, throughout their academic training, for the difficulties they may experience in the transition to the labor market. At the level of future research, in addition to the specific area of Nursing, it would be relevant to explore this theme also in other areas of Higher Education.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa para obtenção do grau de Licenciada em Enfermagem
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Ansiedade Enfermeiros Estudantes de enfermagem Anxiety Nurses Nursing students