TRIGGERING FACTORS OF JOB (DIS)SATISFACTION AMONG PRIMARY HEALTH CARE NURSES

Abstract

Primary Health Care in Brazil is one of the gateways to the health system and it is the organizer of the healthcare network. Nurses are the closest professionals of the population and the inability to meet all their demands generates tensions and stress between users and workers concerning the delivered care. Objective: To describe the factors triggering the dissatisfaction among nurses working in Primary Health Care. Material and Method: It is a qualitative study of the descriptive exploratory type, carried out in 2016, with 19 Primary Health Care nurses, in a city of the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were conducted until data saturation was achieved. Dialectical hermeneutics was used for the analysis and interpretation. Results: It emerged one category: Nurse’s dissatisfaction with their work in Primary Health Care and triggering factors. Conclusions: Nurses’ job satisfaction is related to their profession. Some are dissatisfied with working conditions. Factors such as workload, scarce physical and material resources, inappropriate infrastructure, professional devaluation, among others, are indicated as causing dissatisfaction, which can result in chronic stress and cause illness.