Design de interiores e saúde: estudo para área de descanso voltada aos profissionais de Enfermagem

Abstract

The working conditions of nursing workers in the current Brazilian scenario, and also worldwide, have intense and exhausting work characteristics, resulting from some factors, such as: excessive working hours, living with continuous suffering, lack of breaks and places for professionals to rest . The choice of the theme is justified due to the student's performance in the field of Nursing for about 10 years, a period in which she experienced, on many occasions, several negative daily experiences in the hospital environment, thus evidencing the nursing worker's work stress. Thus, this study aims to develop an interior project aimed at rest for nursing professionals working in the Emergency Department of the Hospital de Clínicas of the Federal University of Uberlândia (HC/UFU). This project aims to improve the ambience as a way to minimize work stress related to physical and mental exhaustion and, consequently, to improve working relationships, quality of life and the performance of nursing professionals. The adopted methodology follows two steps: 1) literature review on the key research themes: nursing, design and, more specifically, on the Evidence Based Design method (EBD - Evidence Based Design); four case studies were also carried out to analyze projects related to the theme; 2) the development of the interior design itself, drawn from the evidence identified in the literature review. Thus, as a final result, a resting place was proposed for the nursing staff of the Emergency Room at the HC/UFU.