Nurses from the Mobile Emergency Service: profile and developed activities

摘要

Objective: to characterize the profile and identify the activities developed by nurses from the Mobile Emergency Care Service of a state of southern Brazil. Method: an exploratory, descriptive study. Data were collected through a questionnaire with 63 nurses. Results: the profile showed a workforce predominantly female, young and having specialized training. The activities were organized in the dimensions of caring, managing and educating, verifying the predominance of the first one. Care actions involved multiple procedures, but the use of the Systematization of Nursing Care (SNC) was not mentioned in the development of care activities. Then, the managerial dimension with a predominance of bureaucratic activities was emphasized. Educational activities were less prominent. Conclusion: care actions are the focus of the activities of nurses, predominantly the prescribed institutional care without the use of instruments such as SNC that could contribute to the greater visibility of their professional work.