A atividade industrial é um dos principais causadores dos impactos negativos ao meio ambiente, pois, para operar um processo produtivo, é indispensável o uso de insumos oriundos de recursos naturais. Para amenizar esse problema, é importante ampliar a participação de insumos energéticos mais limpos na matriz energética da indústria brasileira, a fim de promover um crescimento calcado nas propostas do desenvolvimento sustentável. Uma alternativa energética, que passou a ter importância diante da crise energética de 2000/2001, foi o gás natural (GN). O GN traz grandes expectativas ao consumidor do setor industrial, quando comparado com alguns dos seus energéticos substitutos, pois é capaz de contribuir com a redução de custos, mitigar a poluição e garantir o nível de produção sem riscos de interrupção em períodos de estiagem dos reservatórios nas hidroelétricas. Com base nisso, o presente trabalho analisa a aplicabilidade do gás natural do ponto de vista mercadológico, econômico e ambiental, por meio da identificação dos atributos que interferem na adoção do GN como energético alternativo nos principais setores industriais dos Estados de São Paulo (SP) e do Amazonas (AM) e da análise da eficiência produtiva relativa de um conjunto de equipamentos (caldeiras e aquecedores) do setor industrial, a fim de comparar o desempenho dos equipamentos que utilizam o gás natural com os que utilizam os demais energéticos. Como forma de atingir os objetivos expostos, o método compreendeu uma combinação da utilização da técnica do incidente crítico (TIC) e da análise conjunta (AC). A aplicação da técnica do incidente crítico forneceu os atributos considerados importantes para a adoção desse energético no setor industrial, e a análise conjunta serviu para determinar a utilidade e importância relativa dos atributos relevantes na escolha do consumidor. Além disso, foi utilizada a análise por envoltória de dados (DEA) como forma de analisar a eficiência produtiva relativa dos equipamentos estudados. Vale ressaltar que a análise por meio da DEA foi baseada na relação custo/benefício dos equipamentos. Os benefícios considerados eram de natureza econômica e ambiental. Com o presente trabalho, foram obtidos resultados importantes que podem ajudar as empresas usuárias e não usuárias do GN a mensurar, de forma mais objetiva, os benefícios oriundos da utilização deste energético nos processos produtivos e, também permitir ao governo estabelecer estratégias adequadas para incentivar o uso do gás depois da prevista ampliação da sua oferta devido às descobertas recentes de reservas na camada pré-sal e do funcionamento do novo gasoduto Urucu-Coari-Manaus. / Industrial activity is one of the main originators of negative impacts to the environment, given that the use of raw materials from natural resources is indispensable when operating a production process. To mitigate this problem, it is important to broaden the participation of cleaner energy inputs in the Brazilian energy sector in order to promote growth based on the proposals of sustainable development. An alternative energy is natural gas (NG), which became important after the energy crisis of 2000/2001. When compared with some of its energy substitutes, NG brings great expectations to the consumer industry since it is able to reduce costs, mitigate pollution and ensure the level of production without the risk of supply interruption from the hydroelectric plants during the dry periods. Based on this context, this paper analyzes the applicability of natural gas from a marketing, economic and environmental point of view, by identifying the attributes that influence the adoption of natural gas as alternative energy in the major industrial sectors of the states of São Paulo (SP) and Amazonas (AM), and examines the relative productive efficiency of a set of equipments (boilers and heaters) in the industrial sector, in order to compare the performance of equipments that use natural gas with those using other energy sources. To achieve the stated objectives, the method used included a combination of the critical incident technique (CIT) and conjoint analysis (CA). The application of the critical incident technique provided the attributes considered important for the adoption of this energy source in the industrial sector, and the conjoint analysis determined the usefulness and relative importance of the pertinent attributes in the consumers choice. Additionally, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used as a way to analyze the relative productive efficiency of the equipments that were studied. It should be noted that the DEA analysis was based on the equipments cost-effective ratio. The benefits considered were essentially economic and environmental. This study obtained important results that can help NG user and nonuser companies to more objectively measure the benefits of applying this energy source in production processes, as well as enable the government to establish appropriate strategies to encourage gas use after its foreseen production expansion, on account of recent discoveries of reserves in the pre-salt layers and the operation of the new Urucu-Coari-Manaus gas pipeline.

Submitted by Fabiana Gonçalves Pinto (benf@ndc.uff.br) on 2015-12-08T11:39:53Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcia Farias de Oliveira dos Santos.pdf: 7913737 bytes, checksum: 8b7f304719cb9775d8b1e05fec5959c4 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-08T11:39:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcia Farias de Oliveira dos Santos.pdf: 7913737 bytes, checksum: 8b7f304719cb9775d8b1e05fec5959c4 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Mestrado Acadêmico em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde / Estudo realizado para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências do Cuidado em Saúde da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Objeto: os processos de medicação realizados pela equipe de enfermagem da Unidade Neonatal do Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto. Objetivos: Descrever os processos de preparo e administração de medicamentos, executados pela equipe de enfermagem da unidade, através da construção de fluxogramas; Analisar por meio de incidentes críticos as situações, comportamentos e consequências, positivos e negativos, identificados nos processos de preparo e administração de medicamentos, a partir do relato da equipe de enfermagem. Método: Pesquisa descritiva, qualitativa, utilizando a Técnica do Incidente Crítico (TIC). Para coleta de dados a proposta foi de realização de entrevistas individuais, semiestruturadas com profissionais de enfermagem lotados no cenário do estudo pelo menos desde março de 2012, realizando atividades de assistência direta de enfermagem, sendo esta a amostragem proposital. Foi considerada atingida a saturação dos dados com 39 entrevistas realizadas, sendo 20 com enfermeiros e 19 com técnicos de enfermagem. Para realização das entrevistas contou-se com uma auxiliar de pesquisa. O material foi gravado e posteriormente transcrito. O conteúdo das entrevistas foi lido exaustivamente e pré-analisado nos moldes da TIC tendo como base a separação, nos textos de cada entrevista, dos elementos situação, comportamento e consequência e polaridades positiva e negativa. Por escolha metodológica de unir a análise de conteúdo preconizada por Flanagan àquela descrita por Bardin, os dados foram lançados em quadros, gerando unidades de registro. A seguir foi realizado o agrupamento dos incidentes críticos positivos e negativos em subcategorias, nomeadas por palavras-chave que emergiram dos conteúdos (unidades de significância), Oito categorias foram obtidas, quatro por polaridade: time de medicação, divisão de tarefas, atividades técnicas e atuação da gerência. Leituras das normas e rotinas de medicação da Unidade serviram de base para elaboração de fluxogramas dos processos de trabalho estudados. Como conclusão do estudo foi apresentado que a fluxogramação dos processos indicou a necessidade de reavaliação na divisão de tarefas durante o processos de preparo de medicamentos e necessidade de inclusão de atividades de monitoramento do sistema de medicação. Quanto a análise dos incidentes críticos, as subcategorias de incidentes negativos com mais relatos agrupados foram as denominadas divisão de tarefas e atividades técnicas. Nessas subcategorias os relatos apontaram uma preocupação com a persistência dos erros, com questões éticas e com atividades desenvolvidas em outras fases do sistema de medicação, pontos considerados prioritários nos estudos produzidos na área. Em relação à persistência dos erros, as duas metodologias utilizadas apontam para o mesmo caminho: a necessidade de monitoramento dos eventos adversos e de adoção de estratégias que diminuam a ocorrência e persistência desses eventos. Espera-se que os resultados obtidos e o produto do trabalho possam colaborar com o contínuo desenvolvimento do processo de medicação adotado na Unidade Neonatal, com o desenvolvimento de pesquisas na Instituição e com a melhoria da assistência de enfermagem em geral, já que apresenta metodologias aplicáveis à análise de processos de trabalho em qualquer realidade de cuidado. / This is a research project for the Academic Master’s Degree in the Sciences of Health Care, of the Fluminense Federal University. Object: medication processes executed by the nursing team in the Neonatal Unit of the University Hospital Pedro Ernesto.. Objectives: To describe the process of preparing and administrating the medication, which are performed by the nursing team, byusing flowcharts created to represent this work process. To analyze the situations, behavior and consequences - both positive and negative - identified in the process, based on the reports of the professionals involved. Method: This is a descriptive, qualitative research, using the Critical Incident Technique (CIT) approach. The data was collected through individual, semi-structured, recorded interviews with nursing professionals from the University Hospital. Those workers should be part of the hospital staff at least since march 201, and be involved in activities of direct care, thus being an stratified sample.The data was saturated after interviewing 39 employees: 20 nurses e 19 nurse technicians. A research assistant helped collect the interviews. The data was recorded and later transcribed. The material was then extensively read and preanalyzed following the CIT precepts. ,by separating the following elements: situation, behavior and consequence, and its respective positive and/or negative polarities. It was decided that the methodology of this research would unite the content analysis as it was defined by Flanagan to that of Bardin; this resulted in the creating of data tables from which registration unities were extracted. Afterwards, the positive and negative critical incidents were grouped in subcategories, named after key-words noted from the content of the interviews. Eight categories were obtained, four per polarity: the medication team, task division, implanted technical activities and the actions of the management. The rules and routines of the medication unit served as the base for the elaboration of flowcharts of the studied work processes. The resulting flowchart indicated the need to reevaluate the task division in the process of preparing and administrating the medications, as well as the inclusion of monitoring activities in the medication system. The analysis of the critical incidents showed that the subcategory of negative critical incidents with the most reports were task division and implanted technical activities, in which reports indicated concerns about the persistence of errors, ethical matters and with the activities performed in other stages of the medication process; points that are consistently approached in studies in the field. In relation to error persistence, both of the methodologies applied point out to the same path: the need to monitor the adverse events, and the implementation of strategies to reduce its persistency and occurrences. The author hopes that the results obtained might assist with the continuous development of the medication system adopted by the Neonatal Unit and with the development of researches in the institution, as well as helping improve the nursing assistance in general, since this research works with a methodology which can be applied in the analyzes of work processes in any care-related context.

The fast paced evolution of technology has changed the way people interact with service providers in a significant way; the introduction of new service delivery channels has mainly been based on technological advances rather than on customer needs. During the last 20 years the banks have extended their service offerings from just having the branch offices to the multichannel service delivery systems of today, including; phones, computers and smartphone apps. Previous research has concluded that there were many barriers for mobile banking to become a widespread service delivery channel for banks, such as technical limitations, trust issues and social obstacles. In order to understand the role of the smartphone in this multichannel ecology, a qualitative interview study was undertaken focusing on the customers’ perception of the bank. The results show that the choice of channel is dependent on personal characteristics, perceived risk, context and how the task itself is perceived. The results show that the current role of the smartphone is complementary to the other channels, providing the customer with basic banking services wherever they are; it supports the customer in the activity of managing ones private economy and providing the informant with the feeling of control. The results also include insights into the life of three customers and their interaction with their bank over the course of one month in the form of customer journey maps.

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Ces 15 dernières années, la recherche sur l'empathie clinique dans le contexte de la médecine somatique s'est développée de manière significative. Cette empathie clinique est donc de mieux en mieux cernée : élaboration de différentes modélisations et identification de ses bénéfices. Aujourd'hui, il reste certains challenges à relever, et notamment celui d'améliorer et de préserver l'empathie clinique au fil de la formation et de la pratique médicales tout en protégeant le bien-être des médecins. Ce travail de thèse a pour objectif de définir l'empathie clinique dans le cadre des maladies chroniques graves : son processus, ses déterminants, ses conséquences et les ressources nécessaires. Ce travail propose trois études successives portant sur des patients (N=15) et des médecins hospitaliers (N=235) selon un design mixte, recueils de données quantitatifs et qualitatifs associés à des analyses de données quantitatives. Ces études cherchent à définir l'empathie, identifier et tester ses antécédents et conséquences, en explorant les vécus des médecins et des patients. Par ailleurs, une quatrième étude longitudinale dite pilote a été mise en place. Les résultats ont mis en évidence la spécificité de l'empathie à une clinique spécifique, ont souligné sa nature majoritairement cognitive et comportementale et son rôle primordial dans la clinique et le bien-être des patients et des médecins. Ce travail propose ainsi une définition empirique qui concilie et enrichit les précédentes tout en développant la connaissance des déterminants de cette compétence clinique dans le cas spécifique des maladies chroniques graves. L'empathie clinique résulte de nombreux éléments tant individuels que situationnels ou encore interindividuels. Alors le développement de l'empathie des médecins auprès des personnes atteintes de maladies chroniques graves ne peut être considéré sans développer des recommandations à destination des institutions, des programmes de formation, et des dispositifs de soutien individuel et collectif. / Over the last 15 years, research on clinical empathy in somatic medicine has increased significantly. This clinical empathy is therefore becoming better understood, which shows by the appearance of various models and benefits on patients and physicians. Today, the challenge is to improve and to maintain clinical empathy through medical training and practice while protecting the well-being of physicians. This thesis' aim is to define clinical empathy in the context of serious chronic diseases: its process, its determinants, its consequences and the resources it needs. This work proposes three sequential studies involving patients (N = 15) and hospital doctors (N = 233). The design is mixed between qualitative and quantitative data and methods. These studies seek to define empathy, identify and test its antecedents and its consequences, exploring both the experiences of physicians and patients. Furthermore, a fourth study, a pilot one, has been conducted. Empathy appears as specific to a clinic. The results emphasize its cognitive and behavioral facets. Clinical empathy has a key role in patients' care and wellbeing but also in physicians' wellbeing. This work proposes an empirical definition that reconciles and enriches the preceding ones. It gives the opportunity to develop knowledge of empathy's determinants in the specific case of serious chronic diseases. Clinical empathy is the result of many individual, situational and inter-individual elements. Therefore, the development of doctors' empathy with patients with severe chronic diseases cannot be considered without developing recommendations to institutions, training programs, and individual and collective supports.

Bakgrund: Ökade rörligheten i samhället, snabb teknisk och industriell utveckling, ökat våld och terrorhot till följd av samhällsutvecklingen tyder på ökning av sjukvård. Mortalitet samt morbiditet orsakade av trauma kan reduceras med snabbt och effektivt insatta åtgärder.  Syfte: Syftet med denna studie var att studera specialistsjuksköterskors upplevelser av nyckelfaktorer till patientsäker omvårdnad vid traumalarm nivå 1.  Deltagare och datainsamling: Åtta specialistsjuksköterskor med intensivvård- eller anestesiutbildning intervjuades med semistrukturerade intervjuer.  Metod: Kritiskt incident teknik med kvalitativ ansats användes vid analys under studien vilket resulterade i 7 kategorier.  Resultat: Resultatet av studien visar bland annat vikten av att känna sig förberedd, både genom utbildning samt träning inom teamet men även att känna till de lokaler och den utrustning som används i traumarummet. Stor vikt läggs även på att få möjlighet att reflektera och följa upp traumalarm som varit, för teamsamverkan, större förståelse mellan klinikerna, känslomässig avlastning men även för patientsäkerheten under framtida traumalarm.  Slutsats: Studien visar på svårigheter som uppkommer vid omhändertagande av patienter som drabbats av trauma men även de nyckelfaktorer som specialistsjuksköterskorna menar kan förbättra och effektivisera vården för patienterna. / Background: Increased mobility in society, rapid technical and industrial development, increased violence and terrorist threats as a result of societal developments indicate an increase in healthcare. Mortality and morbidity caused by trauma can be reduced with quick and effective measures.  Aim: The aim of this study was to study specialist nurses' experiences of key factors for patient-safe nursing at level 1 trauma alarm. Participants and data collection: Eight specialist nurses with intensive- or anesthesia care were interviewed with semi-structured interviews. Method: Critical incident technique with qualitative approach was used in analysis during the study which resulted in 7 categories. Results: The results of the study show, among other things, the importance of feeling prepared, both through education and training within the team, but also to know the premises and the equipment used in the trauma room. Great emphasis is also placed on having the opportunity to reflect and follow up on trauma alarms that have been, for team collaboration, greater understanding between the clinics, emotional relief but also for patient safety during future trauma alarms. Conclusion: The study shows difficulties that arise in the care of patients affected by trauma, but also the key factors that the specialist nurses believe can improve and streamline care for patients.

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Bakgrund: Att jobba i den stressfulla och komplexa miljö som tillhör intensiv- och akutsjukvårdens vardag har visat sig medföra större risker för att utveckla arbetsrelaterad stress och negativa känslomässiga reaktioner. En sjuksköterskas förmåga att hantera sina egna känslor påverkar direkt omvårdnaden och relationen till patienter och deras familjer. För att bibehålla en god psykisk hälsa och välbefinnande är det viktigt för sjuksköterskor att utveckla och använda effektiva strategier för att hantera negativa känslomässiga reaktioner efter svåra patientmöten på intensivvårdsavdelningar. Syfte: Syftet var att beskriva specialistsjuksköterskors strategier för att hantera negativa känslomässiga reaktioner efter svåra patientmöten på intensivvårdsavdelningar. Metod: Designen för arbetet gjordes som en kvalitativ studie med induktiv ansats. Sjutton specialistsjuksköterskor inom intensivvård och anestesi intervjuades med individuella semistrukturerade intervjuer. Metoden för att analysera data var kritisk incidentteknik. Resultat: Analysen av data resulterade i fem slutkategorier. Specialistsjuksköterkors strategier för att hantera negativa känslomässiga reaktioner innefattade; Att prata om händelsen med andra, Att ta stöd i varandra och hjälpas åt, Att tillåta sig att visa känslor och känna med patienten, Att strukturera upp arbetet, fokusera på vad som ska göras och lita på sin kompetens samt, Att utöva egenvård och ta hand om sig själv Slutsats: Att hantera negativa känslomässiga reaktioner efter svåra patientmöten på intensivvårdsavdelningar har visat att det är avgörande för att upprätthålla en hög nivå av arbetsprestation och professionalism. Studien ger en djupare förståelse för hur olika strategier kan användas för att sjuksköterskan ska behålla en god hälsa och kunna ge en god omvårdnad. En nyckelfaktor var att prata om händelsen och en önskan om större stöd och uppmärksamhet inom ämnet från både verksamheten och sjuksköterskeutbildningens håll.