Regulatory Standard 32 ban on adornments and professional self-concept of nursing professionals/Proibicao do uso de adornos pela Norma Regulamentadora 32 e autoconceito profissional da equipe de enfermagem

Objective: To analyze the relationship of the ban on adornments imposed by Regulatory Standard 32 and workers' characteristics with the professional self-concept of nursing staff. Methods: Cross-sectional analytic and quantitative study. Assessment instruments were the Professional Self-concept Scale and a questionnaire for sample characterization. The sample comprised 182 nursing professionals. Descriptive and inferential analysis was performed with Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0. Results: The average score on the Professional Self-concept Scale was 113.3 ([+ or -]12.7). Most participants reported to miss wearing adornments at work. The participants who reported not to miss adornments exhibited higher self-concept, on average. We found statistically significant association between lack of adornments and factors accomplishment (p= 0.01) and health (p=0.00), between job position and factor competence (p=0.00) and between time since graduation and factor health (p=0.01). Conclusion: For the present sample professional self-concept was influenced by lack of adornments, time since graduation and job position. Keywords | work performance; nursing; self concept. Objetivos: Associar a proibicao de adornos imposta pela Norma Regulamentadora 32 (NR32) e as caracteristicas dos trabalhadores com o autoconceito profissional da equipe de enfermagem. Metodo: Estudo analitico transversal quantitativo. Utilizou-se a Escala de Autoconceito Profissional e um questionario de caracterizacao. A amostra foi composta de 182 profissionais de enfermagem. Foi realizada analise descritiva e inferencial pelo software estatistico Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) versao 20.0. Resultados: O escore medio total da Escala de Autoconceito Profissional foi de 113,3 ([+ or -]12,7). A maioria dos participantes referiu sentir falta de adornos no trabalho. Os profissionais que referiram nao sentir falta dos adornos possuiam um autoconceito profissional, em media, mais elevado. Houve associacao estatisticamente significante nas comparacoes da falta de adorno com os fatores realizacao (p=0,01) e saude (p=0,00); do cargo exercido com o fator competencia (p=0,00); e do tempo de formacao com o fator saude (p=0,01). Conclusoes: O autoconceito profissional da equipe de enfermagem foi influenciado pela falta de adornos, bem como pelo tempo de formacao e pelo cargo de atuacao dos profissionais na instituicao. Palavras-chave | desempenho profissional; enf