Temporal analysis of differentials in work relationships for nurses in the five regions of brazil between the years 2003-2021.
Historical series, Labor market, Work, Employment, Unemployment, Nurses, Work bonds.
With regard to the legal attributions of the nurse, according to the precepts of Law n.
7,498/1986, which provides for the regulation of Nursing practice, the nurse is
responsible for exercising all nursing activities, including private actions: planning,
organization, coordination, execution and evaluation of nursing care services nursing;
nursing prescription; direct care for critically ill patients; and nursing care of greater
technical complexity. The objective was to analyze the temporal trend of the nurses'
workforce in the regions of Brazil in the period 2003-2021. This is an exploratory-
analytical-descriptive research, with a quantitative approach and with a focus on the
ecological study of temporal trends, related to the differences in the employment
relationships of nurses in the five regions of Brazil. The database of the Annual List of
Social Information was used. The analysis, treatment and temporal distribution were
carried out by exporting the database for descriptive and inferential appreciation using
Software R Studio version 4.3.1. Statistical analyzes were extracted regarding frequency
distribution, measures of central tendencies and positions. Trend analyzes were
performed using polynomial equations, which consisted of: simple linear regression,
second-degree or parabolic and third-degree or exponential regression. The choice of
the model that best fitted the data was considered. The temporal trend analysis was
performed in two stages: the Durbin-Watson test to assess the autocorrelation of the
historical series and exploratory analysis using the autocorrelation function. The
adoption of the significance test was also considered as a criterion for choosing the
model, where a significant trend was considered when p-value < 0.05. It was a research
that used public domain information, in a database, without the possibility of individual
identification. The temporal trend of the differential of employment contracts for nurses
was stationary in the Northeast, South, Southeast and Midwest regions, that is, four of
the five regions of Brazil. The North Region was the only one that showed an upward
trend. Based on the analysis of the time series obtained, this study showed a stable
situation in the generation of employment contracts in four of the five regions of Brazil.
It is concluded that in Brazil the trend of employment contracts for nurses is
predominantly stationary, despite the upward growth in the North of the country.