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This investigation is a study qualitative, of fenomenológico - descriptive analysis that looks for to understand the meaning of the current work relationships and the quality of life like factor of the infirmary professional’s human development that he/she works at the moment in the city of Manizales. The investigators conformed in an aleatory way a discussion group with a typical sample of 15 professionals of infirmary of the population’s study object total, 217 infirmary professionals, that work in institutions of health and educational of the public sector, private and independent, with a labor experience bigger than 10 years. Interview was applied focused in two sessions, by means of previously designed debate points and evaluated by experts. In which one investigates on aspects like: Condition Labor, Revenues, recruiting Forms, Democratic Participation, Quality of Life and Human Development. Finding that starting from the implementation of the Law 100/93, changes were given that took to labor uncertainty, I increase of work loads, new assignments different to the professional profile, access lack to the continuous education and I pass from an assistance infirmary of direct care to a more administrative infirmary. With relationship to the revenues is already a marked difference the nurses (you) educational of public and private universities they receive higher wages that the assistance nurses of the same sectors, in which was also backwardness in payments of salaries, not economic recognition for graduate degree studies and years of experience. As for the recruiting forms, bigger tendency is evidenced to the linking for cooperative in both sectors. The infirmary professionals manifest a decrease of own spaces as the departments and infirmary coordination’s, but they stand out the importance of the decisive paper that they complete inside the team of health and the society. The recognition of its great potential, its leadership inside the work group is evidenced by knowledge and attitude, as well as to advance processes of change. It exists little association capacity and ignorance of the Law 266/96. Alterations of the satisfaction of the basic necessities and of the quality of life. Lastly and in spite of the feelings of concern, nostalgia and sadness for the present situation, they stand out the desire to continue contributing to the profession, the necessity to work for the satisfaction of the fulfilled duty and for the social commitment, since the essence and the meaning of the profession gives them the quality of its lives.
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