Os riscos ocupacionais dos trabalhadores de enfermagem

Abstract

This study had as its main goal to analyze the national literature scientific production related to occupational risks in which nursing workers are exposed to. We opted working with the narrative revision through bibliographic survey in two official data bank entailed to Health Virtual Library (HVL): LILACS and BDENF where fifteen articles were selected. This study made evident the damages related to workers physical and mental healthy: long-days-work, accelerated rhythm of production by excessive tasks, automation by fulfillment of repetitive action by parcels of tasks and low remuneration related to responsibility and complexity of the tasks performed. There is great number of accidents and occupational illnesses among nursing workers and we can state that the problems that really affect the healthy of these workers are: stress (pressure), back pain, high blood pressure and sometimes, disheartenment.