The team of nursing and radiological hazards

Abstract

Objective: To describe the characteristics of personal and professional profile of the nursing staff of the radiology industry. Methods: This is a field research with a quantitative approach, performed in a public hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, with ten employees of the nursing team. Data collection was by a questionnaire and data were tabulated and organized into charts and tables, based according to the literature on topic. Results: The subjects were female, 50% aged between 40-49 years, 60% married, 60% nursing assistants at the institution for more than three years and remain in the sector radiological more than three hours / day, 50% make use of PPE and 80% know the health risks, especially, sterility and cancer. Conclusion: The Continuing Education can be a tool to be used by nursing staff to avoid unsafe practices against ionizing radiation.