Occupational risks and health of nursing workers – seeking evidences

Abstract

Objective: Identify scientific production national and international about occupational risks of nursing team that act in the hospital. Method: Study type integrative literature review. The bibliographic survey occurred by Virtual Health Library, in database BIREME, Lilacs, Scielo, Cochrane Library and Medline. The descriptors used were "nursing team" or "nursing" and "occupational risks" or "occupational risks" and "work accident". Results: 204 articles were identified and the end sample was composed by 30 scientific articles developed by nursing or with your participation, published in national or international territory. Conclusion: From the search of the produced was revealed the need to implement moments of continuing education, focusing reflexives practices, because the field of occupational health, sometimes centers on punctual training, when the worker receive instructions on how to proceed/behave.