Main causes of absenteeism in the nursing team: bibliographic review
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https://doi.org/10.17267/2317-3378rec.v8i1.1611Keywords:
Absenteeism. Nursing professionals. Workplace.Abstract
OBJECTIVE: to describe the most frequent causes of absenteeism among nursing workers. METHOD: Bibliographic review of absenteeism of nursing professionals from the period of 2010 to 2016. RESULTS: The most frequent causes of absenteeism were diseases of the musculoskeletal system, diseases of the respiratory system and mental illness. CONCLUSION: The national studies carried out with the nursing team presented as main cause of absenteeism-disease the pathologies of the musculoskeletal system, and nursing technicians and auxiliaries registered a greater number of absences at work.