NURSES’ QUALITY OF LIFE AT THE WORKPLACE

Abstract

Quality of life (QV) regards individuals’ perceptions towards their position in life, including culture, value systems in which they experience their relation to objectives, expectations, standards and concerns. In the duranworkplace, nurses may undergo situations that may cause physical, mental and social imbalance impacting negatively in their quality of life and contributing to the accidents and work-related diseases. This study aims to assess the life quality of nursing professionals in the workplace. For this, we used a systematic review of literature on articles available in SciELO and LILACS databases. It is noted in the literature that there are risks faced by nursing staff in their work, among them stand out the chemical, mechanical, biological, ergonomic and psychological ones. The analysis of the literature indicated that the most likely to be affected by these hazards are nursing technicians, due to the fact that they are in direct contact with the patients that they provide health care for. Nurses are also likely to have their life quality impacted by their workplace routines forthey are the least likely to step away from labor activities in addition to being the only category that performs nursing care.