During the COVID-19 pandemic, longstanding issues involving nursing work, which has always involved significant risks of illness and infection, were intensified. It is necessary to acknowledge the risks and nurses’ perceptions about the risks qualitatively during the period of the health crisis. The aim of this study was to examine the health repercussions perceived by nursing workers in emergency services during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. This was a qualitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. The settings of the study were emergency services with a national scope; the participants were nursing workers. Data were collected via face-to-face virtual calling interviews and analyzed via a content analysis technique, which was supported by IRAMUTEQ software. The formation of textual classes pointed in three thematic directions, from which three categories emerged: nursing workers’ exposure, due to a lack of protective equipment, to the risk of being contaminated with, falling ill from, and transmitting the COVID-19 virus; changes in work environments, processes, and relations in response to the pandemic; and physical, mental, and psychosocial alterations perceived by emergency service nursing workers. The exposure to the virus, risk of contamination, and changes in the work environment and relations all resulted in health repercussions, which were perceived as physical, mental, and psychosocial alterations that were described as dietary disturbances, physical fatigue, burnout, increased smoking, anxiety, sleep alterations, fear, exhaustion, stress, social isolation, loneliness, distancing from relatives, and social stigma.
Objetivo: caracterizar os riscos ocupacionais no contexto laboral dos trabalhadores do serviço de limpeza hospitalar e discutir suas implicações ao processo de trabalho, na percepção de especialistas da área de segurança e saúde do trabalho. Método: estudo qualitativo exploratório, realizado com especialistas da área de segurança e saúde do trabalhador no primeiro semestre de 2020. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas, gravados em mídia digital e submetidos à análise de conteúdo temático-categorial. Obteve-se o consentimento livre e esclarecido dos participantes e aprovação do Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa. Resultados: identificou-se a reafirmação dos riscos ocupacionais do ambiente de trabalho hospitalar pelos especialistas, além das altas cargas de trabalho dos trabalhadores dos serviços de limpeza. Considerações finais: a percepção dos especialistas evidenciou a existência de diversos tipos de riscos ocupacionais. Ademais, destacam-se a falta de conhecimento dos riscos, a vulnerabilidade e a precariedade das condições laborais desses trabalhadores.ABSTRACTObjective: to characterize occupational risks in the labor context of hospital cleaning service workers and discuss their implications for the work process, as perceived by specialists in occupational safety and health. Method: in this exploratory, qualitative study with specialists in the area of worker safety and health, data were obtained, in the first half of 2020, through semi-structured interviews, recorded in digital media, and subjected to categorical thematic content analysis. The study was approved by the research ethics committee, and free and informed consent was obtained from the participants. Results: the experts confirmed the risks of the hospital work environment, in addition to the cleaning service workers’ high workloads. Final considerations: the experts' perceptions demonstrated the existence of different types of occupational hazards. Also highlighted were the lack of knowledge of the risks, the workers’ vulnerability and the precariousness of their working conditions.RESUMENObjetivo: caracterizar los riesgos laborales en el contexto laboral de los trabajadores del servicio de limpieza hospitalaria y discutir sus implicaciones en el proceso de trabajo, desde el punto de vista de expertos del área de seguridad y salud laboral. Método: estudio cualitativo exploratorio, realizado junto a expertos del área de seguridad y salud laboral en el primer semestre de 2020. Los datos se obtuvieron por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas, grabadas en medios digitales, y se sometieron al análisis de contenido temático-categorial. Se obtuvo el consentimiento libre y clarificado de los participantes y la aprobación del Comité de Ética en Investigación. Resultados: los expertos identificaron la reafirmación de los riesgos ocupacionales del ambiente de trabajo hospitalario, además de las altas cargas laborales de los trabajadores del servicio de limpieza. Consideraciones Finales: la percepción de los expertos mostró la existencia de diferentes tipos de riesgos laborales. Además, se destaca el desconocimiento de los riesgos, la vulnerabilidad y las condiciones laborales precarias de estos trabajadores.
Objetivo: analisar as publicações nacionais e internacionais sobre estratégias para monitoramento da saúde do trabalhador de enfermagem. Método: revisão integrativa da literatura. As buscas foram realizadas nas bases Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature e Scopus, usando descritores. A busca resultou em 687 estudos. Após análise dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, foram selecionados 06 estudos. Resultados: foram encontradas seis publicações que atenderam aos critérios do estudo, que indicaram a existência apenas da ferramenta sistema de monitoramento da saúde dos trabalhadores de enfermagem. Conclusão: é evidente à escassez de trabalhos sobre a referida temática, foi identificada a necessidade de implementar ferramentas tecnológicas para favorecer estratégias preventivas para o monitoramento das notificações de doenças dos trabalhadores de enfermagem.
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