O estresse do trabalhador de enfermagem: estudo em diferentes unidades de um hospital universitário

Abstract

This descriptive research, with quantitative approach aims at discussing the stress level in three nursing teams’ from a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Eighty-five professionals were part of the study, conducted from January to December, 2011. The nurses were staffed at the central clinic, at the general intensive care unit, and at two wards in the hospital’s medical clinic. The stress evaluation was held by Lipp’s Inventory of Stress Symptoms (ISSL) and the measurement of the exposure to labor’s environment stress factors through Inventory of Stressors Subjective Evaluation of Factors (IAFES). 56.5% (fifty-six point five percent) of the participants were found to be stressed and 49.4 % (forty-nine point four percent) were in resistance phase. 68.5 % (sixty-eight point five percent) of the participants were found to be exposed to medium or high levels of labor stress factors. The need for actions seeking the decrease in factors subject to labor intervention as well as the need for research approaching the theme was identified.