Condições de trabalho dos profissionais de enfermagem na pandemia da covid-19: revisão integrativa de literatura

Abstract

Nursing work is complex, diverse and multifaceted, and when performing their activities, these workers are continually exposed to a series of occupational risks and inadequate conditions in the work context, which contribute to their physical and mental illness. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, this situation has become even more evident. Thus, the present study aims to describe the scientific evidence available in the national and international literature on the working conditions of nursing professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is na integrative literature review, according to the recommendations of the Preferred Reporting Items-se Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA), carried out with the following guiding question: “What are the working conditions of nursing professionals in the scenario o Covid-19 pandemic available in national and international scientific literature?”. The established search sources were: LILACS (Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences), Medline via Pubmed, Web of Science and SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online). Ofthe studies found, 338 articles were selected, which were submitted to the inclusion criteria, with a dense attentive reading in full. From the search, ten studies were selected to compose the review, meeting the established criteria, specifically, online articles available in full, published in Portuguese, English or Spanish, published during the pandemic period (2020-2022) and dealing with the proposed theme. In the selected studies, work overload was evidente a feeling of unpreparedness in the face of the virus and in the face of protection measures, fear of contamination and transmission of the disease to family members and colleagues, lack of personal protective equipment, feeling of devaluation, high burden of stress and demands, difficulty meeting physiological needs and feeding oneself in the work environment. In this way, understanding working conditions and developing strategies for preparing and training these workers to develop their work activities are attitudes that must be taken urgently to decide how resources will be allocated, propositions made to organize work and create protective measures, which prioritize the health ofprofessionals and aim to face the pandemic in essential care services.