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Enfermería universitaria
versión On-line ISSN 2395-8421versión impresa ISSN 1665-7063
Resumen
CANALES-VERGARA, M.; VALENZUELA-SUAZO, S. y PARAVIC-KLIJN, T.. Working conditions among nursing professionals in Chile. Enferm. univ [online]. 2016, vol.13, n.3, pp.178-186. ISSN 2395-8421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reu.2016.05.004.
Nursing professionals make a large personnel segment which, doubtless, accomplishes an essential role in hospital and primary attention services. However, little is known about their working conditions and the implied occupational risks.
Objective:
To identify the working conditions and the reasons why nursing professionals in Chile become sick.
Method:
This is a systematic review with a descriptive and retrospective character performed through a systematic search in accordance to the Occupational Health Network. The universe was constituted by the Chilean articles which made references to the descriptor words nursing, work, nursing staff, working conditions, occupational diseases, and occupational risks, resulting from the web data searches in Web of Science, MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Scopus, SciELO, and LILACS. The sample included a total of 9 articles which principally dealt with issues of burnout, mental burden, psycho-physiological discomfort, and fatigue.
The development of this publication was framed in the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) criteria checklist.
Results:
Nursing professionals in Chile practice in working conditions marked by the lack of materials, the high demand of services, and the limited resources.
Conclusion:
The principal problems associated to work among these nurses correspond to psychosocial risks such as stress, fatigue, and burnout.
Palabras llave : Nursing; Work; Nursing staff; Working conditions; Occupational diseases; Occupational risks; Chile.