Occupational Violence in Nursing

• Autor(a) principal: Martins, Brenner Saboia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Mayara Cândida
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17246
• topic: Enfermagem; Saúde do trabalhador; Violência ocupacional.; Violencia ocupacional; Enfermería; Salud del trabajador.; Occupational violence; Infirmary; Worker's health.

Objective: To describe occupational violence among nursing professionals. Methodology: This is an exploratory and descriptive study, carried out through an integrative literature review, using the bibliographic research method, through searches in virtual databases such as the Latin American and Caribbean Information System in Health Sciences (LILACS), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), UFC Theses Bank, as well as other periodicals published in Revista Acervo Saúde and Revista Brasileira de Saúde, between 2014 and 2021. Results: The results found. that the most common types of violence at work are: physical aggression, verbal abuse, moral harassment, sexual harassment and also racial discrimination. Nursing professionals see occupational violence as a negative and worrisome factor, as they do not encourage the institution to report and take stricter measures. Since violence can bring complications to the individual's overall developmental aspects. Conclusion: Occupational violence that affects nursing professionals profoundly disrupts the physical, emotional, moral and social integrity. And this does not only occur within the institution, during its working hours. It is a fact that accompanies the worker in his daily life. It was possible to observe that physical violence is the most common among co-workers, after verbal aggression. Furthermore, it is evident that behaviors for the prevention and control of violence at work were objects of study in billions of researched scientific productions.