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Shimizu HE, Couto DT, Merchán-Hamann E, et al. Occupational health hazards in ICU nursing staff. Nurs Res Pract. 2011;2010:849169doi: 10.1155/2010/849169.
Shimizu, H. E., Couto, D. T., Merchán-Hamann, E., & Branco, A. B. (2010). Occupational health hazards in ICU nursing staff. Nursing research and practice, 2010849169. https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/849169
Shimizu, Helena Eri, et al. "Occupational health hazards in ICU nursing staff." Nursing research and practice vol. 2010 (2010): 849169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/849169
Shimizu HE, Couto DT, Merchán-Hamann E, Branco AB. Occupational health hazards in ICU nursing staff. Nurs Res Pract. 2010;2010:849169. doi: 10.1155/2010/849169. Epub 2011 Feb 07. PMID: 21994814; PMCID: PMC3168905.
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Nurs Res Pract. 2010;2010:849169. doi: 10.1155/2010/849169. Epub 2011 Feb 07.

Occupational health hazards in ICU nursing staff.

Nursing research and practice

Helena Eri Shimizu, Djalma Ticiani Couto, Edgar Merchán-Hamann, Anadergh Barbosa Branco

Affiliations

  1. Department of Nursing, University of Brasilia, SQN 205- G-605, 70843-070 Brasilia, DF, Brazil.

PMID: 21994814 PMCID: PMC3168905 DOI: 10.1155/2010/849169

Abstract

This study analyzed occupational health hazards for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses and nursing technicians, comparing differences in the number and types of hazards which occur at the beginning and end of their careers. A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out with 26 nurses and 96 nursing technicians from a public hospital in the Federal District, Brazil. A Likert-type work-related symptom scale (WRSS) was used to evaluate the presence of physical, psychological, and social risks. Data were analyzed with the use of the SPSS, version 12.0, and the Kruskal-Wallis test for statistical significance and differences in occupational health hazards at the beginning and at the end of the workers' careers. As a workplace, ICUs can cause work health hazards, mostly physical, to nurses and nursing technicians due to the frequent use of physical energy and strength to provide care, while psychological and social hazards occur to a lesser degree.

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