MISAEL, Gean Lucas Azevedo.
Abstract:
The Quality of Working Life is a term that has been increasingly studied and its meaning is of broad scope and may go through notions of satisfaction, compensation and wellness in the workplace. The objective of this study is to identify the available literature on the quality of work life (QWL) of nursing professionals in Brazil and its various concepts and aspects in the hospital sector in Primary Health Care (PHC) and urgency. It is an integrative literature review based on scientific papers on the subject in Brazil. The search for publications was performed in the following databases: Scientific Electronic Online (SciELO), Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), Nursing Database (BDENF) and collects SUS, the following descriptors: QUALITY OF LIFE AT WORK AND NURSING. 334 studies were found, but after reading were observed repetitions of work on different databases, and many of them did not fit the inclusion criteria and were selected in reviewing 13 publications. Initially were presented quantitative research data as regards the year, place of publication, the search region, used methodologies and tools used to evaluate the QWL. Then the categories found were presented, namely: QWL of nurses working in hospitals, QWL of nurses working in primary health care and QWL of nurses working in the prehospital emergency. At the end of the study there has been little exploration of the issues about the quality of work life of nurses. In general, studies show that nursing professionals working in the various areas are exposed to poor working conditions, along with their living conditions, endanger the QWL. Further research is suggested in the subject in order to contribute to improving the QWL of nurses, thus benefiting the entire population assisted by these professionals mighty.
