151. NOCTURNE JOB AND NURSING WORKERS MORBIDITY
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Divanise de Carvalho Dias Maynardes, Leila Maria Mansano Sarquis, and Ana Lúcia Cardoso Kirchhof
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Hospital nursing service ,Occupational health ,Night work ,Health human resources ,Nursing ,RT1-120 ,Medicine (General) ,R5-920 ,Public aspects of medicine ,RA1-1270 - Abstract
Descriptive exploratory research in a Public University in Curitiba. The population was composed of 173nursing workers of the night shift. The goal was to identify the main health problems of workers of the night nursingshift. The questionnaire was answered by 66,5% workers, being 84% of them females. The process of morbidity expressedby employees of the night shifts shows the wear process in health and disease. The most significant ones were varicoseveins, fatigue, irritability and cervical injuries above 50%. The symptoms recorded after the work rest confirm that theemployee still feels tired and discouraged and remain excessively sleepy, confirming that the employee returns to workin a state of fatigue. The consequences entailing health are seen as a major problem and the intervention measuresshould be considered to intervene in the health disease process of nursing workers.
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- 2009
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