Qualitative research, sort of case study, founded on the Theory of Praxis Intervention in Collective Health Nursing, with the aim of knowing the objective reality of non-communicable diseases that affect nursing workers. Two triggers for the emergence of distress were identified in the participants' speeches: workload and staff shortage. The study provided subsidies for the institution to elaborate interventions which improve workers' health conditions by means of reflection of the nursing professional practice.
Occupational health; Nursing; Public health