Study carried out on the Master of the Nursing College Anna Nery, inserted on the Research on Nursing and Worker Health Center of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Object: the scientific production about occupational risks to which the nursing workers are exposed Goals: surveying the scientific production of stricto sensu studies about the occupational risks among the nursing workers, identifying the approach (objective or subjective) about these risks and analyze the risks presented. Bibliographical and quantitative study of the 42 abstracts published on the Unit of Nursing Studies and Researches from 1979 until 2004. More expressive risks: biological ones, followed by the chemical, psycho-social ones and, on lesser scale, physical, from accidents and ergonomic ones. A reduced emphasis is given to the subjectivity of the nursing worker associated to the studied subject, which suggests a gap on this domain of knowledge. It is necessary to reflect about these risks on nursing, paying attention to their identification, detection and control.
Occupational Risks; Nursing; Worker Health