Author(s): Tricia Bogossian
Objectives: To analyze how nurses’ hours worked and occupational stress contribute to the development of Burnout Syndrome in times of pandemic by Covid-19.
Method: Integrative review of articles indexed in the LILACS, ScieELO, BDENF and VHL databases using DECS / MSH descriptors. The categorization adopted was as
follows: “worker health”, which covered the results of the descriptors “occupational stress”, “quality of life” and “professional exhaustion”, and “coronavirus infections”.
Results: The literature search resulted in nine articles, which fully met the established selection criteria. The results obtained were in the sense that the Covid-19 pandemic had a negative impact on the health of health workers, especially those working on the front lines of combating the disease.
Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is a direct relationship between hours worked and occupational stress, contributing to the professional exhaustion of health professionals, especially those on the front lines of fighting the disease, given the duty to act to serve the population and respect for your personal needs, relating to your health.
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