PSYCHOLOGICAL HARASSMENT IN THE AMBIT OF NURSING: AN INTEGRATIVE LITERATURE REVIEW

• Main Authors: Suênia Isabel Leite dos Santos, Cristiani Garrido de Andrade, Isabelle Cristinne Pinto Costa, Kamyla Félix de Oliveira dos Santos, Solange Fátima Geraldo da Costa, Jael Rúbia Figueiredo de Sá França
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2014-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Stress psycholohical; Occupational health; Nursing
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v19i1.35975

The aim was to synthesize the scientific production regarding the practice of psychological harassment in the ambit of Nursing, in periodicals available online, in the period January 2005 – November 2012. This is an integrative review of the literature, undertaken using the following databases: the Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information, the Spanish Bibliographic Index on Health Sciences, and the International Literature in Health Sciences. The analysis of 15 articles revealed that the prevalence of the practice of psychological harassment in Nursing has grown significantly, particularly among female workers. The investigations showed that psychological harassment entails serious consequences for the worker’s health, most of which are of a psychological nature. Thus, the need is verified for creating proposals for the prevention and even elimination of this practice.