Study of ergonomics risks and job satisfaction in the nurses

Abstract

In the present study it was considered to identify the ergonomic risks to which the nursing profession exposes itself and to determine the contribution of these ergonomic factors and the indices of labor satisfaction like factors of labor risk. In the study were included the 150 nursing profession who make direct attention to the committed patient. It was used a matrix of evaluation of risks and a questionnaire of questions to measure the degree of job satisfaction.The analysis reflected a predominance of feminine sex without university qualification. In the study on the ergonomic risks to which this personnel is exposed, a high prevalence of such was observed, accompanied by values of relative risk that would allow to explain the high index off ound pathologies. In the labor satisfaction, the analysis shows conformity in the type of work that is made and the relation with the partners. The wage and possibilities of ascent are those that produced greater dissatisfaction. It concludes the necessity to improve the labor conditions and to diminish the high index of pathologies of professional origin, incorporating preventive measure by means of control and promotion of training programs and qualification.