title: Psychic workloads and strain processes in nursing workers of Brazilian university hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the work process, the psychic workloads and the strains generated in nursing workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was developed in five Brazilian university hospitals. The sample was composed by 62 nursing workers and the data collection was done by focal group technique, followed by the application of a collective inquire. The data were quantitatively described and systematized according to a thematic analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study population represented 35,37% of the hospital workforce in national setting. The workers mentioned are exposure to several kinds of psychic workload and link them to with others workloads, highlighting the strain processes resulting from this kind of workload, such stress, fatigue, complaints of gastritis and headaches.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nursing workers are exposed to several workloads in the hospital environment, especially psychic workloads. This exposure starts strain processes that compromise the health and quality of life, signaling the necessity of interventions in this reality.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil. vivian.aline@usp.br
authors.forename: Vivian Aline
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Mininel
authors.forename: Patrícia Campos Pavan
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Baptista
authors.forename: Vanda Elisa Andres
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Felli
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016526:Workload / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*