[Offshore work and the work of nurses on board: an integrative review].
OBJECTIVE
To know the production of theoretical approaches on issues related to offshore work and the work of offshore nurses.


METHODS
Integrative literature review conducted in the databases of LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE, SciELO and Index PSI.


RESULTS
We selected 33 studies published in national and international journals between 1997 and 2014. The thematic analysis corpus resulted in four central themes: offshore work environment; amid work adversities, an escape; structuring of offshore health and safety services; in search of safe practices.


CONCLUSIONS
This study contributes to the offshore work of nurses in relation to the nature of work, acting amid adversities and the restless search for safe practices in the open sea.
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
Silvana Aline Cordeiro
SA
Antoniolli
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
Suzel Vaz
SV
Emmel
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
Gímerson Erick
GE
Ferreira
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
Potiguara de Oliveira
Pde O
Paz
Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, BR.
Dagmar Elaine
DE
Kaiser
D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D009729:Nursing; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009792:Oceans and Seas