title: Notification of health problems among nursing workers in university hospitals.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to identify the health problems of nursing workers and describe their consequences.
  
  
  METHODS
  an epidemiological, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The survey was conducted through the Health Monitoring System for Nursing Workers (SIMOSTE) in three university hospitals in São Paulo within a 12-month period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  a total of 970 records related to health problems were identified; most of these were related to sick leave, occupational accidents with leave, absences, and occupational accidents without leave, with a predominance of musculoskeletal and respiratory system diseases, infectious and parasitic diseases, and nervous system diseases, among others. A total of 4,161 days of work were lost because of the mentioned health problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the results evidence the need to propose preventive strategies to mitigate and reduce health problems in nursing workers.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerenciamento em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Lucia de Oliveira
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Guimarães
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerenciamento em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vanda Elisa Andres
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Felli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016272:Occupational Health; D055815:Young Adult