Abstract
Objective
To analyze the work process and its impact on nursing professionals in a mental health service for the care of drug users.
Methods
Cross-sectional study including nursing professionals in a community mental health service. The research instrument was the SATIS-BR and a questionnaire with analysis categories of the work performed. Dialectic hermeneutics was used for the qualitative data. Data were processed and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences.
Results
The work overloads identified have interfered with the satisfaction experienced by workers and reflected in their physical and mental health.
Conclusion
In their work process, nursing professionals were exposed to all work overloads, with mental burnout more intense than the physical, reflecting in dissatisfaction with the work activity and in workers’ physical health.
Nursing/psychology staff; Burnout professional; Occupational health; Mental health; Mental health services