The article presents a study of case referring the verification of Life Quality at Work (LQW) of the nurses’ population of Heliópolis Hospital, by means of indicators based on dimensions of the Richard Walton’ model. These dimensions propound wide indicators which better adapt to the Brazilian socioeconomic culture, adapting to the community’s organization structure where situates the target population. The institution is public, characterized by high complexity specialties, with predominance in surgical activity, considered reference hospital, located in São Paulo State, Brazil. The research made part of the dissertation approved for obtainment of the Master title in Sciences of the Administration and Human Values at the Capital Academic Center, in November 2002. Exploratory research, of field, qualitative in the fundamental elaboration of concepts for confection of the questionnaire, and quantitative regarding mensuration procedures of the closed answers, with statistical treatment through descriptive analysis and distribution of the frequencies of the variables. The results were positive regarding integration, social relevance, use opportunity and to the development of the capacities and negative regarding the absence recognition by work, absence project career, deficient communication and incompatible remuneration with the function.
Life Quality at Work (LQW); Walton’s Model; Nurses; Heliópolis Hospital