The members of the Nursing Team are submitted, many times, to posture attacks either due to the own requirement of the action or the utilization of improper corporeal posture during its execution. The present study aims at inquiring the type, length, frequency and posture changes adopted by the members of the Nursing Team during the execution of blood collection techniques, administering of intravenous medication and serotherapy. Through direct observation were recorded 10 activities corresponding to each one of the mentioned techniques, realized in attendance of patients from a University Hospital internment unit. The results evidenced that blood collection activity was 50,35% effectuated in the inclined standing position, followed by the standing straight position, 49,64%. Intravenous medication administering was executed with frequent adoption of the standing straight posture, 51,09% (in special with the arm in frontal expansion), 45, 74% in the inclined standing position and 3,15% seated. Serotherapy technique was executed with predominant adoption of standing position (86,88%) in special with the arms in frontal expansion and 13,11% in the inclined standing position. The unnecessary adoption, many times, of inclined standing posture indicates that Nursing personnel have been making possible the happening of spinal column attacks mainly due to the bad utilization of corporeal mechanic. The authors suggest more attention to these aspects, mainly at Nursing courses.
posture; ergonomics; occupational nursing