Los sentimientos experimentados después de la exposición ocupacional de los trabajadores de salud: enfoque para trabajar en instituciones de salud The feelings experienced after occupational exposure among health care workers: fulcrum approach to work in health institutions

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT ABSTRACT This study aimed at capturing the psychosocial feelings and perceptions health workers face after accidents with biological material, identifying the difficulties to accomplish the follow-up. This qualitative research with intentional sample of 15 health workers was carried out. The fear was the first expressed feeling. The fear the health worker feels is related to his/her attributions, potentiates the development of stressing situations in work setting and trigger psychic suffering. The feeling of anger and outbreak appear in the discourses face the workers' indignity. Another feeling is guilty for triggering the accident. This finding allows recommending organizational restructuring proposals as well as in the behavior of workers in the dynamics of work. Descriptors:Work; Occupational risk; Occupational health nursing.