Psychic suffering and psychodynamics in the nurse's work environment: an integrative review

Abstract

Objective: To analyze scientific productions in order to identify the existence of pleasure and psychic suffering in the work environment of nurses and the relation with their emotional state. Method: An integrative literature review based on the search with the following keywords: Nurses, Work Psychodynamics and Psychic Suffering, in the LILACS, IBECS, BDENF, MEDLINE and SCIELO databases, including articles published between 2015 and 2019. Results: The 20 analyzed articles were positioned as favorable to the existence of pleasure and suffering in the Nursing work. Conclusion: The nurse's psychic suffering is a factor that interferes in their personal and professional life, and the debate about the mechanisms to confront the feeling of suffering in the work environment should become popular.