CONSEQUENCES OF UNDERSIZED PERSONNEL ON THE HEALFH OF NURSING WORKERS

Introduction: The design staff is a systematic process that underlies the adequacy of the quantqualitative of the professional board of a service. Objective: To carry out a systematic review of literature about the consequences of undersized personnel on the health of nursing workers. Methodology: It is a systematic literature review without meta-analysis, opting for search for articles in databases Google Scholar and Virtual Health Library in January 2013, using as descriptors: "Sizing of staff" and "health worker". The identified studies were evaluated independently and blinded by two researchers (authors), strictly obeying the inclusion criteria. Results: From 7 selected articles, it was verified that none of the analyzed articles addressed the phenomenon in question in their research object, but they were cited in their results. Conclusion: The studies showed the work overload and stress are directly related to inappropriate personnel dimensioning the nursing workers team.