A healthy health professional depends mainly on a differentiated look from health managers, with the development of public policies that guarantee their needs and particularities, allowing for greater well-being and, consequently, greater quality in patient care. The COVID-19 pandemic, which had its first case registered in Brazil on February 25, 2020, brought with it a greater burden on health professionals in a process of intensive and extensive journeys, and without adequate working conditions. The present research aimed to verify the frequency of Brazilian scientific publications that address the occurrence of stress in nursing professionals (Nursing Assistants, Nursing Technicians and Nurses) in reference hospitals for COVID-19. The research was performed through a literature review conducted in the Google Scholar database, of projects executed in Brazil and published between February 2020 and August 2022. Sixteen articles were selected within the expected standards and scope of the study. The presence of anxiety, stress and depression was evidenced, and, in some studies, it exceeded 50% of the participants, highlighting the need for physical and psychosocial support measures for nursing professionals. It is necessary to develop public policies that can adequately monitor these professionals with the necessary help, to deal with all the emotional and physical burden that the moment has demanded in the face of all these stressors in the work environment. It is necessary to detect which good practices are being developed by health managers to listen to and treat these professionals.
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