[Health problems of nursing workers in a public educational institution].

OBJECTIVE To identify the issues occurred with nursing workers through a Health Monitoring System for Nursing Workers (SIMOSTE) and to describe the consequences of those problems. METHOD This is a quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study realized in a teaching hospital in the west region of the city of São Paulo. RESULTS From the SIMOSTE, 1.847 occurrences were registered in a six month period. Within the main occurrences, medical licenses, work related accidents with and without removals; psychiatric consultations and psychotherapy were highlighted. CONCLUSION The data points out to the need for the development of new health vigilance actions to notify accidents and illness related to work, besides the prevention of issues.