Introduction

Services offered in critical sectors are intended for patients needing timely skilled care, making the right decisions, and using advanced technological resources for constant monitoring. The aim of this study was to analyze the quality of life of nursing professionals working in critical sectors. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional, quantitative study with 75 nursing professionals from critical sectors. Of these, 11 from the Emergency Room; 26 from the Surgical Center; 23 from the Adult Intensive Care Unit; 15 from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a philanthropic hospital, who answered the self-administered quality-of-life questionnaire ( WHOQOL-BRIEF ), which was subjected to descriptive analysis.

Results

Most of the participants were female gender (78.7%), with a mean age of 30 years, married (53.3%) and obtained a high total quality-of-life score (73.33). The Social Relations domain was the best evaluated and the one receiving the worst score was the Physical domain.

Discussion

The physical domain is related to sleep/rest; work of shift or shifts is a factor that generates stress and can influence the health and quality of life of professionals.

Conclusions

Nursing professionals have a satisfactory quality of life; however, issues related to physical health and the institution's structure are still factors that interfere in the quality of life of workers.

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