Reflections about the consumption of psychoactive substances by nursing workers

In the search for comfort in the face of physical or psychological disturbances due to work, nursing workers use the use of drug therapies, mainly through self-medication, and in particular, to the consumption of Psychoactive Substances (SPAs). To discuss the consumption of psychoactive substances by nursing workers and to reflect on the extent to which these professionals are vulnerable to these substances. This is a reflexive study. The use of psychoactive substances has been propagated by nursing workers as an object of obtaining for the relief, relaxation and escape of suffering that the conditions and the environment in which the nursing work is developed, have caused these individuals. Easy access and handling, coupled with labor disturbances, make them more prone to consumption and hence dependence. The problem of psychoactive substances has permeated social scenarios and its effects have been attractive for the main actors who are considered health promoters and advocates of prevention of the consumption of these substances, nursing.