Abstract
The goal of this study was to comprehensively identify ergonomic constraints among nursing workers in two public hospitals in Brazil. We used a qualitative research design and conducted interviews, field observation and performed a subjective questionnaire with nurses of emergency care sectors. The Cronbach α technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Based on this qualitative study, we identified some ergonomic constraints related to work environment, biomechanics/anthropometrics, work organization and work station (hospital direction).