Abstract
Objective: Identify strategies to reduce the risks to which primary care nursing professionals are exposed to developing Burnout syndrome. Literature review: This narrative review seeks, through relevant productions, to analyze the context that leads to the emergence and development of Burnout Syndrome in subjects that are determinants for health care: nursing professionals. Moreover, better understanding the health-disease process of these individuals in the workplace that should shelter them can facilitate the understanding of the causes for the problem as well as the means to avoid it and ways to resolve the issue, focusing on health prevention and promotion. Final considerations: It is clear the importance of bringing up this discussion in order to improve the quality of life of nursing professionals, and it is expected that this study contributes to the academic and humanized construction of these individuals.