Abstract
Objective: Research on occupational violence, identifying its due factors, which are suffered by nursing professionals in their work environment. Methods: This is an exploratory descriptive study in which systematic review and meta-analysis methods were chosen, characterized by the design of the study, leading it in order to carry out an objective description of the summarized evidence, which statistically analyzes the evidence gathered, being appropriate to combine the results in different studies. Results: It is evident that many professionals suffer some types of violence at work, among them: verbal, psychological, moral harassment and physical violence. Among its aggressors are patients, companions, co-workers and their superiors. Final considerations: The present study shows that violence in the nursing professional's work environment is recurrent, however, it is difficult to denounce it, which causes this problem to be little studied, being necessary the creation of a protocol for both the prevention of the problem and for your solution.