Objective: To determine the ergonomic risks to which nursing professionals are exposed. Method: Narrative bibliographic review. A bibliographic search of original articles published during 2011-2021 was carried out in the databases: VHL, ProQuest, PubMed, ScienceDirect, SciELO and Redalyc, using the descriptors: ergonomics, risk, environmental risks and nursing, in languages: Spanish, Portuguese and English, an advanced search was carried out and then compliance with the exclusion and inclusion criteria was verified, finally it was validated through The application of methodological guides, obtaining a sample of 20 documents. Main results: the selected articles were qualitative, quantitative and mixed; following the analysis of the content were grouped into central categories: injuries and psychological repercussions; characteristics of the working environment and physical loads encompas...