Abstract
Intensive and/or emergency care conditions the nursing team to stress associated with clinical instability and unpredictability of performance. Burnout involves professional exhaustion. However, hardy individuals behave healthier to stress. This study aimed to identify the presence of stress, burnout or hardiness in nursing professionals working in intensive and/or emergency care. The research was developed by descriptive and quantitative method, in which nursing professionals responded to validated instruments for assessing the level of stress at work, presence of burnout and hardy profile. The results showed a low level of stress in the different sectors of activity evaluated. Despite this, Burnout and non-hardy profile were identified. This study may contribute to the reflections of managers and professionals involved in continuing/permanent education about strategies for stress management among nursing professionals, a particularly relevant condition for the current moment of the COVID-19 pandemic, with intensification of work overload and illness of health professionals.