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Professional nursing practice in critical units: assessment of work environment characteristics

ABSTRACT Objective: assess the autonomy, control over environment, and organizational support of nurses' work process and the relationships between physicians and nurses in critical care units. Method: cross-sectional study conducted with 162 nurses working in the intensive care units and emergency s...

Diretivas antecipadas de vontade: percepções de enfermeiros sobre os benefícios e novas demandas

Objetivo: Conhecer a percepção de enfermeiros sobre os benefícios e novas demandas trazidas pelas Diretivas Antecipadas de Vontade (DAV) no seu cotidiano laboral. Métodos: Pesquisa qualitativa e exploratória, com dados coletados em 2016, por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas com 19 enfermeiros d...

Absenteísmo, rotatividade e indicadores de qualidade do cuidado em enfermagem: estudo transversal

Aim: to analyze the indexes of absenteeism and turnover, and their relationship with quality indicators in assistance. Method: this is a transversal study, performed with records of absences/changes of 59 nursing professionals of an intensive care unit; records of quality/incidence indica...

Preparo e administração de medicamentos por sondas enterais pela enfermagem em pacientes com nutrição enteral: propostas para garantir o manejo correto

O objeto de pesquisa foi o padrão de preparo e administração de medicamentos por sondas enterais pela enfermagem em pacientes que recebem concomitante infusão de nutrição enteral. Os objetivos foram: identificar quais foram os medicamentos e suas formas farmacêuticas administrados por sondas enter...

Validação de intervenções e atividades de enfermagem para pacientes em terapia hemodialítica

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 38 (3), 2017
RESUMO Objetivo Validar intervenções e atividades de enfermagem propostas pela Nursing Interventions Classification, para pacientes com insuficiência renal aguda ou doença renal crônica agudizada, em terapia hemodialítica com os diagnósticos de enfermagem Volume de Líquidos Excessivo e Risco de ...

Positive deviance as a strategy to prevent and control bloodstream infections in intensive care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE To describe the application of positive deviance as a strategy to prevent and control bloodstream infections. METHOD An intervention study with nursing and medical team members working in an intensive care unit in a university hospital, between June and December 2014. The four steps ...

Pressure ulcer dressings in critical patients: a cost analysis

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE To assess the direct cost of dressings in pressure ulcer treatment. METHOD This was a descriptive observational study conducted at an intensive care unit in the Northeast region of Brazil, between November and December 2015. Data were gathered using the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Heali...

Intensive care unit team perception of palliative care: the discourse of the collective subject

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE To learn the perception of health professionals in an intensive care unit towards palliative care. METHOD This was a descriptive and qualitative study based on the converging care approach conducted at an intensive care unit in the South of Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were use...

Aging as a predictor of nursing workload in Intensive Care Unit: results from a Brazilian Sample

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 51 (), 2017
Abstract OBJECTIVE Verify if aging is an independent predictor of NW in ICU, according to age groups, and its predictive value as a determinant of NW in ICU. METHODS Study was conducted from 2012 to 2016. A convenience sample composed by patients (age ≥ 18) admitted to nine ICU belonging to a Bra...

Dermatite associada à incontinência e os fatores associados: estudo de prevalência em um Centro de Terapia Intensiva

A Dermatite Associada à Incontinência (DAI) representa um grande desafio para os profissionais de saúde que prestam assistência aos pacientes no Centro de Terapia Intensiva. A ocorrência desta reação inflamatória da pele associada à umidade predispõe a pessoa à dor representando um impacto neg...