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Percepção de profissionais de enfermagem acerca de segurança do paciente em unidades de terapia intensiva

Rev. gaúch. enferm; 37 (3), 2016
RESUMO Objetivo Compreender a percepção dos profissionais de enfermagem de unidades de terapia intensiva gerais de hospitais públicos acerca da segurança do paciente. Métodos Trata-se de estudo de natureza descritiva, com abordagem qualitativa. Participaram 80 profissionais de enfermagem que des...

Financial impact of nursing professionals staff required in an Intensive Care Unit

ABSTRACT Objective: to calculate the cost of the average time of nursing care spent and required by patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the financial expense for the right dimension of staff of nursing professionals. Method: a descriptive, quantitative research, using the case study method, d...

Interruptions of activities experienced by nursing professionals in an intensive care unit

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the interruptions experienced by nursing professionals while undertaking care activities. Method: an observational study undertaken in two intensive care units. Two nurses observed 33 nursing professionals for three hours. The data were recorded in real time, using a se...

Experimental study with nursing staff related to the knowledge about pressure ulcers

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the scores of knowledge in teams participating or not participating in educational interventions about pressure ulcers. Method: a quantitative study with experimental design. Data were collected through a validated questionnaire. The study included 71 individuals, includi...

Prediction of risk and incidence of dry eye in critical patients

Objectives: to estimate the incidence of dry eye, to identify risk factors and to establish a risk prediction model for its development in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit of a public hospital. Method: concurrent cohort, conducted between March and June, 2014, with 230 patients admitte...

Results after implementation of a protocol on the incidence of urinary tract infection in an intensive care unit

ABSTRACT Objective: to compare the results of urinary tract infection incidence, by means of the rate of indwelling urethral catheter use, and to identify microorganisms in urine cultures and surveillance cultures before and after the implementation of a clinical protocol for intensive care unit patien...

Construction and validation of a tool to Assess the Use of Light Technologies at Intensive Care Units

ABSTRACT Objective: to construct and validate a tool to assess the use of light technologies by the nursing team at Intensive Care Units. Method: methodological study in which the tool was elaborated by means of the psychometric method for construction based on the categorization of health technologies...

Assessment of a prototype for the Systemization of Nursing Care on a mobile device

Abstract Objectives: assess a prototype for use on mobile devices that permits registering data for the Systemization of Nursing Care at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Method: an exploratory and descriptive study was undertaken, characterized as an applied methodological research, developed at a tea...

Evidence-based measures to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Objective: to identify evidence-based care to prevent CLABSI among adult patients hospitalized in ICUs. Method: systematic review conducted in the following databases: PubMed, Scopus, Cinahl, Web of Science, Lilacs, Bdenf and Cochrane Studies addressing care and maintenance of central venous...