Resultados: 7

Experiences of intensive care unit nurses with COVID-19 patients

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the experiences of intensive care unit nurses who provide care to patients with COVID-19. Methods: Qualitative study grounded in Alfred Schütz's social phenomenology in which 20 nurses who work in intensive care units at public and private hospitals were interviewed b...

Factors associated with nursing workload in three intensive care units

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the nursing workload in intensive care units (ICUs) and the factors associated with the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). Method: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in three ICUs in Bucaramanga, Colombia, between February 2018 and February 2020. The nursi...

Nursing practice environment in intensive care unit and professional burnout

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate and compare the nursing practice environments in Intensive Care Units of a public and private hospital and the prevalence of burnout among nursing professionals. Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach to the data. The data collection took...

Level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 53 (), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to Intensive Care Units and to identify the predictors of severity with their respective predictive capacity according to the age group. Method: A retrospective cohort based on ...

Patient safety: understanding human error in intensive nursing care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 52 (), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the active failures and the latent conditions related to errors in intensive nursing care and to discuss the reactive and proactive measures mentioned by the nursing team. Method: Qualitative, descriptive, exploratory study conducted at the Intensive Care Unit of a gener...

Comprehensiveness and humanization of nursing care management in the Intensive Care Unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (5), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE Identifying the elements that promote comprehensiveness and humanization of nursing care management in the Intensive Care Unit, with an ecosystemic approach. METHOD A documentary qualitative study. The method of documentary analysis was used for data analysis. RESULTS Four pre-estab...

Slips, lapses and mistakes inthe use of equipment by nurses in an intensive care unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 50 (3), 2016
Abstract OBJECTIVE Toidentify the occurrence of errors in the use of equipment by nurses working in intensive careandanalyzing them in the framework of James Reason's theory of human error. METHOD Qualitative field study in the intensive care unit of a federal hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Ob...