Resultados: 52

A qualitative study of medical-surgical intensive care unit nurses' experiences in caring for critical patients

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the meaning attributed to nurses' clinical experience in a medical-surgical intensive care unit in Northern Cyprus. Method: The qualitative study was conducted in two medical-surgical intensive care units at a university hospital. Data were collected through in-depth int...

Do frail elderly people affect the nursing workload in intensive care units?

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: Compare the nursing workload according to the condition of frailty in elderly people in an intensive care unit (ICU). Method: A cross-sectional study whose sample included patients aged ≥60 years who were hospitalized for ≥24 hours in the ICU of a university hospital in ...

Adherence to central venous catheter maintenance bundle in an intensive care unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: To check adherence to the Central Venous Catheter maintenance bundle in an Intensive Care Unit, after an educational intervention to the professionals who provide care to patients using this catheter. Method: Descriptive-exploratory study, carried out in two stages: stage 1 - educat...

Assistance to patients eligible for palliative care: the view of professionals from an Intensive Care Unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the perception of the multiprofessional team about the quality of health care provided to patients in palliative care in the Intensive Care Unit. Method: qualitative study, anchored to Donabedian's theoretical framework, through semi-structured interviews with 35 profe...

Adverse events in critically ill patients: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
Abstract Objective: To identify the prevalence of adverse events and the critically ill patient's need for care in an intensive care unit. Method: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out from January to March 2020. The adverse events investigated were pressure injury, accidental orotracheal extuba...

Accuracy of delirium risk factors in adult intensive care unit patients

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 56 (), 2022
Abstract Objective: To assess the accuracy measurements for predisposing and precipitating Risk Factors for delirium in an adult Intensive Care Unit. Method: Cohort, prospective study with patients over 18 who had been hospitalized for over 24 hours and were able to communicate. The patients were asses...

Religious and spiritual support in the conception of nurses and families of critical patients: a cross-sectional study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the religious and spiritual support in critical care according to the conception of patients' family members and nurses. Method: This is a quantitative cross-sectional study conducted with nurses and relatives of patients admitted to intensive care units. Sociodemographic ...

Mortality, survival and prognostic factors of people with AIDS in intensive care unit

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze mortality, survival and prognostic factors of patients with AIDS in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Method: Retrospective cohort study with a sample of 202 patients with AIDS in ICU, whose sociodemographic, epidemiological, and clinical characteristics were obtained from medic...

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...

Prevalence and associated factors of medical adhesive-related skin injury in cardiac critical care units

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify and analyze the point prevalence of medical adhesive-related skin injury in patients hospitalized in cardiac Intensive Care Units and demographic and clinical factors associated to their occurrence. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted in Intensive Care Units of two p...