Medical device-related pressure injury prevention in critically ill patients: nursing care.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 74(2): e20200062, 2021.
Article
in English, Portuguese
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1241129
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
to know the care implemented by the nursing team to prevent medical device-related pressure injuries in critically ill patients.METHODS:
this is a qualitative research conducted with 15 nursing professionals from Intensive Care Unit. Sampling was carried out by theoretical saturation. For data analysis, the Discourse of the Collective Subject technique was used.RESULTS:
six speeches emerged, whose central ideas were interventions for medical device-related pressure injury prevention care in fixation; frequent repositioning; protection and padding of body areas in contact; preferences for flexible materials, when available; attention of professionals so that they do not comer under patients; early assessment and removal, when clinically possible. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS nursing care was directed mainly to respiratory devices, catheters in general and monitoring equipment, indicating that professionals have the knowledge to provide safe assistance consistent with the literature.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Critical Illness
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Nursing Care
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Rev Bras Enferm
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
0034-7167-2020-0062
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