Objective: To identify the sociodemographic and clinical profile of COVID-19 patients; measure workload and make associations between clinical variables. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 150 adult COVID-19 patients in an intensive care unit (from March to June 2020). Data from the electronic medical record in the first 24 hours of hospitalization: gender, age, education, origin, comorbidities, invasive mechanical ventilation, prone maneuver, renal replacement therapy, pressure injury, Braden, Nursing Activities Score, diagnoses, and nursing care. Descriptive statistical analysis, associations between clinical variables and age group. Results: Male (55.3%); mean age, 59 years; hypertensive (57.3%); obese (50.6%); diabetic (34%); invasive mechanical ventilation (66.7%); pronated (20.6%); hemodialysis (15.3%); Nursing Activities Score average, 86%. Twenty-eight nursing diagnoses and 73 cares were found. Conclusion: Patients required highly complex support. There was a significant association between pressure injury and workload with the prone maneuver. Nursing diagnoses and care reflect the needs of critical patients.

Objective: To assess the impact that implementing a checklist during daily multidisciplinary rounds has on the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) and length of ICU stay. Methods: This was a non-randomized clinical trial in which the pre-intervention and post-intervention duration of IMV and length of ICU stay were evaluated in a total of 466 patients, including historical controls, treated in three ICUs of a hospital in the city of Caxias do Sul, Brazil. We evaluated 235 and 231 patients in the pre-intervention and post-intervention periods, respectively. The following variables were studied: age; gender; cause of hospitalization; diagnosis on admission; comorbidities; the Simplified Acute Physiology Score 3; the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score; days in the ICU; days on IMV; reintubation; readmission; in-hospital mortality; and ICU mortality. Results: After the implementation of the checklist, the median (interquartile range) for days in the ICU and for days on IMV decreased from 8 (4-17) to 5 (3-11) and from 5 (1-12) to 2 (< 1-7), respectively, and the differences were significant (p ≤ 0.001 for both). Conclusions: The implementation of the checklist during daily multidisciplinary rounds was associated with a reduction in the duration of IMV and length of ICU stay among the patients in our sample.

Resumo OBJETIVO Relatar a atuação da equipe multidisciplinar na comunicação efetiva e no cuidado seguro aos pacientes com dispositivo de assistência ventricular. MÉTODO Relato de experiência sobre o uso da comunicação efetiva no cuidado a pacientes com dispositivo de assistência ventricular em hospital universitário do sul do Brasil. A referida assistência iniciou em 2017, pautada na individualização das ações e na perspectiva do cuidado centrado no paciente. RESULTADOS Na instituição foram capacitadas equipes multiprofissionais, estruturados protocolos assistenciais, realizadas sessões educativas sistemáticas para pacientes e cuidadores. Foram executadas visitas domiciliares para planejamento de alta hospitalar e plano para situações de urgência, além de capacitações básicas para as equipes dos hospitais próximos à residência dos pacientes. CONCLUSÕES A comunicação efetiva entre equipe multiprofissional, pacientes e cuidadores no planejamento do cuidado em saúde tem papel fundamental para identificar precocemente possíveis complicações, preveni-las e possibilitar maior sobrevida e qualidade de vida a esses pacientes.

Aim: to analyze the dimensions of patient safety culture from a multiprofessional perspective. Methodo: an exploratory descriptive study with a quantitative approach conducted in two hospitals in southern Brazil. The study included 108 workers from the multiprofessional health team. Data collection was performed from August to December 2017, using the Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire as an instrument. Data analysis was performed by descriptive and analytical statistics. Results: the beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of health professionals regarding patient safety still present important weaknesses in the evaluated hospitals. Even considering the general perception of the safety culture as adequate, we highlight the weaknesses regarding staff sizing, non-punitive responses to errors and teamwork among the units. Conclusions: the consolidation of patient safety is a strategy for quality improvement and process remodeling, enabling safe practices to qualify multiprofessional work and at the same time guarantee the quality of care, which is a patient right.