Objective: To investigate good nursing care practices for patient safety in an intensive care unit. Methods: Descriptive study using a checklist with 19 items on hygiene/comfort, patient identification/falls and hospital infection. Four hundred fifty records were analyzed through G test of independence with Williams correction. Results: Altogether, good care practices are delivered with an index above 90%, exception for position changing, limb restraints kept clean, and ventilator circuit. Conclusion: Good nursing care practices for patient safety were performed differently based on work shifts. ResumoObjetivo: Verificar as boas práticas assistenciais de enfermagem para segurança do paciente em unidade de terapia intensiva. Métodos: Pesquisa descritiva, utilizando um checklist com 19 itens sobre higiene/conforto, identificação do paciente/queda e infecção hospitalar. Foram analisadas 450 verificações por meio do Teste G de independência com a correção de Williams. Resultados: Em conjunto, as boas práticas estão sendo realizadas com índice acima de 90%, com exceção da mudança de decúbito, restrições de membros limpas e circuito do ventilador. Conclusão: As boas práticas assistenciais de enfermagem para a segurança do paciente foram realizadas, com diversidade conforme o turno de trabalho.
Evaluation of postoperative pain experience in intensive care unit patients Avaliação da experiência de dor pós-operatória em pacientes de unidade de terapia intensiva
Objective: identify delirium and subsyndromal delirium in intensive care patients; age, hospitalization time, and mortality. Method: a retrospective, quantitative study conducted in the Intensive Care Unit, using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale to evaluate sedation and the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist for the identification of delirium, with the participation of 157 patients. For statistical analysis, the t-test and the Chi-square test was carried out. Results: the majority presented subsyndromal delirium (49.7%). Mortality was 21.7%. The relationship between delirium and its subsyndromal with hospitalization time was statistically significant for both (p=0.035 and p <0.001), while age was significant only in the subsyndromal delirium (p=0.009). Conclusion: the majority of the patients presented subsyndromal delirium. The length of hospital stay was statistically significant in delirium and subsyndroma delirium. Age was significant only in subsyndromal delirium. The mortality of patients with delirium was higher than the others.
Objective: To establish the prevalence of delirium and its subsyndrome in intensive care and to associate it with the use of sedative and analgesia, severity and mortality. Method: Carried out in two intensive care units of adult patients, this is a quantitative and transversal study, with 157 patients, using the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale to assess the level of sedation and the Intensive Care Delirium Screening Checklist for delirium. The T test and Chi-square test were applied for statistical analysis. Results: The prevalence of delirium was 22.3%, and 49.7% of the subsyndrome. Associations of the use of midazolam with the presence of delirium (p=0.05) and subsyndromal delirium (p<0.01), use of clonidine with the appearance of delirium (p<0.01) and of fentanyl with subsyndromal delirium (p=0.09). There were no significant differences between the mortality of patients with delirium (p=0.40) and subsyndromal delirium (p=0.86), as well as association with the mortality score. Conclusion: The use of sedoanalgesia is associated with the presence of delirium and subsyndromal delirium. No significant statistical associations were found between the severity and mortality scores.
Objective: Verify the changes of endotracheal cuff pressure before and after oral hygiene, head-of-bed elevation at 0°, 30°, and 60°, change in body position, aspiration of the endotracheal tube, and in-bed bathing. Method: The study sample was composed of 88 patients. We performed 3,696 checks from July to September 2014. Results: Pressure values were analyzed in seven nursing care in the morning. Six of them were significantly altered before and after nursing procedure. In the afternoon, five of the health care provided were altered, and in the evening, only two. Most of pressure values were below recommended. Conclusion: There were differences before and after health care provided, showing changes in cuff pressure. In-bed bathing and head-of-bed elevation at 30° were the ones that most altered pressure values in the three working shifts. Therefore, it is necessary to measure cuff pressure at least twice per working shift, preferably after bathing. Descriptors: Intubation, Intratracheal; Pressure; Intensive Care Units; Nursing; Patient. RESUMO Objetivo: Verificar As mudanças de pressão do balonete traqueal antes e após higiene oral, elevação da cabeceira do leito a 0 °, 30 ° e 60 °, mudança de decúbito, aspiração traqueal e banho no leito. Método: A população foi composta por 88 pacientes, totalizando 3696 verificações de julho a setembro de 2014. Resultados: Os valores de pressão foram analisados em sete procedimentos de cuidados de enfermagem realizados na parte da manhã. Seis apresentaram estavam alterações significativas antes e após a realização dos procedimentos de enfermagem. No período da tarde, cinco dos procedimentos de cuidados de enfermagem realizados apresentaram alterações, e à noite, apenas dois. A maioria dos valores de pressão estava abaixo dos valores recomendados. Conclusão: Houve diferenças antes e após a realização dos cuidados, demonstrando alteração da pressão do balonete. O banho no leito e a elevação da cabeceira do leito a 30 ° apresentou valores de pressão mais alterados nos três turnos de trabalho. Portanto, é necessário medir a pressão do balonete pelo menos duas vezes por turno de trabalho, de preferência após o banho.
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