Medical device-related pressure injury prevention in critically ill patients: nursing care

to know the care implemented by the nursing team to prevent medical device-related pressure injuries in critically ill patients. 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...

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Published in:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2021-01, Vol.74 (2), p.e20200062-7
Main Authors: Galetto, Sabrina Guterres da Silva, Nascimento, Eliane Regina Pereira do, Hermida, Patrícia Madalena Vieira, Busanello, Josefine, Malfussi, Luciana Bihain Hagemann de, Lazzari, Daniele Delacanal
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Language:English
Subjects:
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Critical Care
Critical Illness
Data analysis
Data collection
Equipment and Supplies
Hospitals
Humans
Injury prevention
Intensive care
Intensive Care Units
Medical equipment
Medical personnel
Medical technology
Nurses
NURSING
Nursing Care
Patients
Pressure Ulcer
Pressure ulcers
Qualitative Research
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Summary:to know the care implemented by the nursing team to prevent medical device-related pressure injuries in critically ill patients. 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. 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. 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.
ISSN:0034-7167
1984-0446
1984-0446
DOI:10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0062