Patient safety and the prevention of skin and mucosal lesions associated with airway invasive devices

Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP

Deisy Mello De Pinto¹  Estela Dos Santos Schons¹  Josefine Busanello¹  Valdecir Zavarese Da Costa¹ 

关键词: Nursing Care;    Intubation Intratracheal;    Tracheostomy;    Pressure;    Wounds and Injuries;    Patient Safety;    Atención de Enfermería;    Intubación Intratraqueal;    Traqueotomía;    Presión;    Heridas y Traumatismos;    Seguridad del Paciente;    Cuidados de Enfermagem;    Intubação Intratraqueal;    Traqueostomia;    Pressão;    Ferimentos e Lesões;    Segurança do Paciente;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0080-623420150000500010

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

AbstractOBJECTIVETo analyze the care implemented by the nursing team to promote the safety of adult patients and prevention of skin and mucosal lesions associated with the presence of lower airways invasive devices.METHODStudy with qualitative and quantitative approach, descriptive and exploratory type, whose investigative scenarios were adult inpatient units of a hospital in the West Frontier of Rio Grande do Sul. The study subjects consisted of nurses, nursing technicians and nursing assistants.RESULTSA total of 118 professionals were interviewed. We highlight the observed specific care with endotracheal tube and tracheostomy, management and assessment of the cuff and the criteria used to secretion aspiration.CONCLUSIONThere is a superficial nursing work in the patient direct care and a differentiation in relation to the perception of nurse technicians, especially those working in the intensive care unit, who presented major property and view of the patient's clinical status.

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