Pressure ulcer prevention in intensive care unit: the care on nurses' optics

Autores

  • Dayse Mary da Silva Correia Universidade Federal Fluminense
  • Deyse Conceição Santoro Batista Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Palavras-chave:

Enfermagem, Cuidados de enfermagem, Úlcera de pressão

Resumo

This research deals with prevention of the pressure ulcers in Intensive Care Unit, in the optics of nursing care. Research questions: Which nursing cares are undertaken by ICU nurses for preventing the pressure ulcer? How nurses understand their assistance in the pressure ulcer prevention ? Objectives: to characterize the nursing care fulfilled for nurses in the ICU related to the prevention of pressure ulcer; to discuss what nurses think about their nursing assistance for preventing pressure ulcer and to analyze the approximation and distancing extent in speech  by nurses concerning  prevention of pressure ulcer. This is a  qualitative, descriptive and explorative study joining 08 nurses, and  adopting three moments: a sensibility dynamic, with individual production, group discussion and an individual semi-structured interview. Therefore this way, it was possible to realize what and how nurses think about their participation in the  prevention and appearance of pressure ulcer context in the ICU; their conflicts facing the multiprofessional responses; and the human aspects – sensible and ethics – implicated on care. Keywords: nursing; nursing care; pressure ulcer. 

 

Biografia do Autor

Dayse Mary da Silva Correia, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Mestre em Enfermagem pela Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery.Professora Assistente do Departamento de Fundamentos de Enfermagem e Administração da Escola de Enfermagem Aurora de Afonso Costa da Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Deyse Conceição Santoro Batista, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Pós-doutora pela Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo. Professora Adjunta da Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

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Publicado

07/03/2009

Como Citar

CORREIA, Dayse Mary da Silva; BATISTA, Deyse Conceição Santoro. Pressure ulcer prevention in intensive care unit: the care on nurses’ optics. Revista de Enfermagem UFPE on line, Recife, v. 3, n. 3, p. 784–785, 2009. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaenfermagem/article/view/5661. Acesso em: 26 jul. 2026.