Humanização do cuidado em terapia intensiva: saberes e fazeres expressos por enfermeiros / Humanization of the Intensive Care Unit Assistance:knowledge and practices expressed by nurses

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

27/04/2012

RESUMO

The Intensive Care Unit (ICU) provides treatment to seriously ill patients and those at risk of death. Due to complex activities in order to maintain life within these sectors, there is an overestimation of technology to the detriment of human aspects. Furthermore, this has aroused studies which highlight the importance of humanized care in order to provide nursing assistance that meets the biopsychosociospiritual needs of patients. In despite of the efforts made it is still noticeable in these units the inhuman or careless assistance provided to patients and their families. Based on these arguments this study aims to: analyze the constitution of nursing knowledge and practices in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) with the purpose of humanizing nursing assistance; describe the nurses conception of humanized nursing assistance within the ICU; identify and describe the mobilized, transposed and learned knowledge of nursing practice aiming to humanization. In this regard, a descriptive exploratory study of a qualitative approach was carried out in an adult ICU at a public hospital in Goiânia. Seven nurses participated in this study. Data were collected through individual semi structured interviews, recorded in digital media. The treatment of the collected material was based on thematic content analysis, of which two categories emerged: the concept of humanization; the knowledge involved in establishing the core competences for humanized assistance. This last one was also subdivided into five subcategories: act with pertinence; know how to combine and mobilize resources in a context; know how to transpose; know how to learn and get involved. Moreover these categories lead to a subject conception of the theme as well as the constitution or not of necessary knowledge to a humanized practice in the ICU. Results showed that in expressing their concepts of humanization, the individuals emphasized aspects such as: putting themselves in someone elses position, interact with the patient and integral care. In terms of knowledge acquired, knowing how to act with pertinence is present in some significant moves through attitudes that went beyond prescriptive face to the suffering experienced by the patients. Also, this knowledge is favored by the combination of the knowledge acquired through personal and professional experiences due to the constitution of knowledge learning. However, the knowledge and practice constitution has been limited, given that the professionals showed no involvement with this issue, transferring this task to others, as seen in several moments the biomedical pattern of this professionals actions lead to mechanized care attitudes.

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humanização competência profissional enfermagem unidade de terapia intensiva enfermagem humanization professional competence nursing intensive care unit

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