Intensive care nurses’ knowledge of critical care family needs

RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a produção científica relacionada às evidências acerca da satisfação de familiares de pacientes de UTI e os instrumentos utilizados para sua avaliação. Metodo: revisão integrativa na qual foram analisados artigos publicados entre 2005 e 2015, em inglês, português ou espanhol, nas bases de dados PUBMED/MEDLINE e LILACS e a biblioteca SciELO. Utilizou-se como estratégia de busca: personal satisfactional OR satisfaction AND family. Para coleta de dados dos artigos elaborou-se um instrumento com informações como: título, autores, ano de publicação e revista, objetivo do estudo, delineamento, participantes, local da pesquisa, temática principal e resultados. Resultados: atenderam aos critérios de inclusão 27 produções. Foram identificados quatro instrumentos utilizados para avaliar a satisfação de familiares de pacientes na UTI o Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey, Family Satisfaction in the Intensive Care Unit, Critical Care Family Needs Inventory e o Quality of Dying and Death. Os estudos abordaram a satisfação dos familiares em relação às suas necessidades e tomadas de decisão, satisfação quanto a cuidados paliativos, evidenciou-se, ainda, estudos de adaptação transcultural e validação de instrumentos. Quanto ao nível de evidência, os estudos se concentram nos níveis II a VI. Conclusão: a análise da produção científica sobre a satisfação de familiares de pacientes de UTI permitiu evidenciar que o fator que mais contribui na promoção da satisfação da família foi a qualidade do atendimento.

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Assessing Nurses’ Knowledge of Noise in the Intensive Care Unit: An Educational Intervention Project

10.28971/532021fj114 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Jennifer Fortes

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Critical Care ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Quality Improvement ◽

Educational Intervention ◽

Quality Improvement Project ◽

Minimal Risk ◽

Improvement Project ◽

Staff Members ◽

Nurses Knowledge

Noise in the intensive care unit (ICU) has been studied for over thirty years, but it continues to be a significant problem and a top complaint among patients. Staff members are now reporting detrimental health effects from excessive noise. One of the significant factors of inadequate noise control in the ICU is that nurses have insufficient awareness regarding the hospital noise issue and its negative impact on health status. The level of knowledge of clinical staff on the topic of noise is not known. A quality improvement project to explore noise in the ICU could facilitate better understanding of the phenomenon and formulation of new ways to continue to reduce noise at a community hospital in Massachusetts. The purpose of this quality improvement project was to evaluate nurses’ knowledge of the potentially harmful effects of noise on patients as well as on nurses, to identify opportunities for improvement of the environment, and to conduct an educational intervention aimed at reducing noise in the intensive care unit. The methodology for this project included a pre-test, followed by an educational session, and completion of a post-test. The participants included registered nurse staff members in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the Critical Care Unit (CCU). Exclusion criteria included staff members who are not registered nurses. The project posed minimal risk. No identifying or biographical data was collected, and results included analysis of aggregate data. Descriptive statistics were used to assist with analysis. Results were disseminated to the staff of the ICU and CCU, posted on a bulletin board in the critical care area, presented as a poster presentation at the Spring RIC MSN Symposium, and available as a manuscript on the RIC Digital Commons.

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Europe—Levels of intensive care nurses’ knowledge survey (E-links)

Australian Critical Care ◽

10.1016/j.aucc.2009.12.010 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 33-34

Author(s):

P. Fulbrook ◽

J. Albarran ◽

B. Baktoft ◽

B. Sidebottom

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Intensive Care Nurses ◽

Knowledge Survey ◽

Nurses Knowledge

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Critical Care Family Needs Inventory

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t37619-000 ◽

1979 ◽

Author(s):

Nancy C. Molter

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Family Needs ◽

Care Family

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Intensive Care Nurses’ Knowledge of Pressure Ulcers: Development of an Assessment Tool and Effect of an Educational Program

American Journal of Critical Care ◽

10.4037/ajcc2008.17.4.338 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 338-346 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Carol Tweed ◽

Mike Tweed

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Test Scores ◽

Educational Program ◽

Pressure Ulcers ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Intensive Care Nurses ◽

The Mean ◽

The Impact ◽

Nurses Knowledge

Background Critically ill patients are at high risk for pressure ulcers. Successful prevention of pressure ulcers requires that caregivers have adequate knowledge of this complication. Objective To assess intensive care nurses’ knowledge of pressure ulcers and the impact of an educational program on knowledge levels. Methods A knowledge assessment test was developed. A cohort of registered nurses in a tertiary referral hospital in New Zealand had knowledge assessed 3 times: before an educational program, within 2 weeks after the program, and 20 weeks later. Multivariate analysis was performed to determine if attributes such as length of time since qualifying or level of intensive care unit experience were associated with test scores. The content and results of the assessment test were evaluated. Results Completion of the educational program resulted in improved levels of knowledge. Mean scores on the assessment test were 84% at baseline and 89% following the educational program. The mean baseline score did not differ significantly from the mean 20-week follow-up score of 85%. No association was detected between demographic data and test scores. Content validity and standard setting were verified by using a variety of methods. Conclusion Levels of knowledge to prevent and manage pressure ulcers were good initially and improved with an educational program, but soon returned to baseline.

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Intensive care nurses’ knowledge of enteral nutrition: A descriptive questionnaire

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing ◽

10.1016/j.iccn.2016.07.001 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 68-74 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Julia Morphet ◽

Angelique B. Clarke ◽

Melissa J. Bloomer

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care ◽

Enteral Nutrition ◽

Intensive Care Nurses ◽

Nurses Knowledge

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Necesidades percibidas de atención por niños, cuidadores y enfermeros durante la hospitalización en una unidad de cuidado intensivo

Investigación en Enfermería Imagen y Desarrollo ◽

10.11144/javeriana.ie17-1.npan ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Herly Ruth Alvarado ◽

Sandra Mónica Rodriguez Colmenares

Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Family Needs ◽

Care Family

Objetivo: Identificar las necesidades de niños entre 8 y 18 años de edad, las de suscuidadores y las de los enfermeros, durante la hospitalización en cuidado intensivo.Material y métodos: se utilizó un diseño descriptivo de corte transversal. La muestraestuvo conformada por un total de 60 participantes: 20 niños y niñas, 20 cuidadoresy 20 enfermeros. Para recolectar información se aplicó el cuestionario Critical Care Family Needs Inventory (CCFNI). Resultados: Se identificó que las necesidades más frecuentes estaban relacionadas con la dimensión de seguridad y comunicación paralos cuidadores y enfermería, y las de soporte y apoyo, para los niños y niñas. Conclusiones: Frente a las necesidades percibidas como prioritarias, el enfermero debe tenercuidado con la forma como brinda información y cómo es su acercamiento al niño y alcuidador; además, debe buscar estrategias que permitan disminuir el estrés que ocasionanlos aspectos contemplados en las dimensiones de seguridad y soporte y apoyo,recordando que el ser humano requiere un cuidado holístico. Igualmente, son importanteslas necesidades de recreación manifestadas por los niños y sus cuidadores.

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