scholarly journals Billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 573-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Silva Bicalho Zunta ◽  
Valéria Castilho
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Essential Information ◽  
Nursing Managers ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
The City ◽  
Hospital Revenues ◽  
Safe Care

This study aimed to: estimate the billing of nursing procedures at an intensive care unit and calculate how much of total ICU revenues are generated by nursing. An exploratory-descriptive, documentary research with a quantitative approach was carried out. The study was performed at a general ICU of a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo. The sample consisted of 159 patients. It was concluded that the nursing procedures were responsible for 15.1% of total ICU revenues, which breaks down to an average 11.3% of revenues coming from nursing prescriptions and 3.8% from medical prescriptions. Demonstrating how much nursing contributes to hospital revenues is essential information for nursing managers, as it is an important argument to obtain resources and guarantee safe care.

scholarly journals The attitudes of nurses from an intensive care unit in the face of errors: an approach in light of bioethics

2010 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita de Cássia Pires Coli ◽  
Marcio Fabri dos Anjos ◽  
Luciane Lucio Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
The Face ◽  
The City ◽  
Taking Responsibility

This study analyzed the attitudes of nurses concerning the occurrence of errors in nursing procedures carried out in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) based on the bioethics framework. This descriptive study with qualitative approach was carried out with 14 nurses from a private hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Results were analyzed according to Bardin’s proposal of content analysis. The resulting themes were: acknowledging one’s fallibility; acknowledging and reporting errors; hiding errors. The nurses’ reports are based on considerations through the lens of bioethics: taking responsibility for an error implies acknowledging one’s own vulnerabilities; acknowledging an error with responsibility implies ethical conditions in the relationships among those involved; and errors are in the context of a particular environment. This study enables re-thinking nursing practice based on bioethics, resorting to the analysis of errors focusing on the relationships between those involved.

scholarly journals Emergence of Candida auris in Brazil in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 220
Author(s):  
João N. de Almeida ◽  
Elaine C. Francisco ◽  
Ferry Hagen ◽  
Igor Brandão ◽  
Felicidade M. Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Antifungal Susceptibility ◽  
Candida Auris ◽  
Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations ◽  
First Case ◽  
Asian Clade ◽  
Travel Restrictions ◽  
Clade C ◽  
The City

In December 2020, Candida auris emerged in Brazil in the city of Salvador. The first two C. auris colonized patients were in the same COVID-19 intensive care unit. Antifungal susceptibility testing showed low minimal inhibitory concentrations of 1 µg/mL, 2 µg/mL, 0.03 µg/L, and 0.06 µg/mL for amphotericin B, fluconazole, voriconazole, and anidulafungin, respectively. Microsatellite typing revealed that the strains are clonal and belong to the South Asian clade C. auris. The travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic and the absence of travel history among the colonized patients lead to the hypothesis that this species was introduced several months before the recognition of the first case and/or emerged locally in the coastline Salvador area.

scholarly journals The role of the nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit: between the ideal, the real and the possible

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liciane Langona Montanholi ◽  
Miriam Aparecida Barbosa Merighi ◽  
Maria Cristina Pinto de Jesus
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Neonatal Intensive Care ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Hospitals ◽  
The City ◽  
Social Phenomenology ◽  
The Ideal

The nurse is one of the professionals responsible for the care directed toward the physical, mental and social development of newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This study aimed to comprehend the experience of nurses working in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Data collection was performed in 2008, through interviews with 12 nurses working in public and private hospitals of the city of São Paulo. The units of meaning identified were grouped into three categories: Developing actions; Perceiving their actions and Expectations. The analysis was based on social phenomenology. It was concluded that the overload of activities, the reduced number of staff, the lack of materials, equipment and the need for professional improvement are the reality of the work of the nurse in this sector. To supervise the care is the possible; integral care of the newborn, involving the parents, is the ideal desired.

scholarly journals Auditorship in nursing records at an Intensive Care Unit

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1187
Author(s):  
Francislene Fátima Cordeiro ◽  
Ana Maria Dyniewicz ◽  
Luísa Canestraro Kalinowski
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Recording Process ◽  
Data Collection Instrument ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Identification Tags

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze nursing reports at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a private hospital and indentify nursing report features at the ICU. Method: descriptive study held between October/2009 and January/2010, applying a data-collection instrument to 100 nursing reports in patients’ records of an adult ICU of a private hospital in the municipality of Curitiba, Paraná State/Brazil. The criteria for record inclusion in the study were adult patients of both sexes, regardless the pathology and/or complications and health insurance plans, longer than three-day admission in the ICU. This research followed the procedures recommended by Resolution nº 196/96, and was approved by the Research Ethics Committee from Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (Opinion 000124/2009). Results: among the results, it can be pointed out: missing patients’ identification tags; reports presenting blanks, scratches or correction fluid erasures; missing signing; incorrect checking and incomplete records from Systematization of Nursing Care. Conclusion: as nursing reports mean safety to patients and institutions and reflect the quality of care delivery, it was perceived the need to steady improvement in this recording process. Descriptors: nursing audit; quality of health care; nursing. RESUMOObjetivos: analisar as anotações de enfermagem em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva – UTI de um hospital privado e identificar as características dos registros de enfermagem na UTI. Método: estudo descritivo realizado de outubro de 2009 a janeiro de 2010, aplicando um instrumento de coleta de dados a 100 anotações de enfermagem em prontuários de pacientes de uma UTI geral adulto de um hospital privado do município de Curitiba-PR. Os critérios de inclusão de prontuários no estudo foram: pacientes adultos, de ambos os sexos, independente da patologia e/ou complicações e plano de saúde, com mais de três dias de internação na UTI. Esta pesquisa seguiu os procedimentos recomendados pela Resolução nº 196/96 e foi aprovada pelo Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa em Humanos da Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná, sob o número 000124/2009. Resultados: dentre os resultados destacam-se: falta de etiquetas de identificação de pacientes; anotações com espaços em branco, rasuras e utilização de corretor ortográfico; falta de assinatura; checagem incorreta e registros da Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem incompletos. Conclusão: como as anotações de enfermagem representam segurança ao paciente e à instituição e refletem a qualidade da assistência prestada, percebeu-se a necessidade de melhoria contínua desse processo de registros. Descritores: auditoria de enfermagem; qualidade da assistência à saúde; enfermagem.RESUMEN Objetivos: analizar los apuntes de enfermería en Unidad de Terapia Intensiva – UTI de un hospital particular e identificar las características de los registros de enfermería en UTI. Método: estudio descriptivo hecho de octubre de 2009 a enero de 2010, con instrumento de 100 apuntes de enfermería en prontuarios de pacientes de una UTI general para adultos de un hospital de Curitiba-PR. Los criterios de inclusión de registros solicitaban que fuesen pacientes adultos de ambos sexos, independientemente de la patología y/o complicaciones y el plan de la salud, con más de tres días en la UTI. Este estudio dio seguimiento a los procedimientos recomendados por la Resolución 196/96 y aprobado por la Ética en la Investigación Humana de la Universidad Tuiuti con el número 000124/2009. Resultados: entre los resultados, se destacan: ausencia de etiquetas de identificación de pacientes; apuntes con espacios en blanco, tachones y utilización de corrector ortográfico; falta de firma; chequeo incorrecto y registros de la Sistematización da Asistencia de Enfermería incompletos. Conclusión: como los apuntes de enfermería representan seguridad para el paciente y para la institución y reflejan la cualidad de la asistencia prestada, se ha percibido la necesidad de mejoría continua de ese proceso de registros. Descriptores: auditoria de enfermería; calidad de la atención de salud; enfermería.

scholarly journals A HOSPITALIZAÇÃO DO ADOLESCENTE NA ÓTICA DOS PROFISSIONAIS DE ENFERMAGEM

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathália Da Silva Pimentel Reis ◽  
Maria Fabiane Galdino Dos Santos ◽  
Inez Silva De Almeida ◽  
Helena Ferraz Gomes ◽  
Dayana Carvalho Leite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
Quantitative Approach ◽  
Patient Identification

Objetivo: Compreender a ótica dos profissionais de enfermagem sobre a hospitalização de adolescentes. Metodologia: Pesquisa qualitativa, descritiva, utilizando entrevista com perguntas semi-estruturadas, realizada em uma enfermaria especializada em saúde do adolescente no Rio de Janeiro, no período de fevereiro a abril de 2016, com 15 profissionais de enfermagem. Resultados: A partir da análise de conteúdo de Bardin, definiram-se três categorias: a inexperiência no cuidado de enfermagem ao adolescente como um desafio, especificidades da adolescência, e sentimentos gerados pela hospitalização do adolescente no profissional de enfermagem. Conclusão: Conclui-se que os profissionais de enfermagem se colocaram inexperientes em cuidar desse público e declararam que o cuidado a essa população é um desafio para a equipe.Descritores: Adolescente, Enfermagem, Hospitalização.THE ADOLESCENT’S HOSPITALIZATION IN THE OPTICS OF NURSING PROFESSIONALSObjective: Analyze the contents of nursing notes in patients’ records in an intensive care unit (ICU) of a public tertiary hospital in Fortaleza, CE. It is a descriptive study with quantitative approach that analyzed 151 medical records of patients admitted to an ICU, from September 2014 to February 2015, whose 48 hour and discharge notes were evaluated. Data revealed notes with poor content, which did not express the patients’ situation, nor the nursing care provided. Data concerning date, time, and patient identification were adequate. However, the COREN number and the professional’s signature raised concern given the high percentage of non-compliance regarding ethical and legal aspects. Nursing notes did not reflect the severity of patients, nor the dynamics in the ICUDescriptors: Adolescent, Nursing, HospitalizationADOLESCENTE EN PERSPECTIVA DE LOS PROFESIONALES DE ENFERMERÍAComprender la óptico del profesional de enfermería de hospitalización de los adolescentes. Metodología: cualitativos, investigación descriptiva, utilizando entrevistas con preguntas semi-estructuradas en una sala especializada para la salud de los adolescentes en Río de Janeiro, en el período de febrero a abril 2016 con 15 profesionales de enfermería. Resultados: A partir del análisis de contenido de Bardin, definido tres categorías: la falta de experiencia en la atención de enfermería a la adolescente como un desafío, características de los adolescentes y los sentimientos generados por la hospitalización de los adolescentes en profesionales de enfermería. Conclusión: Se concluye que los profesionales de enfermería se colocaron inexpertos en cuidar de ese público y declararon que el cuidado a esa población es un desafío para el equipo.Descriptores: Adolescente, Enfermería, Hospitalización

Markov models to detect the deterioration of patients in a pediatric intensive care unit: analytical observational study Ledys M. Izquierdo MD, MSc, Luis F. Niño PhD Jhon S. Rojas (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ledys Izquierdo
Keyword(s):  
Data Mining ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Confusion Matrix ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Classification Model ◽  
Military Hospital ◽  
The City

BACKGROUND In the field of continuous vital-sign monitoring in critical care settings, it has been observed that the “early-warning signs” of impending physiological deterioration can fail to be detected timely and sometimes by resource constrained clinical staff. OBJECTIVE to develop a probabilistic model to detect the deterioration of patients in a pediatric intensive care unit. METHODS cross-sectional cohort study, pediatric intensive care unit of the Central Military Hospital in the city of Bogota, Colombia. Children from 1 to 18 years old from January 2018 to January 2020. The CRISP-DM (CRoss-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining) methodology was used as a data mining process and then we used Markov chains to identify the clinical states through which the patient passes. Then, a Hidden Markov model (HMM) based approach is applied for classification and prediction of patient's deterioration by computing the probability of future clinical states. RESULTS Both learning models were trained and evaluated using six vital signs data from 94,678 patient records, collected from the database of real patients who were in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of the Central Military Hospital in the city of Bogota, Colombia. To obtain the HMM based classification model, 10-fold cross validation was performed. the confusion matrix showed, Accuracy :0,7, precision: 0.75 and the F1 score:0.65. CONCLUSIONS classification analysis in medical applications can be very useful if considered as a very significant support tool for health professionals. CLINICALTRIAL does not apply

scholarly journals Training of intensive care nurses to handle continuous hemodialysis: a latent condition for safety

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 105-113 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bianca Ribeiro Porto de Andrade ◽  
Fabiana de Mello Barros ◽  
Honorina Fátima Ângela de Lúcio ◽  
Juliana Faria Campos ◽  
Rafael Celestino da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Private Hospital ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Intensive Care Nurses ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
Critical Patients ◽  
Continuous Hemodialysis ◽  
Latent Failure

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the repercussions of the training of nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit for the management of continuous hemodialysis regarding the safety of critical patients with acute renal failure. Method: Qualitative research developed considering James Reason's reference in the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital. The data was collected with 23 nurses who worked for more than three months in the management of continuous hemodialysis through a semi-structured interview, and analyzed with the thematic content analysis technique. Results: There are weaknesses in the training of intensive care nurses for the management of continuous hemodialysis that become a latent failure. Such a failure results in difficulties in handling hemodialysis, with risks for these professionals to commit active failures. Final considerations: The training program in service for the management of continuous hemodialysis must be perfected, to develop skills and competencies in nurses and improve their performance.

scholarly journals Level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to the Intensive Care Unit

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Eloah de Lucena Ferretti-Rebustini ◽  
Nilmar da Silva Bispo ◽  
Winnie da Silva Alves ◽  
Thiago Negreiro Dias ◽  
Cristiane Moretto Santoro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Predictive Capacity ◽  
Organic Dysfunction ◽  
Intensity Of Care ◽  
Correlation Tests ◽  
The City

ABSTRACT Objective: To characterize the level of acuity, severity and intensity of care of adults and older adults admitted to Intensive Care Units and to identify the predictors of severity with their respective predictive capacity according to the age group. Method: A retrospective cohort based on the analysis of medical records of individuals admitted to eight adult intensive care units in the city of São Paulo. The clinical characteristics at admission in relation to severity profile and intensity of care were analyzed through association and correlation tests. The predictors were identified by linear regression and the predictive capacity through the ROC curve. Results: Of the 781 cases (41.1% from older adults), 56.2% were males with a mean age of 54.1 ± 17.3 years. The burden of the disease, the organic dysfunction and the number of devices were the predictors associated with greater severity among adults and older adults, in which the organic dysfunction had the highest predictive capacity (80%) in both groups. Conclusion: Adults and older adults presented a similar profile of severity and intensity of care in admission to the Intensive Care Unit. Organic dysfunction was the factor with the best ability to predict severity in adults and older adults.

scholarly journals Challenges Faced by the Intensive Care Unit during a Terrorist Attack: The Riyadh Experience

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Abdullah Al-Shimemeri
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care Unit ◽  
Intensive Care ◽  
News Media ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Terror Attacks ◽  
Health Institutions ◽  
Improvised Explosive ◽  
Explosive Devices ◽  
The City

Background. Globally, we are facing a “terror epidemic” with incidences of terrorist attacks on innocent civilians increasing worldwide. The volume and nature of injuries resulting from such attacks challenge even the most sophisticated and well-prepared trauma systems and health institutions. Over seventy percent of terror attacks involve bomb explosions with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) resulting in a unique pattern of injuries to the victims. Here, we present data on the terrorist attacks on the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between March 1991 to the present and discuss in retrospect the event outcomes and features which may be useful for the preparedness of the intensive care unit (ICU) in the wake of future attacks. Methods. Data from nine hospitals in Riyadh that catered to patients during terrorist strikes were collected retrospectively. Details of the incidents were collected from news media archives. Results. The majority of terror strikes (~80%) involved a bomb blast with the use of explosives. The victims included 148 casualties, 45 hospitalizations, 103 discharges after first aid, and 3 incidences of admission to the critical care unit. Conclusion. Using the Riyadh experience, we analyze data and the series of events in the ICU following terrorist explosions. The analysis provides important insights for the trauma unit so that it is better prepared and organized for such incidents in the future.

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