Conhecimento do enfermeiro de unidade de terapia intensiva sobre gasometria arterial

• Autor(a) principal: Rolim, Luciana Ramalho
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: Melo, Elizabeth Mesquita, Frota, Natasha Marques, Almeida, Natália Gondim de, Barbosa, Islene Victor, Caetano, Joselany Áfio
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC)
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/7825
• topic: Gasometria; Acidose; Cuidados de Enfermagem

Objective: to analyze the knowledge of nurse working in intensive care unit (ICU) on arterial gasometry (AG). Method: a descriptive study with, quantitative, performed in a public hospital in Fortaleza-CE, from February to March 2011, with 45 nurses. We used Statistic Package for Social Sciences to analyze the data. The research was approved by ethics committee of the hospital with no. 091211/10. Results: participants were predominantly aged 20-29 years and were female; time of academic graduation and in the ICU ranged from one to four years. The interpretation of the results of AG was performed by 53.3%. Nurses demonstrated knowledge about the technical procedure of AG and nursing actions after arterial puncture, however had little role in discussions of clinical procedures with the multidisciplinary team. Conclusions: it emphasizes the need for nurses working in ICU empower continually seeking to update themselves, mainly dealing with critically ill patients.