Central venous catheter in neonatal cardiology unit: what the nurses know and what practice?

Objective: To describe to know them and nurses' practices on the use of Central Veined Catheter in a public unity of Intensive Therapy Neonatal, in Belém-Pará. Method: Descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach. The data was collected through in-depth interviews, in the period of August to October 2017, with the sample of coexistence ten nurses who work in intensive care unit specializes in neonatal cardiology. Data analysis was carried out based on the analysis of content of Bardin. Results: Three categories emerged: "use of central venous catheter in neonates with heart disease according to the knowledge of the nurses," "nursing practices for the maintenance of the central venous catheter in newborn" and "difficulties in management of catheter central venous in neonatal intensive care unit ". Conclusion: The present study has shown the theoretical and practical knowledge of the nurses of the neonatal intensive care unit. It was evidenced that the nurses of the institution have a good knowledge concerning the process of inserting and maintaining the central venous catheter, however there was a lack of knowledge on the part of the team in relation to the type of catheter used to agreement of the individualized clinical condition for each neonate.