Stress in the nursing team in the intensive care unit
International Journal of Development Research
Stress in the nursing team in the intensive care unit
Received 20th July, 2020; Received in revised form 29th August, 2020; Accepted 06th September, 2020; Published online 30th October, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Edivalda Pereira de Abreu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are places that frequently expose nursing professionals who work there, to moments of anxiety, stress and psychological pressure at different levels. These levels of stress, when elevated, can interfere with the quality of care offered by these professionals. Therefore, this study aimed to discuss stress in nursing in an intensive care unit, as well as some strategies for combating and controlling it. Method: study of integrative literature review, using the descriptors: Nursing, ICU, assistance and stress. Results: 390 publications were initially found. After applying the inclusion criteria, 25 studies were selected to compose the corpus of this research. Conclusion: Stress is a reality in nursing work practice.
