Nursing care patients intubated: continuing education as a tool for the care of implementation
International Journal of Development Research
Nursing care patients intubated: continuing education as a tool for the care of implementation
Received 17th June, 2019; Received in revised form 25th July, 2019; Accepted 20th August, 2019; Published online 30th September, 2019.
Copyright © 2019, Giselle Pinheiro Lima Aires Gomes 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.
Objective: To evaluate nursing care for intubated patients before and after the educational intervention to implement care protocols. Method: quasi-experimental before-after study involving 26 nursing professionals working in an ICU of a public hospital in the state of Tocantins, Brazil. They went through 3 stages: 1st phase- Situational diagnosis. 2nd phase-Educational intervention with implementation of a care protocol. 3rd phase - evaluation. Results: It was verified in the situational diagnosis the need to implement care protocols and continuing education with both theoretical and practical focus. After the intervention and implementation of the Assistance Program, a tendency of convergence of nursing actions to the recommended form of care was evidenced, which essentially defined the enhancement of the improvement of care provided by professionals to intubated patients after the intervention. Conclusion: The incorporation of continuing education keeps the entire team in the process of continuous learning by engaging in educational programs, improving the quality of care and reducing the risks of health care-related infections.
