CONCEPTIONS OF NURSES WHO WORK IN A GENERAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT REGARDING SEPSIS

• Main Authors: José Melquiades Ramalho Neto, Daniela Alves Campos, Lailma Bento de Araújo Marques, Carla Regina de Oliveira Couras Ramalho, Maria Miriam Lima da Nóbrega
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2015-12-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Nursing; Sepsis; Intensive care units; Patient-centered care
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v20i4.41963
• ISSN: 1414-8536; 2176-9133

This exploratory study aimed to ascertain the understanding of six nurses of a General Intensive Care Unit regarding sepsis. The data were collected in the months of April and May 2012 using a structured questionnaire, the Discourse of the Collective Subject technique being used for analyzing the data. The results revealed the nurses’ knowledge regarding understanding of sepsis and the identification of clinical manifestations related to this in the professional practice, as well as the professional attitudes based in this knowledge, causing the emergence of intensive nursing care which is interlinked with the bundles of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign. The importance is emphasized of the nurse in the early recognition of the different clinical spectrums relating to sepsis – thus supporting a rapid definition of therapeutic plans and appropriate strategies for the monitoring and care of seriously ill patients.