BUILDING OF A COMPUTERIZED NURSING PRESCRIPTION FOR AN ICU

Nursing Process (NP) contributes for the consolidation of the profession as the science of caring. This study describes the team construction of a Computerized Nursing Prescription (CNP) focusing on intervention protocols. The aim is to present the way that a methodological work instrument has been...

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Main Authors: Daise Ribeiro Aquino, Wilson Danilo Lunardi Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2004-06-01
Series:Cogitare Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v9i1.1706
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Summary:Nursing Process (NP) contributes for the consolidation of the profession as the science of caring. This study describes the team construction of a Computerized Nursing Prescription (CNP) focusing on intervention protocols. The aim is to present the way that a methodological work instrument has been built, through the reality awareness as well as individuals’ interaction. It suggests a simplified model to operate NP, aiming to meet academic as well as hospital needs, by means of approaching theory/practice and attention to the wholeness claimed by the National Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde/ SUS, in Portuguese). It approaches Systematization of Nursing Practice (SNP) and NP, besides their complementariness in their merge, inside working organization. NP model is grounded by Wanda Horta’s theory which entails three steps: history, evaluation and computerized prescription. Intervention access to the computerized system is effected by the selection of nursing problem(s) in affected body subsystems. The methodological approach used was the converging-practical research among the ICU nursing team of a Teaching Hospital, and the following steps were followed in order to build the protocols and implement the CNP: reality awareness, systematic observation and document survey; individual making of protocols, with bibliographic review; team building by means of the strategic review of protocols by the nurses. As a result, 177 interventions were obtained for 64 problems. The study evidences the feasibility for the adoption of NP and the use of CNP, which are fundamental for valuing and organizing nursing tasks.
ISSN:1414-8536
2176-9133