Orientações de enfermagem em UTI adulto : a percepção dos enfermeiros e dos familiares de pacientes internados.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate with nurses who work in the intensive care unit and relatives of patients hospitalized in an adult ICU, how is given the orientations realized by the nursing team. The study is a qualitative research of exploratory and descriptive character. To collect data with the family, a questionnaire was applied to ten relatives and interviews with five professional nurses, allocated in the adult ICU, from a school hospital, of the interior of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The data were submitted to content analysis and obtained as main results related to the relatives, The profile of the Family members interviewed, the feelings and impressions, the identification of the professionals working in the unit and the orientations received, the satisfaction of the patients' relatives hospitalized in the ICU and referring to the professional nurses: the profile of the interviewed professionals and how are the offerings ofninformation to the relatives. It is concluded that when the information is offered to the relatives, it is perceived more comfort, less tension, anguish and fear of who is in the waiting room, which provides a relationship of trust between Family and team. It is hoped that this study can contribute to the qualification of intensive nursing care, strengthening already existing conducts or modifying them.