O conhecimento do profissional de enfermagem acerca da ventilação mecânica – Revisão integrativa

Abstract

Mechanical ventilation (MV) is one of the supports to the life of great importance in the ICU and is one of the most used resources in these units, consisting of the use of a machine that replaces all or part of the respiratory activity of the patient, in order to restore the balance between supply and demand of oxygen and alleviate respiratory workload of patients with respiratory failure. This study aims to analyze the scientific evidence available on the nurse's knowledge of ventilatory support in national scientific literature. Evidence-based practice is the reference theoretical-methodological. And to obtain the level of evidence VI, there was the literature of the integrative review LILACS and SCIELO database. Totaling six separate publications in 4 categories to better understand the results. These being: knowledge of nursing professionals about mechanical ventilation, limited knowledge of the nursing vocational, theoretical and practical contribution and lagged 6 general articles corroborate the systematization of nursing care. Professional experience, it is clear that mechanical ventilation (MV) is a major concern of the nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Many professionals after graduation, they assume the responsibility of a team working in an ICU without having specific qualification, appearing thus the difficulties and shortcomings in patient care. Lack of knowledge by professionals on the operating mechanism of the respirator, can make its use a stressful factor for the entire sector team. Thus it was concluded that nurses actions in front of the patient under ventilatory support is still weakened by the lack of specific knowledge and training for safe handling of this therapy.