Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit

This is an exploratory study whose data were collected during the months of January and February 2007 in an intensive care unit in Fortaleza-CE. The aim of the study was to check the behavior of nurses in a public hospital in Fortaleza-CE on the treatment of wounds. The data collection was given thr...

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Main Authors: Rosa Aparecida Nogueira Moreira, Terezinha Almeida Queiroz, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Thiago Moura de Araújo, Joselany Áfio Caetano
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Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2009-06-01
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4820
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author Rosa Aparecida Nogueira Moreira
Terezinha Almeida Queiroz
Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo
Thiago Moura de Araújo
Joselany Áfio Caetano
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Terezinha Almeida Queiroz
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description This is an exploratory study whose data were collected during the months of January and February 2007 in an intensive care unit in Fortaleza-CE. The aim of the study was to check the behavior of nurses in a public hospital in Fortaleza-CE on the treatment of wounds. The data collection was given through the record of a structured form. All the nurses said to accomplish the record of care and adopt some criteria of evaluation, specific to wounds. Regarding the assessment criteria emphasized: the presence of exudate (56.2%), the extent, depth and type of tissue, all of which with 43.7% of the answers. About 93.7% of the subjects surveyed consider the work important in the multidisciplinary treatment of wounds. It was found that nurses are well aware of the therapeutic methods in the treatment of wounds.  
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spelling doaj-art-d0c30376a00549be8c87925bde8c99f92025-08-21T13:48:34ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832009-06-01103Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unitRosa Aparecida Nogueira MoreiraTerezinha Almeida QueirozMárcio Flávio Moura de AraújoThiago Moura de AraújoJoselany Áfio CaetanoThis is an exploratory study whose data were collected during the months of January and February 2007 in an intensive care unit in Fortaleza-CE. The aim of the study was to check the behavior of nurses in a public hospital in Fortaleza-CE on the treatment of wounds. The data collection was given through the record of a structured form. All the nurses said to accomplish the record of care and adopt some criteria of evaluation, specific to wounds. Regarding the assessment criteria emphasized: the presence of exudate (56.2%), the extent, depth and type of tissue, all of which with 43.7% of the answers. About 93.7% of the subjects surveyed consider the work important in the multidisciplinary treatment of wounds. It was found that nurses are well aware of the therapeutic methods in the treatment of wounds.  https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4820Nursing careWound HealingIntensive Care Units.
spellingShingle Rosa Aparecida Nogueira Moreira
Terezinha Almeida Queiroz
Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo
Thiago Moura de Araújo
Joselany Áfio Caetano
Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
Rev Rene
Nursing care
Wound Healing
Intensive Care Units.
title Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
title_full Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
title_fullStr Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
title_full_unstemmed Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
title_short Nurses’ behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
title_sort nurses behaviour in the treatment of wounds in an intensive care unit
topic Nursing care
Wound Healing
Intensive Care Units.
url https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/4820
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