The behavior of nurses before the intensive care units when keeping vital functions of organs and tissues of potential donors in two public hospitals
International Journal of Development Research
The behavior of nurses before the intensive care units when keeping vital functions of organs and tissues of potential donors in two public hospitals
Received 20th December, 2017; Received in revised form 16th January, 2018; Accepted 23rd February, 2018; Published online 30th March, 2018
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Objective: To examine the actions taken by nurses of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in keeping the vital functions of potential donors of organs and tissues. Method: This is a descriptive and exploratory study with a quantitative approach performed with 36 nurses who work in Intensive Care Units (ICU) at the Hospital of Restoration (HR) and Hospital Getulio Vargas (HGV), two public hospitals in the city of Recife (PE), Brazil. Data were collected through a semi structured instrument made by the researchers. The data collected were inserted into a spreadsheet of the Excel program that aimed at its subsequent analysis. From then on, they were arranged in graphs and analyzed in the light of scientific literature. Results: It was observed the difficulty of nurses to provide quality care because they did not know the changes presented by the potential donor. Conclusion: It becomes relevant the nurse’s role in understanding the pathophysiology and care of vital and hemodynamic functions, as well as in the complications triggered in this potential donor by the encephalic death. In this way, the nurse will have to draw effective interventions to minimize the damage to the organs to be captured.
