Best Safety Practices in nursing care in Neonatal Intensive Therapy.

Autor: Duarte SDCM; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Azevedo SS; Universidade Federal de São Paulo. São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil., Muinck GDC; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Costa TFD; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Cardoso MMVN; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil., Moraes JRMM; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jazyk: English; Portuguese
Zdroj: Revista brasileira de enfermagem [Rev Bras Enferm] 2020 Mar 30; Vol. 73 (2), pp. e20180482. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 30 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0482
Abstrakt: Objectives: to identify the perception of nursing professionals on human errors in nursing care at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and to assess Best Practices strategies proposed by these professionals for patient safety in nursing care.
Methods: this is a quantitative-qualitative, descriptive study. Setting: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Participants: 22 nursing professionals. Data collection was performed through interviews and sent to the thematic analysis.
Results: human errors in nursing care, such as wasted catheters; errors in the medication process; causes for error in nursing care, with a focus on work overload; Best Practices for patient safety in nursing care, such as professional training and improved working conditions.
Conclusions: it is of utmost importance to invest in Best Practices strategies for Patient Safety, aimed at consolidating the culture of organizational safety and encouraging an adequate environment to manage errors.
Databáze: MEDLINE