Safety of the patient in an emergency situation: perceptions of the nursing team.
Safety of the patient in an emergency situation: perceptions of the nursing team.
Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes,M. Ferreira,3 Authors,V. E. P. Santos
2019 · DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0544
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem · 14 Citations
TLDR
To know the perception of nursing professionals about the essential aspects to provide safe care to polytraumatized patients in emergency services, a descriptive and mixed study with a focus group and projective techniques is performed.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To know the perception of nursing professionals about the essential aspects to provide safe care to polytraumatized patients in emergency services.METHOD
Descriptive and mixed study, performed with a focus group and projective techniques. The sample was made of seven nursing professionals. Data analysis took place through the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionneires and SPSS 22.0 softwares.RESULTS
Based on the analysis of participants' speeches, three content partitions emerged in the Descending Hierarchical Classification. 1) Structure: need for changes; 2) The process: safe actions by the nursing team; and 3) Care free from damage as the sought result.CONCLUSION
Patient safety in emergency situations must rely on a proper environment and an organized sector, good conditions to transport patients, use of routines and protocols, identification and organization of the beds.