A IMPORTÂNCIA DA ASSISTÊNCIA DA ENFERMAGEM NA PREVENÇÃO DE LESÃO POR PRESSÃO NA UNIDADE DE TERAPIA INTENSIVA: uma revisão narrativa

Abstract

Introduction: This course conclusion work offers a review integrative literature on nursing care for patients with injuries by pressure in intensive care units (ICUs). The study addresses the high prevalence of these injuries in critically ill patients, which affects patients' health, increases hospital costs and overloads the work of the healthcare team nursing. Objective: The main objective of this work is to explore nursing practices, its challenges, its struggle and precautions, in addition to the role of nurses in prevention, protection and treatment of these injuries in intensive care environments. Methodology: A search was carried out in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), covering bases such as LILACS, BDENF and SciELO, using terms in English: pressure ulcer, intensive care unit units). The inclusion criteria used here focused on original articles published between 2017 and 2024, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, 40 articles were analyzed, and; 16 met the inclusion criteria, offering information on nursing interventions to prevent injuries pressure, the focus of this work. Results: The results of the studies and textual analyzes indicated that the nurses play an important and essential role in prevention of the formation of pressure injuries in patients as they perform regular skin assessments, repositioning, hydrating and promoting asepsis of the places most prone to patient injuries and thus achieving maintenance of skin integrity. Demonstrating that preventive practices are still the most effective of the tools along with the information that must be transmitted from team to team with a view to prevention. However, a major obstacle to this essential routine for patients is the burden of high workload of nurses and the limited resources of the units. Conclusion: In this detailed re-reading it was possible to verify the need pressing need to improve teams, as well as the intensification of training and review of protocols in intensive units. However, this proposal is a suggestion, as we know that such an action demands the support institutional.But, highlighting and reinforcing the positive impact of health care Qualified nursing is to guarantee patients a quality stay promoted by skilled hands that channel knowledge and dedication to alleviate pressure injuries in ICUs.