Enfermería intensiva
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Enfermería intensiva · Jan 2016
[Personal resources relevant to psychological well-being in nursing].
To determine differences in social support, resilience, coping, and psychological well-being (PWB) among intensive care nursing and nursing staff of other hospital services, as well as to establish a structural model in these professionals where relevant personal resources to PWB were included. ⋯ Differences in PWB, coping, social support and resilience are not determined by hospital service. Coping strategies focused on engagement (or adaptive), social support, and resilience, constitute three relevant personal resources that determine the PWB of nursing staff, which can be developed and improved by specific programs. The most important PWB dimensions are self-acceptance and environment mastery.
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Enfermería intensiva · Oct 2015
[Meaning of family confrontation for nurses of intensive care units for adult people - Medellín 2013].
To comprehend the meaning nurses give to family confrontation, from their experiences while patients are in adult intensive care units in Medellin 2013. ⋯ For the nurses, family confrontation means that family members understand, comprehend, accept, know, bear and go on with the situation; therefore, they can make good decisions regarding the patient's care in the adult intensive care units.
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Enfermería intensiva · Oct 2015
[Application and evalauation of care plan for patients admitted to Intensive Care Units].
Assess whether the use of the nursing care plans improves outcomes of nursing care to patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ The implementation of nursing care plans in patients admitted to the intensive care area may contribute to improvement in the outcomes of nursing care.
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Enfermería intensiva · Jul 2015
Observational Study[Equivalent continuous noise level in neonatal intensive care unit associated to burnout syndrome].
Noise levels in neonatal intensive care units allow the appearance of symptoms associated with burnout such as stress, irritability, fatigue and emotional instability on health care personnel. The aim of this study was to evaluate the equivalent continuous noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit and compare the results with noise levels associated with the occurrence of burnout syndrome on the care team. ⋯ Noise level is reported in the range of 51.4-77.6 decibels A (dBA) with an average of 64 dBA, 100.6 dBA maximum, and average background noise from 57.9 dBA. Noise levels exceed the standards suggested for neonatal intensive care units, are close to maximum values referred for noise exposure in the occupational standards and to noise levels associated with the onset of burnout; thus allowing to infer the probability of occurrence of high levels of noise present in the unit on the development of burnout in caregivers.
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Quantify the muscle mass and body weight variation in critically ill patients and to identify associated factors. ⋯ The critically ill patient presents a significant muscle waste related with the length of stay and the treatment received with muscle relaxants. Patients are being discharged with a similar body weight to which they were admitted but with a significant reduction of muscle mass.