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Percepção de profissionais de enfermagem acerca de segurança do paciente em unidades de terapia intensiva

2016; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL; Volume: 37; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1983-1447.2016.03.61145

1983-1447

Théo Duarte da Costa, Pétala Tuani Cândido de Oliveira Salvador, Cláudia Cristiane Filgueira Martins Rodrigues, Kisna Yasmin Andrade Alves, Francis Solange Vieira Tourinho, Viviane Euzébia Pereira Santos,

Quality and Safety in Healthcare

To understand the perception of nursing professionals in public hospital intensive therapy units regarding patient safety.This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. Eighty nursing professionals who developed welfare activities in general intensive care units in Northeastern Brazil participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews, from May to June 2014. The textual content was submitted to the lexicographical textual analysis, and data analysis was based on the literature.Four classes were analyzed: need for change; actions before an adverse event; concepts of safe care; and actions that integrate safe care. It was revealed that patient safety is a consequence of the culture adopted by professionals.Professionals understand patient safety as a set of strategies that minimize the risk of adverse events.