Nursing work in the intensive care unit and its interface with care systematization

Objective:  To understand the experiences of nurses in an adult intensive care unit in the development of Nursing Care Systematization (NCS).

Methods:  Qualitative research, participant study, using the Research Itinerary of Paulo Freire, with nine nurses in an adult intensive care unit of a hospital in southern Brazil. For collection and analysis of data were used Culture Circles, following the steps of investigation of generation themes, encoding and decoding, and critical revelation.

Results:  Nurses noticed they have limited knowledge about the patient's clinical and NCS, they still valued the development of technical procedures and manipulation of the technological devices because they feel recognized by the health team.

Conclusion:  As a possibility to change, the nurses were organized to start discussion groups on clinical cases and NCS, seeing strengthening knowledge and appreciation in front of the health team.

Nursing; Intensive Care; Nursing Care; Nursing Process