Intensive care unit context: analysis of nursing scientific production

Abstract

Objective: to characterize the dissertations and theses available in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Brazilian Nursing Association from research on the context of the intensive care unit. Method: bibliometric research, developed from data extracted through an instrument composed of indicators collected from dissertations and theses available in the catalog of volumes XIX (2001) to XXXIV (2014). All dissertations and theses produced by nurses from research in intensive care units were included. Results: research related to nursing care and procedures stood out (46; 18.9%); workload, stress and sizing of nursing staff (28; 11.5%) and systematization of nursing care and process (20; 8.2%), both in the intensive care unit. Conclusion: The research analyzed reveals a profile in which most studies presented a descriptive-quantitative design and focused on the care and procedures performed in intensive care units.

Keywords

• unidade de terapia intensiva
• enfermagem
• pesquisa
• procedimentos clínicos
• cuidados críticos