Nursesbeliefs on managing cardiopulmonary arrest in the diagnosis unit / Crenças dos enfermeiros de unidades diagnósticas sobre o atendimento à parada cardiorrespiratória

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

This study, on a qualitative stamp, aimed at verifying the structures of managing cardiopulmonary arrest (CPA) and identifying the personal and normative beliefs of nurses working in diagnosis units, using the Theory of Reasoned Action - (TRA) as a theoretical framework. The data were obtained through semi-structured interviews from sixteen diagnosis unit nurses of four hospitals (three private and one public) in Sao Paulo city. The data were submitted to a content analysis technique, attesting negative and positive beliefs which were grouped into two Central Thematical Units established beforehand within the estimated TRA: Attitude and Normative Beliefs. The analysis of the interviews proved that among the Attitude Beliefs, the negative affective beliefs stood out as far as the behavior performance is concerned. In the Normative Belief Units, when analyzed the behavior performances, the following positive social referents were evidenced: (CPA) group, nursing team, (CPA) group physician, anesthesia physician, as well as the behaviors stimulating factors: the physiciansknowledge and skill, frequent training, equipment available, attaching the nursesbippers to the (CPA) group; as social referents which discourage the behavior: medical and nursing team, and as discouraging factors: hospital facility area, physicianslack of knowledge and deficitary nursing team and human resources. As a conclusion, it is observed that the educational programs must be developed from factors which motivate, allow and reinforce the nurse to take a certain procedure, making this professional capable of participating on the decisive processes that involve the care for critical patients, together with his/her peers in a equalitarian way, making this care safe and effective to the patient

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cardiopulmonary arrest nursing behavior enfermagem parada cardiorrespiratória comportamento

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