A competência cultural no cuidado à pessoa em situação crítica

Abstract

This report comes under the scope of the 13th Master's Degree in Nursing, in the Specialization in Medical-Surgical Nursing in the area of Nursing for People in Critical Situation, from the Institute of Health Sciences of the Catholic University of Portugal, in the academic year 2020/2021. This document is intended, in a critical and reflexive way, to describe the skills developed as a specialist nurse in medical-surgical nursing throughout the clinical teaching curricular units. The report is divided into chapters, the main themes of which are the cultural competence of critical care nurses, presented in the form of a scoping review based on the recommendations of The Joanna Briggs Institute, and the development of skills in internship contexts, where the experience in the different intervention contexts is described and analysed, as well as the skills developed during this process. Throughout the development of these skills in the context of an internship, some needs were identified and work was carried out with the objective of developing evidence-based practice and contributing to improving the quality of care. In the context of the Emergency Service, it was possible to identify a need to standardize the approach to the trauma victim, having carried out a protocol aiming to standardize this approach. In the context of Intensive Care, it has also been identified a need to perform training sessions for the placing and removing personal protective equipment within the scope of SARS-Cov-2. In this sense, observation grids were created to guide the training of professionals in the use of this equipment, with the aim of minimizing the contagion and spread of this virus. Still in the context of intensive care, at a different stage, a bibliographic review was carried out in order to identify nursing interventions for the prevention of pressure ulcers associated with non-invasive ventilation interfaces. The results of this review were shown to the team through a poster. This path has translated into an added value in enriching knowledge and developing skills in providing differentiated care to people in critical situations, in a holistic approach to the person with higher quality interventions.

Date of Award	12 Nov 2021
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Isabel Rabiais (Supervisor)