Knowledge of the Nursing Team of Intensive Care Units on
Palliative Care
Volume 2 - Issue 4
Josemar Batista*, Midiam de Freitas Oliveira, Larissa Marcondes, Marinete Esteves Franco, Bruna Tres and Bruna
Eloise Lenhani
Received: January 17, 2020; Published: January 27, 2020
DOI: 10.32474/LOJNHC.2020.02.000142
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Summary
Objective: To identify the knowledge of the nursing team about palliative care in Intensive Care Units of a private hospital in
Brazil.
Method: Cross-sectional and quantitative performed in two Intensive Care Units, with application of an instrument validated
to 79 professionals in September 2019. Questions with correct answers ≥ 90% represented satisfactory knowledge, between 70%
and 89% moderate and ≤ 69% unsatisfactory.
Results: Among the professionals, 55.7% had moderate knowledge and 43% unsatisfactory knowledge. Professionals are
unaware that palliative care should be based on principles and not protocols with prevalence of errors/were not able to answer
67.1%. Five questions scored satisfactorily, with emphasis on the issue “Reducing pain and human suffering are care addressed in
palliative care” that obtained an index of 100% of correct answers.
Conclusion: The knowledge of nursing professionals about palliative care was considered moderate to unsatisfactory, requiring
educational actions to progress the level of knowledge of the nursing team on the theme.
Keywords: Knowledge; Nursing; Palliative Care; Intensive Care Units
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