Barreras para la aplicación de la metodología enfermera en la unidad de cuidados intensivos

Introduction

The nursing process is the scientific method specific to the nursing discipline. However, although in recent years it has rapidly expanded in certain areas, this has not been the case in special units such as the intensive care unit.

Objective

To determine the reasons nurses show little awareness of incorporating nursing methodology in Intensive Care Units.

Method

Literature review conducted between November and December 2020 in the databases Pubmed, Cinahl, Cuiden, Lilacs, Cochrane, Sicelo, Web of Science, in addition to a search of grey literature and electronic journals. Boolean operators AND and OR were used and the temporal limiter of the last 10 years (2010-2020) was applied.

Results

A total of 20 articles were selected. Intensive Care Units nurses perceived a lack of knowledge on how to use nursing methodology. This problem begins in university education and continues in the institutions with little continuing education. Nurses’ work overload takes time from being able to use this tool, which is among the lowest of their priorities.

Conclusions

Research studies are required on solutions that, in the nurses’ words, could be useful in tackling this problem, and on the impact that training programmes in methodology have on its application in practice.