Perception on nursing activities to satisfy family needs in the adult intensive care ; Percepción sobre actividades de enfermería para satisfacción de necesidades familiares en cuidado intensivo adulto ; Percepção sobre atividades de enfermagem para satisfação das necessidades familiares em terapia intensiva adulto

Introduction: Satisfying the family needs at the intensive care unit (ICU) is an integral part of the critically-ill patient’s care, which resolves in benefits to the patient, the family and the health center. Objective: To describe the perception about the frequency, pertinence and suitability of the nursing care activities to fulfil the family needs at the ICU. Methods: It is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative study applied to 75 professional ICU-nurses in a Colombian province under a non-probabilistic sampling in 11 III and IV–level hospitals. Information was gathered during 3 months and an ad hoc instrument designed according to a comprehensive review was used. This instrument underwent both an expert and pilot test. The statistical analyses was conducted using the SPSS 25.0 software and the graphics using the R software and a ≥ 75% perception was adopted as the benchmark in the analysis. Results: Seventy-five professional ICU-nurses perceive that out of 63 activities suggested by the instrument, 16 are carried out more frequently, 27 are more pertinent and 24 very suitable. Conclusions: Based on frequency, pertinence and suitability, the nurses who answered the instrument reported that the most important activities are those intended to satisfy the safety needs, then those intended to inform and getting close, and finally those related to support and comfort. ; Introducción: la satisfacción de las necesidades de la familia en una unidad de cuidado intensivo (UCI) hace parte integral del cuidado del paciente críticamente enfermo y trae beneficios al paciente, la familia y la institución. Objetivo: describir la percepción sobre la frecuencia, pertinencia y viabilidad de actividades de cuidado de enfermería para la satisfacción de las necesidades familiares en UCI. Método: estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal, realizado a 75 profesionales de enfermería en UCI en un departamento colombiano, mediante muestreo no probabilístico en 11 instituciones hospitalarias de nivel III y IV; la ...