Conhecimento dos enfermeiros sobre condutas na prevenção, manutenção e no controle da temperatura de potenciais doadores de órgãos

Resumo (EN)

Objective – To verify the knowledge of the nurses of the Intensive Care Unit (UTI) of the Emergency Hospital of Goiânia (HUGO), on behavior of nursing be taken in the handling of the potential giver of agencies, as for the prevention, maintenance and control of the temperature. The individual in encephalic death is subject to thermal alterations. It fits to the nurse to trace plan of cares for prevention and control of the hypothermia, being considered that inherent complications to this condition can make impraticable the donation. Methods –It was carried out a quantitative research, of the exploratory and descriptive type, at the Emergency Hospital of Goiânia, Goiás. Ten operating nurses participated in Intensive Care Unit. Results– One evidenced that the participant nurses know diverse strategies in the handling of the temperature fall that event the patient in encephalic death, what he contributes for to facilitate of the process of transplants. One identified the used behaviors of nursing in the maintenance of the body temperature of the potential giver of agencies. Conclusion – Ahead of the presented results it was verified that the nurse also knows the importance of the maintenance of the body temperature for the potential giver of agencies and the necessity of preventing complications that they can contribute to make impracticable the donation.