Humanização em unidade de terapia intensiva neo natal: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Hospitalization of the newborn (NB) at the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a crisis situation for the family, as parents they enter in an unfamiliar environment. The hospitalization in NICU introduces the baby in a harsh environment, where intense exposure to noxious stimuli such as stress and pain are common. Humanization is a set of initiatives aimed at producing health care able to combine the best technologyavailable to promote acceptance and ethical and cultural respect for the patient, workspaces conducive to good technical exercise and satisfaction of health professionals and users. The objective of this study is to perform an integrative review of the humanization programs used in neonatal intensive care units. An integrative literature review was performed. For this, the following procedures were used: the first was established the theme and the guiding question. After this step thesample selection criteria were established; information taken from selected articles; analysis and presentation of results. The databases used were the Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS), and Data Bases in Nursing (BDENF). The results showed that humanization is of paramount importance in the NICU, particularly in relation to the newborn family, which becomes fragile. The nursingprofessional is also very important in this process. It concludes that it is up to the nursing staff offer assistance to stem the best knowledge of technology, procedures and equipment, coupled to the host of inter-subjective needs of patients and professionals and the recognition of cultural logics of the family (which allow the interpretation of hospitalization ), it is one of the great challenges of health care.