Intensivist nurse performance in the collaborative model of continuous hemodialysis: links with patient safety.

Objective: To describe the Intensive Care Unit nurse's role in the management of continuous hemodialysis within the scope of the collaborative model, analyzing it regarding the links with patient safety.

Method: A descriptive, qualitative, exploratory study based on the Reason safety model performed at the Intensive Care Unit of a specialized hospital, with nurses working in the direct management of continuous hemodialysis, who were interviewed using a script with its contents being thematically analyzed.

Results: 23 nurses participated.

Training of intensive care nurses to handle continuous hemodialysis: a latent condition for safety.

Objective: To analyze the repercussions of the training of nurses working in the Intensive Care Unit for the management of continuous hemodialysis regarding the safety of critical patients with acute renal failure.

Method: Qualitative research developed considering James Reason's reference in the Intensive Care Unit of a private hospital. The data was collected with 23 nurses who worked for more than three months in the management of continuous hemodialysis through a semi-structured interview, and analyzed with the thematic content analysis technique.

Equipment failure: conducts of nurses and implications for patient safety.

Objectives: To identify equipment failures during handling by nurses and analyze the conduct of the professionals when these failures occur.

Methods: Descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study, whose field was the intensive care unit of a public institution, and the participants were day nurses that worked providing direct care to patients. Data were produced in 2014 through systematic observation and interviews and were examined with thick description and content analysis.