[Invasive hemodynamic monitoring at bedside: nursing evaluation and nursing care protocol].

This research-action type study aimed to establish clinical evaluation parameters essential to the patient subject to hemodynamic monitoring by Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) and to develop a Nursing Care Protocol to critical care patients using catheter with the nurses of an ICU in Santa Catarina State. The population consisted of a non-probabilistic intentional sample of five nurses, and the data were collected through group meetings and questionnaire. The study is presented with descriptive statistics and qualitative analyses of the subjective questions.