AI Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to outline essential nursing care procedures for administering bed baths to COVID-19 patients through a detailed literature review.
- The research involved five key stages, including framing the research question, searching relevant studies, assessing them, analyzing data, and presenting findings, ultimately narrowing down 55 publications to 15 relevant studies.
- The conclusion emphasizes the need for specific hygiene practices, appropriate personal protective equipment, and ongoing monitoring of vital signs to enhance patient safety during bed baths.
Article Abstract
Objective: to identify the main nursing care procedures for performing bed bath in patients with COVID-19.
Method: an integrative literature review. Five stages were followed for this research: research question elaboration (identification of the problem), search of studies in literature, study assessment, data analysis, and presentation of review. To search for primary studies, the VHL and SciELO databases were selected.
Results: initially, 55 publications were found. After reading and analyzing the abstracts, the sample consisted of 15 studies.
Conclusion: patients with the new coronavirus have specific care to perform a bed bath, oral, intimate and skin hygiene. It is important that professionals use adequate personal protective equipment, perform humanized care, continuously observing patients' vital signs to avoid occurrence of adverse events, promoting patient safety.
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