Researching the existence of resistance among icu nursing personnel in assisting conscious patients

Abstract

The authors believe that Intensive Care Units (ICU) is a very stressful place for both patients and workers. They associate the success of the treatment to the relationship between these two groups. This article intends to investigate the existence of resistance among nursing personnel in assisting conscious patient in ICU. The date were analised through the “content analysis” proposed by Bardin (1979) and through the methodology utilized by Magalhães (1991).