Nursing intensive care enabled by digital technology for the patient with impaired respiratory system function - Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

Problem situation: Digital technology that supports the history in the search for data that supports the diagnosis (ICNP® code: 10023362), as well as the improvement of the respective nursing care or interventions in order to quickly and safely achieve the therapeutic results of nursing. Objective: To find in the professional scientific literature support for the aforementioned digital technology in nursing work with people with acute respiratory distress associated with COVID-19, as well as their treatment and therapeutic results in high complexity. Method: For this article, an integrative literature review was defined, data collection was developed in an online database in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), in PubMed, Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), during July 2023 to November 2023, applying the Health Sciences Descriptors (DECS). Articles between the years 2018 and 2023 in Portuguese, English, or Spanish whose subject referred to the topic were used as inclusion criteria and as exclusion criteria: duplicate articles, and subjects that deviated from the topic. Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the team's operating model in intensive care units, due to the new protocols that guide these health professionals and the technologies installed. In summary, the electronic health record/electronic patient record provides ease and better efficiency in the health system as a result of its advantages, the use of the tool can optimize time for filling out records, it is a facilitator of communication between the team, provides security and agility in decision making.