Intensive nursing care mediated by digital technology for patients with infection Related to Health Care – Systematic Literature Review

Abstract

This study is a bibliographical research on the use of Digital Information and Communication Technologies (TDICs) to support nursing care in clinical care for critically ill patients affected by Healthcare-Related Infection (HAIs) located in the Healthcare Unit. Intensive therapy. Methodology: This is an integrative review, exploratory in nature and qualitative approach. The articles were surveyed using the following database: Virtual Health Library (VHL), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrievel System Online (MEDLINE) and Google Scholar, from March to November 2023. Results: 32 articles were found, 18 articles identified with the health descriptors: (health technology) OR (digital technology) AND (critical care nursing) AND (infection). The results of the scientific search were organized and classified according to Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) according to Oxford. Discussion: The application of TDICs in health, conceives: as a tool for optimizing the health process in beneficial categorical variables in communication, the homogenization of care, certification of sectoral management and convergence of patient safety, in the past, the lack of continuing education of professionals , reintegrate TDICs resistance into nurses' clinical practice due to the deficit in their information and the empirical premise of technology being seen as additional work or replacement of labor. Conclusion: The purpose of digital technology combined with nurses is to optimize multidisciplinary care according to patients' clinical results, with it being up to them to plan, coordinate and implement technological measures indexed in the electronic medical record with the aim of assertive clinical monitoring. In summary, this research presumed to consolidate the TDICs service regarding the applicability of management and sustainable technology in the health service.