title: [Guideline for nursing care in the prevention of accidental extubation].
abstract: Article reports the experience of the use of a preventive guideline for the prevention of accidental extubation that occurs associated nursing care for the four moments of bigger incidence that are: bath in the stream bed, transportation, exchange of setting and change of decubitus. The content of the guide is based in the recommendations found in bibliographical survey in the MedLine and in the professional experience. The guideline is being used since September, 2005. This contribution aims at decreasing extubation incidence and to be a tool to develop a quality indicator in Intensive Care Units as well as for offering an assistance that aims patient safety.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Enfermagem da UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
authors.forename: Théia Maria Forny Wanderley
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Castellões
authors.forename: Lolita Dopico
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: da Silva
mesh_terms: D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000451:nursing*