A conceptual framework of clinical nursing care in intensive care.
OBJECTIVE
to propose a conceptual framework for clinical nursing care in intensive care.


METHODS
descriptive and qualitative field research, carried out with 21 nurses from an intensive care unit of a federal public hospital. We conducted semi-structured interviews and thematic and lexical content analysis, supported by Alceste software.


RESULTS
the characteristics of clinical intensive care emerge from the specialized knowledge of the interaction, the work context, types of patients and nurses characteristic of the intensive care and care frameworks.


CONCLUSIONS
the conceptual framework of the clinic's intensive care articulates elements characteristic of the dynamics of this scenario: objective elements regarding technology and attention to equipment and subjective elements related to human interaction, specific of nursing care, countering criticism based on dehumanization.
Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Rafael Celestino
RC
da Silva
Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Márcia de Assunção
Mde A
Ferreira
Aix-Marseille Université, Aix-en-Provence, France.
Thémistoklis
T
Apostolidis
Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Marcos Antônio Gomes
MA
Brandão
D000328:Adult; D064648:Critical Care Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009736:Nursing Process