A capacitação do enfermeiro na higienização oral de pacientes em unidade de terapia intensiva: revisão integrativa / The training of nurses in oral hygiene of patients in intensive care unit: integrative review
Within the scope of health care, the nurse is considered one of the main agents in the execution of procedures and interventions that enable the resolution of the pathological condition in the affected patient.In the organizational context of hospitals and clinics in Brazil, oral health care is an attribution within the activities performed by the nursing team.This premise is of a preventive nature, based on the existing relationship between oral diseases and increased risk of developing systemic disorders, significantly enhanced in the hospital environment, especially in Intensive Care Units (ICU).The problem in question is directly linked to the degree of training of nursing professionals to effectively care for the oral hygiene of critically ill patients in this context of hospitalization.The objective of this paper is to describe the importance of continuing education and the role of the nursing professional in providing health care, dispensed in the oral hygiene of patients in ICUs.A descriptive bibliographic study, of the integrative review type will be developed.For the survey and composition of the sample of papers to be evaluated, studies published between the years 2016 and 2021 will be analyzed, with the central theme focused on the significance of oral hygiene of patients in ICUs, and publications of descriptors in Portuguese, English and Spanish will be consulted.Works not associated with the central theme or that do not present significant findings for the purpose of this research will be excluded from the sample analyzed in the development of the review.