Educational strategies for the prevention of incidents in intensive care units

Abstract

Objective: To map the educational strategies directed to health professionals for the prevention of incidents in intensive care units. Method: Integrative review carried out between April and May 2021 in the databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, BDENF and CINAHL. Included studies published between 2016 and 2021 in English, Spanish and Portuguese full texts. Excluded abstracts, editorials, theses and dissertations. Used as descriptors: "health personnel", "continuing education", "medical error", patient safety" and "intensive care units" with Boolean operator "AND" and "OR". The data were organized in a table from the journal, qualis, authors, year of publication, title and educational actions. The contents were compared and grouped by similarity. Results: Educational actions such as training, protocols, classes with interactive discussions, targeted professional support, use of short text messages, videos and playful activity were identified. Conclusion: There was a predominance of educational activities in the traditional way such as training, classes and videos with little interaction of the professional.