Narrativas do cotidiano terapêutico ocupacional em uma unidade de terapia intensiva

Abstract

Intensive care units are complex places intended for the admission of critically ill patients who require specific care. One of the direct impacts on the hospitalized person's life is on their quality of life, autonomy and independence. This experience report aims to analyze the work process and seek to understand the construction of the clinical reasoning of an occupational therapist in an Adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU). This qualitative approach study had its data collection performed through the construction of a field diary where the participating occupational therapist recorded aspects of her workday, plans and actions, as well as her reflections, learning and feelings. From the data analysis through Content Analysis, fourteen initial categories emerged, resulting in three final categories: Teamwork; Construction of the occupational therapist's work process; Critical patient care. Such categories were the basis for deepening the daily narratives present in this study. This work concluded the importance of understanding the particularities of the intensive care environment, being open to being a reflective professional in your practice, available to work as a team, with the main focus on promoting quality of life for patients during the hospitalization period.