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{"title":"Neumotórax catamenial: a propósito de un caso","authors":"Jorge Álvarez-López RN, MSN ,&nbsp;Cristina Pérez-Talavera RN, MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500530","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500530","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Catamenial pneumothorax (CN) is a rare type of pneumothorax that affects women of childbearing age. Its etiopathogenesis is controversial and several theories have been proposed, although there is a frequent relationship with intrathoracic endometriosis. The diagnosis can be a challenge, so recurrences can appear until it is found and it can be treated correctly. This document describes a case of catamenial pneumothorax and develops a care plan tailored at a patient suffering from this type of pathology.</div></div><div><h3>Case description</h3><div>A 41-year-old woman, with no personal or family history who attended the emergency department reporting pain in the right hemithorax and dyspnea. The chest X-ray revealed a complete pneumothorax that required placement of a chest drain. During the surgical intervention, cicatricial lesions with gray and black diaphragmatic pores are observed, which suggests a pneumothorax of catamenial origin.</div></div><div><h3>Assessment</h3><div>The nursing assessment was designed using the conceptual model of Marjory Gordon, where the patterns of activity-exercise, rest, perception and sexuality-related patterns were identified as altered.</div></div><div><h3>Diagnosis</h3><div>Using the taxonomy created by NANDA, nursing diagnoses related to impaired gas exchange, pain, rest, skin integrity, and problems related to gynecologic-obstetric aspects were established.</div></div><div><h3>Planning</h3><div>The objectives and interventions were established based on the previously marked diagnoses, using the NOC and NIC taxonomy. Those related to gas exchange, skin care at the level of the chest tube area, pain, rest and those with gynecological links stand out.</div></div><div><h3>Discussion</h3><div>CN is a rare entity and it is necessary to know its etiopathogenesis for early detection of the problem and apply care aimed at meeting the needs of the patient and avoiding complications derived from it.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500530"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143760717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Programa de sistema de respuesta rápida y continuidad de cuidados enfermeros para la prevención del síndrome post-UCI","authors":"Gemma Leiva-Aguado RN, MSc ,&nbsp;M. Isabel Calleja-Serrano RN ,&nbsp;M. Carmen Cuenca-Soriano RN ,&nbsp;Faustino Álvarez-Cebrián MD, PhD ,&nbsp;Álvaro Castellanos-Ortega MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500543","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500543","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The clinical deterioration of patients admitted to hospital wards, characterised by physiological abnormalities, can be predicted 6 to 24<!--> <!-->hours in advance and often depends on the nurse's ability to detect it early. In addition, advances in the treatment and care of the critically ill patient have increased survival after discharge from the intensive care unit (ICU). This, together with increased severity, frailty, prolonged stays and special treatment needs, means that ICU survivors may have physical weakness and mental and/or cognitive impairment that persists over time. In this context, it is necessary to provide personalised care that guarantees the continuity of nursing care in the different care settings through which patients and their families pass.</div><div>For all these reasons, a continuity of care nursing consultation was designed and implemented in conjunction with a surveillance system on all hospital wards and nurse monitoring for the prevention of post-acute syndrome after discharge from a critical care unit.</div><div>More than 665 adult inpatient beds are currently under surveillance. In the study period from February 2023 to January 2024, of the 2126 patients discharged from the critical care unit, 87 were in post-ICU follow-up, 55 in full follow-up and 32 in partial follow-up.</div><div>The implementation of a surveillance system, monitoring in the continuity of nursing care throughout the disease and during the recovery phases, at the different levels of care (critical care, hospitalisation, primary care), can prevent and/or minimise the physical, psychological and cognitive alterations of the post-ICU syndrome and can contribute to the recovery of the quality of life of patients and their families.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500543"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143783425","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Internal consistency, minimal detectable change, and sensitivity to change of the Spanish version of the Barthel Index at intensive care unit discharge and three months later","authors":"Esther Cecilia Wilches-Luna PT, PhD ,&nbsp;Vilma Eugenia Muñoz-Arcos PT, MSc ,&nbsp;Paula Benavides-Candezano PT ,&nbsp;José Julián Bernal-Sánchez PT, PhD, MSc ,&nbsp;Ada Clarice Gastaldi PT, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500539","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500539","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the internal consistency (IC), minimal detectable change (MDC), and sensitivity to change of the Barthel Index (BI) at ICU discharge and three months post-hospital discharge.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>A prospective longitudinal study was conducted between November 2016 and July 2017 in a medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU). A total of 149 patients over 18 years with a BI score &gt;90 prior to ICU admission were included. The COSMIN checklist was utilized to evaluate the measurement properties. Clinical and demographic variables, BI scores, IC, MDC, and sensitivity to change were analyzed. The Cronbach's alpha coefficient (<em>α</em>) was calculated to determine the IC of the BI by domain and for the overall scale. Effect size (ES) indices and standardized mean response (SMR) were used for sensitivity to change. The MDC was identified using a distribution-based method, calculating the standard error of measurement (SEM). Floor and ceiling effects were assessed, with a threshold of less than 15% considered acceptable.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 141 patients were evaluated at discharge from the ICU. Of these, <em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->77 (41.7%) were men, with a mean age of 58.5<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->16.8 years; <em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->62 (41.6%) required invasive mechanical ventilation. One hundred twelve patients were reassessed three months after discharge. The overall IC was: <em>α</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.70 at ICU discharge and <em>α</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.96 at three months. Ninety two percent (<em>n</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->103) of the patients showed values greater than or equal to the MDC of 10 points, with statistically significant differences identified in the type of weaning, tracheostomy, and length of stay in the ICU (<em>p</em> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.005).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The items of the Spanish version of the BI demonstrate acceptable IC at ICU discharge. The MDC was 10 points, validating its responsiveness and utility for monitoring the functional independence of critically ill patients at ICU discharge and three months after hospital discharge.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500539"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143777253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Análisis de la carga de trabajo enfermero e impacto del volumen y flujo de pacientes en una UCI quirúrgica","authors":"Amaia Gutiérrez-Abarca MSN,&nbsp;Alberto Casado-Álvarez MSN,&nbsp;Sare Espinosa-Carcabilla MSN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500535","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500535","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>A poor Nurse-to-Patient (N:P) ratio has a negative impact on the health of both patients and professionals. There are several tools to quantify the Nurse Workload (NW) and adjust nurse staffing. The use of such tools in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) can facilitate the adaptation of Nursing resources to patients’ real needs and improve working conditions.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the NW in a Surgical ICU.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><div>Descriptive, transversal and unicentric study during March and April 2023. Determination of the operative N:P ratio adequated to the NW using the “Nursing Activities Score” (NAS). Measurement of the NW using NAS and “Valoración de Cargas de Trabajo y Tiempos de Enfermería” (VACTE) scales, together with the proposed NW indicators. Management and efficiency analysis of the Nursing Resources using the “Work Utilization Ratio” Index (WUR). Identification of work days and shifts with greater workload. Bivariate analysis relating NAS and VACTE to reason for admission. NW calculation relating number of scales and NAS and VACTE average of each reason for admission. Correlation analysis between scales.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>1705 records per scale were collected. NAS per patient median: 55.70 (IR: 51.30-60.38) (95%CI: 54.74-56.66). NAS per patient mean: 56,67 (SD:<!--> <!-->±<!--> <!-->8,28) (95%CI: 55.72-57.63). NW per bed NAS: 63.39, VACTE: 652.93. NAS per nurse: 135.23%. B:P Ratio: 1:1.09. Operative N:P Ratio: 1:1.76. WUR<!--> <!-->&gt;1. Correlation coefficient between scales: 0.45.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>There is a shortage of nurses in relation to the work generated. An update in the scales is required. The NAS per nurse is more effective than the NAS per patient for the adequacy of the Nursing workforce. The new proposed indicators might be suitable to determine the NW and to optimize the calculation of Nursing resources.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500535"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluación de la Atrofia Muscular en la UCI: Aplicación de la Ecografía como Herramienta Diagnóstica y Pronóstica","authors":"Bernat Planas-Pascual PT PhD ,&nbsp;Stefania Spiliopoulou PT MSc ,&nbsp;Gonzalo Ballesteros-Reviriego PT MSc","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500553","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500553"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143935234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Asociación entre competencia del cuidador familiar y dependencia en pacientes que egresan de Unidad de Cuidado Intensivo","authors":"Natalia Esquivel-Garzón RN, PhD,&nbsp;Dora Inés Parra RN, MSN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500540","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500540","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the association between the competence (knowledge, skill and preparation) of the family caregiver and the degree of dependency of patients discharged from Intensive Care Unit.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out to characterize family caregivers and patients discharged from the ICU with moderate, severe or total dependence according to Barthel score. Competence was measured with the application of the CUIDAR instrument and caregiver performance (execution of activities in a specific situation) with an instrument that evaluated the performance of actions aimed at supplying basic needs of feeding, elimination, body hygiene, skin care, oxygen therapy and medication administration in a sample of 140 caregivers.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A positive association was found between patient functionality and caregiver performance (Spearman rho: 0.38; <em>P</em>&lt;.001). In contrast, no significant correlation was observed between the self-perception of caregiver competence assessed with the CUIDAR instrument and the patient's functionality, measured by the Barthel scale (Spearman rho: 0.12; <em>P</em>=.16). The 69.3% of the participants had a medium or low competence, only (30.7%) were classified at a high level. The lowest scores were obtained in knowledge (62.9%), followed by uniqueness (32.9%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><div>There is a significant association between patient functionality and objectively assessed caregiver performance; thus, caregivers of more dependent patients have significant challenges to achieve adequate performance in their role.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500540"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143697137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Recovery and severity of acute kidney injury in critically ill clinical and surgical patients","authors":"Raquel Teles-Mesquita Graduated ,&nbsp;Natália Vieira-Araújo-Cunha MSN ,&nbsp;Marcia Cristina-da-Silva-Magro PhD ,&nbsp;Kamilla Grasielle-Nunes-da-Silva MSN","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500545","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500545","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The identification of patients at risk has implications on the management of clinical and surgical patients. The severity of acute kidney injury (AKI) has a negative impact on the patient's prognosis and effects on kidney function recovery.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To determine the cases of renal recovery and level of severity of AKI in clinical and surgical patients admitted to the intensive care unit. (ICU).</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>Prospective, observational, longitudinal, and quantitative analytical study. It was carried out in an ICU of a teaching hospital. The sample was non-probabilistic, consisting of 59 surgical and clinical patients. A structured questionnaire consisting of 38 questions subdivided into sections was used for data collection such as hospitalization data; surgery data; history of current hospitalization; hemodynamic and laboratory parameters; AKI severity. Variable analysis was based on non-parametric tests. Two-sided <em>p</em> values<!--> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.05 were considered statistically significant.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The most severe AKI according to the classification KDIGO (Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes) was 3 and mainly affected clinical patients (34.5%). Surgical patients predominantly developed AKI – KDIGO 2 and 3 (23.3%). The length of hospital stay (<em>p</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.04), and ICU stay (<em>p</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.001) was significant in patients who developed AKI. Renal recovery occurred predominantly in surgical patients (20.3%).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Clinical patients admitted to the ICU are more affected by more severe AKI (KDIGO 3). Renal recovery was observed in approximately two out of every five patients, being more significant in surgical patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 3","pages":"Article 500545"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Percepción del paciente en relación con la valoración de la fragilidad en las unidades de cuidados intensivos: estudio fenomenológico","authors":"María Teresa González-Gil RN, MsC, PhD ,&nbsp;Susana Arias-Rivera RN, MsC, PhDc","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500548","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500548","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Frail patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) have a poorer outcome that may be related to Post ICU Syndrome, readmissions or death within a year of discharge. Assessing frailty can help guide decision-making and care planning.</div></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To explore the perception of patients in relation to the assessment of frailty in the ICU.</div></div><div><h3>Methodology</h3><div>Qualitative phenomenological study through semi-structured interviews in the ICU of a public hospital of intermediate complexity. Thirteen patients with experience of admission to the ICU participated. A thematic analysis of the discourse was carried out following Braun and Clarke's proposal.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Three themes and seven subthemes were identified as pivotal in describing the patients’ experience: perception of own frailty, coping styles and resources for dealing with frailty, and the value of monitoring the evolution of frailty. Participants understand frailty as opposed to strength, from a multidimensional perspective and linked to the idea of loss of capabilities. They try to deal with fragility by coping and struggling with it, drawing on intrapersonal and interpersonal resources. They place value on monitoring the evolution of frailty insofar as they feel considered and supported.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The patients’ narratives evidence the important repercussion that an ICU admission has on the physical and psycho-socio-emotional dimensions of patients and caregivers. The assessment of frailty and the monitoring of its evolution at discharge is valued as important to be able to adapt care and significant as a facilitator of emotional support. There is a clear need for support at discharge in the different spheres and for accompanying the patient throughout their recovery to enable an early return to their life prior to admission.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500548"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143680619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Satisfacción laboral e intención de abandono de la unidad de cuidados intensivos de las enfermeras","authors":"Marta Santana-Martín RN ,&nbsp;José Manuel López-Álvarez MD, PhD ,&nbsp;Yeray Gabriel Santana-Padilla RN, MSN, PhD ,&nbsp;Luciano Santana-Cabrera MD, PhD ,&nbsp;Borja Nicolás Santana-López RN, MSN, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500537","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500537","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>Nurse turnover increases the shortfall in coverage of different health services. Research studies have found high quitting intention rates related to low levels of job satisfaction among nurses in different areas, including intensive care units (ICU). The aim of this study was to compare the level of job satisfaction of ICU nurses according to the population of critically ill patients they care for (paediatric vs. adult) and their intention to leave the ICU.</div></div><div><h3>Method</h3><div>A cross-sectional descriptive study in which nurses from public ICUs on the island of Gran Canaria, 2 adult units and one paediatric unit, participated. An electronic questionnaire was sent out, which included questions on socio-demographic and occupational variables, the validated Font Roja job satisfaction survey and a final question on the participant's own intention to leave. Comparative analysis was performed using Chi-square for qualitative variables and Mann-Whitney U for quantitative variables.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>A total of 152 nurses were recruited, 55.9% of whom expressed their intention to leave the ICU. Although both types of units had a higher number of nurses who wanted to leave the ICU, there was a higher proportion in the paediatric ICU who had this intention in the short period of time (30.4 vs. 7.0%) (χ² <!-->=<!--> <!-->11.691; p<!--> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0.003). Job satisfaction was generally good (3.37/5), being lower among those who did intend to leave (3.97 vs. 2.91; p<!--> <!-->&lt;<!--> <!-->0.001).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>There is a high intention to leave among the professionals consulted. Paediatric ICU nurses had the highest intention to leave the ICU in the short term (&lt;<!--> <!-->6 months). An inverse relationship was found between intention to leave and job satisfaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500537"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143680621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Trabajo en equipo a través del programa de entrenamiento basado en TeamSTEPPS® mediante una experiencia de escape room: una investigación mixta","authors":"Oscar Arrogante RN, Psy, MSc, PhD ,&nbsp;Marta Raurell-Torredà RN, MSN, PhD ,&nbsp;Elena Maestre-González RN, MsC ,&nbsp;Francisco Javier Sánchez-Chillón RN, MSN ,&nbsp;Martín Torralba-Melero RN, MSN ,&nbsp;Anna Maria Aliberch-Raurell RN, MSN ,&nbsp;Andrés Rojo-Rojo RN, PhD ,&nbsp;Ignacio Zaragoza-García RN, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500536","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.enfi.2025.500536","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><div>The Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS®) program has been shown to improve teamwork among critical care professionals. The <em>escape</em> room as an educational strategy is effective for the learning process of professionals according to recent evidence.</div></div><div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To analyze the degree of satisfaction and explore the perceptions of intensive care nurses after an <em>escape</em> room experience based on the TeamSTEPPS® program.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Cross-sectional descriptive and phenomenological study using a mixed methodology. A specific and adapted satisfaction survey was applied to the participants of the <em>escape</em> room, including at the end an open-ended question for them to make comments and thus analyze their perceptions of the experience. A thematic content analysis of the comments was carried out using the interpretative paradigm. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using IBM® SPSS® Statistics 29.0 and ATLAS.ti 24™ respectively.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Fifty-five nursing professionals from different intensive care units in Spain participated, with a median age of 34 years (RIC = 12) and 9 years of experience in intensive care (RIC = 11), most of them being women (89.1%). The participants expressed high overall satisfaction with the activity, with a median of 47 points out of 50 (RIC = 4). Three main categories with their respective subcategories emerged from their comments: learning through the <em>escape</em> room (learning new tools; fun way to learn); usefulness of TeamSTEPPS® strategies (communication skills, patient safety and teamwork); implementation in clinical practice (applicable strategies and ease of implementation).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>The <em>escape</em> room can be a dynamic, interactive, engaging, and fun way to promote teamwork training and education in intensive care nurses through the TeamSTEPPS® training program.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":43993,"journal":{"name":"Enfermeria Intensiva","volume":"36 2","pages":"Article 500536"},"PeriodicalIF":1.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143680620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}