Nurses and care management in clinical emergencies: Bibliographic review

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to gather, characterize, evaluate and integrate studies that investigated the management of nursing care in the main clinical emergencies. Method: This is a review of national and international literature, which includes the analysis of research results that offer support to nurses in relation to conduct in the main clinical emergencies. Results: Among the most cited clinical emergencies in the articles, the management of nursing care in hypertensive crisis, hyperglycemic crisis, upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding, acute pulmonary edema, burn patients and sepsis stand out. Final considerations: The study had limitations regarding the number of scientific articles specifically related to urgency and nursing care. Furthermore, it is concluded that nurses play a fundamental role in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, evolution and stabilization of the clinical picture.