Nurse's activities in the prevention and treatment of pressure injuries in hospitalized patients

Pressure Injury (LPP) is an injury caused by prolonged pressure or stress combined with friction and shear. This complication affects approximately 29.5% of hospitalized patients, with chronic, cardiac or neurological comorbidities. Objective was to synthesize the scientific production of nursing on the prevention of pressure injury to hospitalized patients. The present research is an integrative review of the literature indexed in two ScieLO databases and MEDLINE (Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System online). According to the pre-established inclusion criteria, the sample consisted of 05 studies with a publication date that ranged from 2010 to 2017. The results showed that pressure injury is a relevant problem in the Intensive Therapy Units (ICUs), due to the long stay of hospitalized patients, and the degree of complexity that they are, because they are vulnerable to several factors that alter the integrity of the skin. The multiplicity of conditions and factors identified in this study leads us to reflect on the need for a systematized clinical evaluation of the patient, which contemplates the plurality of variables present during hospitalization and aspects related to institutional responsibility.