Nurses' Performance in Risk Classification in Emergency Care Units

This study aims to identify, in the literature, the role of nurses in risk classification in emergency care units - 24 hours (ECU). Integrative review, performed from the databases LILACS, MEDLINE, SCIELO, BDENF and COLLECIONA SUS, with articles published from 2009 to 2019, using the descriptors in Health: Emergency Nursing; Emergency health services; Patient Screening, with the final sample consisting of 10 productions. There was a prevalence of the BDENF - Nursing Database, totaling 60%. Regarding the temporal distribution, it was noticed that the publications occurred mainly in 2017 (40%) and 2016 (40%), followed by 2014 (20%). As for the methodology approached 40% of the studies used the quantitative approach, 40% the qualitative and 20% the methodological approach. The results allowed us to identify the following categories: Humanization in the services of Emergency Care Units-24hs; The work process of nurses in ECU; Training of professional nurses and continuing education in ECU.Nurses' Performance in Risk Classification in Emergency Care Units Laysa Balieiro Pinheiro, Marcos Renan Miranda Neres, Luiz Fernando Balieiro Pinheiro, Walter Pereira de Matos, Caio César Chaves de Lucena, and Erick Bruno, published in International Journal of Advances in Engineering & Technology (IJAET), Volume 16 Issue 2, pp. 35-45, April 2023