NURSES’ ROLE IN PEDIATRIC BRONCHOASPIRATION IN URGENT AND EMERGENCY CARE

Abstract

This article analyzed nurses’ roles in pediatric bronchoaspiration in urgent and emergency care, emphasizing health education and professional training. An exploratory and descriptive integrative review with a qualitative approach was conducted through searches in SciELO and PubMed. Publications from 2020 to 2026 in Portuguese, English and Spanish were considered. The synthesis comprised 12 articles with retrieved and assessed full texts. Eleven publications reported research findings and one described an intervention protocol. Findings focused on choking knowledge, training and simulation, preventive advice and educational material validation. Interventions reported improvements in knowledge, whereas methodological studies assessed the validity and acceptance of educational technologies. Evidence did not establish an independent effect of nursing on mortality or hospital clinical outcomes. Nursing participation was documented mainly in caregiver education, professional training and educational resource development. Applying these findings to emergency care requires consideration of the investigated settings and the limitations of study designs, full-text retrieval and screening.