BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The headquarters of mechanical fans is the unit of the hospital with purpose of organizing ventilation resources promoting control and preventive maintenance and organizational of these equipments. The objective of this study was to elaborate a proposal of implantation of a headquarters of mechanical fans in an academical hospital, subsidized by the identification of the male nurse's scientific technical knowledge on the theme ventilation mechanics and for the detection of problems originating from of the decentralized administration of the fans. METHODS: It is treated of exploratory descriptive study with quantitative approach, accomplished with 13 male nurses of ICU. The information was collected through structured interviews and submitted the descriptive analysis of the content. RESULTS: The results reveal that the male nurses possess several doubts, fact evidenced by 100% of the interviewees that mentioned the need of training courses gone back to the nursing attendance to the patient in ventilation mechanics. The situations described by the male nurses in the daily they demonstrate that the decentralization of the administration of the mechanical fans is shown ineffective as the organization, safety and quality. The proposal of implantation of a headquarters of fans appears for improvements in the attendance, in the formation of human resources and in the production of the knowledge. CONCLUSÕES: It is ended that the current profile can be changed through the breaking of institutional paradigms and of the institution of innovative practices that you/they will reinforce the purpose of a hospital of great load gone back to teaching, he/she researches and extension.
central of mechanical fans; ICU; nursing attendance; ventilation mechanics
