NURSING CARE PRACTICES IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: ELDERLY PEOPLE’S SKIN CARE MANAGEMENT

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.65223

Keywords:

Community Health Nursing, Geriatric Nursing, Nursing Care, Skin, Wounds and Injuries.

Abstract

Objective: to identify care practices used by nurses who work at the Family Health Strategy
program to prevent and treat friction and pressure injuries in elderly people living in the
community and perform the corresponding nursing diagnosis.
Methods: qualitative and descriptive study carried out with 25 Family Health Strategy
nurses, linked to the Municipal Health Secretariat of São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil. A semistructured
questionnaire was applied between March and May 2018 to collect data, which
were submitted to thematic content analysis.
Results: four different categories related to nursing practices for elderly people’s skin care
emerged: tools for clinical evaluation of elderly people’s skin; evaluation of risk of injuries in
elderly people; injury staging; and treatment of the injuries in elderly people.
Conclusion: the need for higher institutional investment in continuing education actions
oriented toward nursing professionals was observed, so good care practices can be
implemented in preventing, staging, and handling the injuries under discussion.

Author Biographies

Francisco Reis Tristão, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Enfermeiro. Mestre em Gestão do Cuidado em Enfermagem. Gerência de Distrito Sanitário da Diretoria de Atenção Primária à Saúde de São José. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.

Juliana Balbinot Reis Girondi, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem e do Programa de Pós- Graduação em Gestão do Cuidado em Enfermagem – Modalidade Mestrado Profissional da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil.

Karina Silveira de Almeida Hammerschmidt, Universidade Federal de Santa Cataria

Enfermeira. Doutora em Enfermagem. Docente do Departamento de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 

Katheri Maris Zamprogna, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Enfermeira. Mestre em Enfermagem. Gerência de Distrito Sanitário da Diretoria de Atenção Primária à Saúde de São José. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.

Cilene Fernandes Soares, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Enfermeira. Mestre em Enfermagem. Enfermeira do Hospital Universidade Polydoro Ernani de São Thiago, da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Contribuições: Aprovação da versão final do estudo a ser publicado.

Scheila Monteiro Evaristo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Enfermeira. Especialista em Atenção à Saúde da Pessoa Idosa. Gerência de Unidade Básica de Saúde, da Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São José. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil

Amanda de Souza Vieira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Acadêmica do Programa de Graduação em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Bolsista de Iniciação Científica CNPq. Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. 

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Published

2020-02-28

How to Cite

Tristão, F. R., Girondi, J. B. R., Hammerschmidt, K. S. de A., Zamprogna, K. M., Soares, C. F., Evaristo, S. M., & Vieira, A. de S. (2020). NURSING CARE PRACTICES IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: ELDERLY PEOPLE’S SKIN CARE MANAGEMENT. Cogitare Enfermagem, 25. https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.65223

Issue

Vol. 25 (2020)

Section

Research

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