Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem ()

Knowledge and practices of nursing professionals in caring for ostomates

  • Angélica Dalmolin,
  • Nara Marilene Oliveira Girardon-Perlini,
  • Margrid Beuter,
  • Eduardo da Silva Gomes,
  • Juliano Teixeira Moraes,
  • Elisabeta Albertina Niestsche

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0018

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ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the knowledge and practices of nursing professionals in caring for people with colostomy bag. Method: a qualitative and descriptive study conducted with 21 nursing professionals from a General Surgery Unit. Data collection used triangulation of techniques, based on non-participant observation, analysis of nursing records, and semi-structured interviews. Analysis followed the spiral technique assumptions. Results: it was possible to comprehend the theoretical and scientific knowledge that subsidize practice; identify contradictions related to statement and care in the profession’s daily work and the intervening factors, which can facilitate and/or make the nursing care process difficult. Final Considerations: knowledge and practices of professionals in caring for ostomates occur within work experiences, in which socialization of knowledge makes it possible to expand the perspectives of care.

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