Cultura de los Cuidados (Sep 2017)

Systematization of nursing care in patients with heart failure stage IV

  • Jéssica Naiara de Medeiros Araújo,
  • Maria Isabel da Conceição Dias Fernandes,
  • Andréa Tayse de Lima Gomes,
  • Millena Freire Delgado,
  • Ana Luisa Brandão de Carvalho Lira,
  • Allyne Fortes Vitor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14198/cuid.2017.48.25
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 48
pp. 233 – 241

Abstract

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This is a case study, with the objective of to describe the application of the nursing process in a patient with stage IV heart failure. Conducted in a university hospital located in Northeastern Brazil. Data were collected in the month October 2012, using a structured interview and physical examination. The diagnoses identified were: Impaired skin integrity, Deprivation of sleep, Constipation and excessive fluid volume. Was traced the result - Wound healing: second intention, and applied to the nursing intervention - Care with pressure ulcers. Thus, through the implementation of the nursing care subsidized by the systematization of nursing care, it was observed that the desired results were achieved with expert.

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