Revista de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Jan 2021)

Characterization of hospitalized elderly people according to the Neuman Systems Model: contributions for nursing

  • Eliane Raquel Rieth Benetti,
  • Margrid Beuter,
  • Paloma Horbach da Rosa,
  • Carolina Backes,
  • Caren da Silva Jacobi,
  • Francine Feltrin Oliveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/2179769242086
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 0
pp. e8 – e8

Abstract

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Objective: to characterize hospitalized elderly people according to the dimensions proposed by the Neuman Systems Model. Method: an extract from a qualitative study, based on the Convergent Care Research proposal, developed in a teaching hospital with 30 elderly people. Data production took place from November, 2016 to August, 2017 through a conversation interview, guided by a research protocol, and analyzed in the light of the Neuman Systems Model. Results: hospitalized elderly people were characterized according to the physiological (gender, age, diagnosis, comorbidities), psychological (changes in mood, feelings and behaviors), sociocultural (marital status, family structure, monitoring during hospitalization, work activity), development (years of study, cognitive function) and spiritual (religion, participation in the church, religious support and interference from hospitalization). Conclusion: identifying the interactive dimensions proposed by the Neuman Systems Model enables understanding the elderly person as an open client system and provides nurses with justifications for clinical judgment and decision making.

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