Rev Rene (May 2021)

Management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients: nurses' view

  • Sarah Vieira Figueiredo,
  • Sherida Karanini Paz de Oliveira,
  • Anne Kayline Soares Teixeira,
  • Luciana Catunda Gomes de Menezes,
  • Ilvana Lima Verde Gomes,
  • Ydinara Luttianna Paz de Oliveira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.20212262774
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22
p. e62774

Abstract

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Objective: to understand the management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients. Their management occurs by means of individualized assistance and may vary according to the different moments in which the individual is and should be malleable. The possibility of three outcomes was also observed: complete healing, clinical improvement and clinical stabilization. Conclusion: despite all the frailty of these patients in palliative care, it was perceived that the clinical improvement of the lesions occurs, although it is a slow path, by means of handling the lesions in an individualized manner and focused on the search for comfort.

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