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- Title
Main nursing diagnoses in hospitalized elderly people who underwent urological surgery.
- Authors
Guimarães Lima, Walisson; Lopes Nunes, Simony Fabíola; Alvarez, Angela Maria; Valcarenghi, Rafaela Vivian; Rêgo Bezerra, Maria Luiza
- Abstract
Objective: to identify the main nursing diagnoses in the elderly during postoperative period of urologic surgeries. Methods: Cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted in a urological unit. Data collection was conducted through physical examinations and consultation to medical records. One hundred senior citizens who were hospitalized at the institution participated in the study. Results: The most frequent urological surgical procedures were: transurethral resection of the prostate (27 %) and open prostatectomy (16 %). Among the nursing diagnoses identified, impaired skin integrity (100 %), risk of infection (100 %), Risk for deficient fluid volume (84 %) acute pain (68 %) and deficient knowledge (61 %) had a higher number of occurrences. Conclusion: the findings allowed, through nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions in the postoperative period of urological surgeries, providing the implementation of effective and immediate actions to solve problems.
- Subjects
HOSPITAL care of older people; UROLOGICAL surgery; INFECTION; MEDICAL quality control; NURSING; NURSING diagnosis; POSTOPERATIVE period; PROSTATECTOMY; TRANSURETHRAL prostatectomy; SKIN diseases; QUANTITATIVE research; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Rev Rene, 2015, Vol 16, Issue 1, p72
- ISSN
1517-3852
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.15253/2175-6783.2015000100010