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- Title
DIFFICULTIES FACED BY NURSES IN THE CARE PROVIDED TO THE ELDERLY AFFECTED BY FEMORAL FRACTURE.
- Authors
do Nascimento Oliveira, Danielle Martins; Garcez Rocha, Ágatha; Lopes Costa, Marta Miriam; Martins Nascimento, Samara
- Abstract
Objective: to analyze the difficulties faced by nurses in the care provided to the elderly affected by femoral fracture at a hospital reference in traumatology. Method: exploratory and descriptive study, with qualitative approach, performed at a hospital in reference orthopedics and traumatology in João Pessoa (Brazil), Brazil. The sample consisted of 16 nurses who work in the surgical center and the data collection occurred through a semi-structured questionnaire; data analysis was performed by descriptive statistics. Results: the findings showed that, among the difficulties reported to perform nursing care, there were shortages of materials, professionals without training, insufficient human resources, physical structure, incapacitated nursing professionals and disabled medical staff. Conclusion: nursing care provided to elderly patients suffering from femoral trauma has suffered great losses due to lack of resources and investments, generating greater vulnerability, complications and physical and psychological damages to the elderly.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; FEMUR injuries; BONE fractures; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES' attitudes; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE research; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Journal of Nursing UFPE / Revista de Enfermagem UFPE, 2016, Vol 10, p4862
- ISSN
1981-8963
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5205/reuol.8200-71830-3-SM.1006sup201619