Download full text
(412.1Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54160-3
Exports for your reference manager
Nursing care of an elderly woman with spinal cord injury: a case study
Assistência de enfermagem à idosa com lesão medular: estudo de caso
Assistencia de enfermeria a uma anciana con traumatismo de la medula espinal: estudio de caso
[journal article]
Abstract Objective: to propose the implementation of the nursing process in the care of an elderly woman from a public health unit in natal/rn. Method: case study that used three instruments for the collection of dependency and selfcare data for the construction of the care plan. Results: four nursing diagno... view more
Objective: to propose the implementation of the nursing process in the care of an elderly woman from a public health unit in natal/rn. Method: case study that used three instruments for the collection of dependency and selfcare data for the construction of the care plan. Results: four nursing diagnoses were identified based on nanda-i and the selfcare deficit theory: impaired physical mobilty, impaired sleep pattern, home care impaired, and selfcare defcit for dressing and selfcare. corresponding interventions were identified thereby formulating a nursing care plan. Conclusion: the use of instrumentos for the evaluation of dependency and selfcare while conducting the nursing process with elderly people that have spinal cord injury in the home is proposed as a contribution for nursing practice with this population.... view less
Keywords
nursing; woman; elderly; illness; physical disability; mobility; self-help; economic self-sufficiency; home care
Classification
Medical Sociology
Gerontology
Social Problems
Free Keywords
Rückenmarksverletzung
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 2192-2199
Journal
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7 (2015) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i2.2192-2199
ISSN
2175-5361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed