Nursing care at home patient with heart failure: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the scientific production about nursing care at home for patients with heart failure. Methods: The survey of articles occurred by consulting the nursing journals, with publications available online and in full, indexed in LILACS and MEDLINE. We identified 599 articles, of which 17 comprised the study sample. Results: The texts originated the following categories: home care, health team in home care and proposals for better quality of care. Conclusion: It is important to awaken to the need for further investment and research in this area, which proved to be a very positive proposal of humanized care, since it allows the patient to be in the comfort of your home, with the support of his family, and encourage self-care and enable greater autonomy.