Nursing care of an elderly woman with spinal cord injury: a case study

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 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.