Nursing care at home: a critical look at the scientific

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the scientific literature on the nursing care at home in order to determine the topics of interest. Method: Integrative literature. For the selection of items we used the databases MEDLINE, LILACS, CINAHL and Cochrane, using the keywords: "home care", "nursing" and similar in English and temporal limitation from January 2009 to May 2013. It involved 277 articles of which 187 were selected. Results: The highlights were descriptive studies, with 65,8% of the publications and the year 2010 with the highest number of articles published. The subjects were classified into four areas related to nursing home care: patients in special clinical conditions, categories and services; practical, legal and teaching. Conclusion: It is inferred, which are incipient research and tools to drive the provision of nursing care at home, especially those related to infection control.