Open AccessManagement of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients: nurses' view
Author(s) -
Sarah Vieira Figueirêdo,
Shérida Karanini Paz de Oliveira,
Anne Kayline Soares Teixeira,
Luciana Catunda Gomes de Menezes,
Ilvana Lima Verde Gomes,
Ydinara Luttianna Paz de Oliveira
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
rev rene
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2175-6783
pISSN - 1517-3852
DOI - 10.15253/2175-6783.20212262774
Subject(s) - palliative care , medicine , pressure sores , thematic analysis , nursing , qualitative research , intensive care medicine , surgery , sociology , social science
Objective: to understand the management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients. Their management occurs by means of individualized assistance and may vary according to the different moments in which the individual is and should be malleable. The possibility of three outcomes was also observed: complete healing, clinical improvement and clinical stabilization. Conclusion: despite all the frailty of these patients in palliative care, it was perceived that the clinical improvement of the lesions occurs, although it is a slow path, by means of handling the lesions in an individualized manner and focused on the search for comfort.