Strategies to humanize the care of hospitalized elderly: study with assistant nurses

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Objective: Investigating the strategies that nurses use to watch the hospitalized elderly. Method: this is an exploratory study of qualitative nature. The research was conducted at a University Hospital with fifteen clinical nurses. To facilitate the data collection was used the interview technique. The empirical material was analyzed qualitatively, using the Technique of Content Analysis. Results: From the qualitative analysis emerged three themes: reception and individualized nursing care and respect for the autonomy of elderly patients; respect to beliefs, values, the privacy and identity of the elderly patient, recovery of verbal and nonverbal communication to the patient and his family. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the commitment of nurses participating in the research regarding the humanized nursing care directed to hospitalized elderly.

Object Details

• Alternative title: Estratégias para humanizar o cuidado com o idoso hospitalizado: estudo com enfermeiros assistenciais ; Estrategias para humanizar el cuidado de los ancianos hospitalizados: estudio con enfermeras asistenciales
• ISSN: 2175-5361
• Extent: Seite(n): 1832-1846
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online, 7(1)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie ; Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Medizinsoziologie ; Gerontologie, Alterssoziologie ; Altenpflege ; Humanisierung ; alter Mensch ; Krankenhaus ; stationäre Versorgung ; Lebensqualität ; Brasilien ; Südamerika

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Dias, Kalina Coeli Costa de Oliveira ; Lopes, Maria Emília Limeira ; França, Inacia Sátiro Xavier de ; Batista, Patricia Serpa de Souza ; Batista, Jaqueline Brito Vidal ; Sousa, Francisco Stélio de
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2015

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i1.1832-1846
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54233-9
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST