Conhecimento do enfermeiro acerca da avaliação e tratamento de feridas.

Abstract

internal and external aggressions to skin integrity lead to advent of continuity solutions that culminates in wounds and injuries amenable to treatment and care with purpose in healing and well being of the individual. Clinical and instrumental evaluation of wounds are very important in order to have a good care plan, resulting in an adequate treatment for both wounds: acute and chronic. Nursing is a profession that has as its essence, care for the client, family and community, which also involves assessing and treating wounds and injuries of affected individuals. Knowing the characteristics of wounds is very important to assess accurately and correctly, thus, indicating the appropriate treatment and improving the customer quality of life. Objective: Analyze the nurses' knowledge about the evaluation and treatment of wounds in the city of Cuité. Methodology: This study was instituted on a descriptive exploratory research with qualitative approach, developed in the "Family Health Strategies" at the Municipal Hospital of Cuité and in the "Better at home Program"; with the participation of nurses with assistance activities of the city. The collection occurred between May and June 2015, after approval by the Research Ethics Committee (CEP) of the Institute of Higher Education of Paraíba (IESP) under the CAAE 44793115.3.0000.5184, and Opinion No. 1,066,509. The sample consisted of 12 effective nurses of both sex from the Municipal Department of Health. Results: Professional characterization of the participants, aged between 25-40 years; seven (58%), 41 to 60 years; five 42%, most women, 92% (11); Regards to years of graduation: ten (83%) between 2006 and 2015. Regards to specialities, 11 nurses had broad sense graduate; the experience time varying from 1 to 16, with six (50%) 1 to 5 years, five (42%) 6 to 10 years. With the analysis of the responses were built four categories: Insufficient knowledge of nurses to assess wounds with use of instrumental; negative aspects to assess the chronic wounds; recommended treatment for chronic wounds; needs for training and capacity building. Final Considerations: Finished the study, it is relevant to highlight the importance of research involving professionals of Nursing and the subject assessment and treatment of wounds, because, now, it is possible to measure how rewarding the results were with a challenging analysis to present to the public; the need to continue seeking knowledge for all areas of health, highlighting the importance of the care process and heal wounds as responsabilities of nurses, because it was found a lack of knowledge regarding the evaluation and treatment of wounds. None of the nurses had expertise in caring for wounds and felt the need for courses on the subject and training.