Consulta de enfermagem gerontogeriátrica: a abordagem à pessoa idosa na estrratégia saúde da família.

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the process of approaching the elderly person in the context of the consultation gerontogeriatrics performed by nurses in the Family Health Strategy. Method: study descriptive study with a qualitative approach carried out in the municipality of Currais Novos, Rio Grande do North. 14 nurses participated in the study. The texts were organized in a textual corpus to be processed in the IRAMUTEQ software, structured based on the Descending Hierarchical Classification, and analyzed by Content Analysis technique. Results: the textual corpus of the research consisted of 14 texts and 151 segments of texts, with a total use of 78.81%. The dendrogram consisted of the following classes: Class 2 “Hiperdia Program as a strategy for approaching and monitoring the elderly"; Class 3 “Approach and care for the elderly centered on the disease and the patient”; Class 6 “The organization of care for the elderly in the Basic Health Unit”; Class 5 “Approach individual of the elderly in the Basic Health Unit and at home”; Class 1 “Approach to nurse according to the individual needs of the elderly person”; and Class 4 “Motivations for the search elderly per attendance at the Basic Health Unit”. Final considerations: it was found approaches related to hyperdia and comorbidities, centered on medical appointments, organized in order of arrival, individual, spontaneous, related to acute complaints, chronic conditions and needs to renew prescriptions and request exams, being It is fundamental to adopt measures to improve the elderly's access to health services.