Conhecimento dos enfermeiros assistenciais a respeito da atenção domiciliar.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: In general terms, this study aimed to: understand the knowledge of nursing assistants about home care. METHODS: This is a qualitative research, carried out with 26 nurses, between November and December 2018, at the University Hospital Alcides Carneiros. The collection was through semi-structured interviews and the recording of observations in the field diary. The empirical data were analyzed by the technique of content analysis proposed by Bardin, and with the aid of NVivo software. RESULTS: Described in thematic categories that showed a fragility in the nursing careers' knowledge about home care, even though a good part of the participants recognized the patients with potential for this type of care, citing the graduation as difficulties to acquire this knowledge, and as a ease the experience in previous works. CONCLUSION: It is concluded that nurses have an even general knowledge about the subject and that permanent education is needed among them, so that this type of care can be effective and meets all of its objectives, the number of chronic and palliative patients in hospitals.