O enfermeiro no cuidar e ensinar à família do cliente com gastrostomia no cenário domiciliar

Abstract

The client that suffered a gastrostomy needs the full attention of a stomach therapist nurse. This support starts with the probe installation and should be followed in homecare attention by motivating the family to take part of this process, giving them the necessary support, teaching how to manage the probe, how to handle it in the process of feeding the client and also the physical and emotional care required in order to prevent difficulties and contributing effectively to the health promotion, maintenance and rehabilitation of the client in home scene. The purpose of this work is to know the new possibilities of innovation in the nurse s practice and teaching with the family of the gastrostomized patient, identifying the needs of the family in this kind of care in home scene and elaborating a homecare program to the family of a gastrostostomized client. The subjects of this case study were ten members of the family who took care of gastrostomized patients in their homes. The information gathered was based on visitations to the homes, which enabled the use of techniques of participating observation, for the characterization of the home care context, as well as on semi structured interviews with family members of these patients. Such information is the basis of the document at the end of this study, which after trials and approval from the team of doctors - directors of the Clinic Video-Endo - will be then ,implemented.