Nursing protocol for children with sickle cell disease in emergency room: a convergent-care approach

Rev Bras Enferm. 2022 Jul 18;75Suppl 2(Suppl 2):e20210908. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0908. eCollection 2022.
[Article in English, Portuguese]

Abstract

Objective: to describe the methodological process of developing a nursing care protocol for children with sickle cell disease in the emergency room.

Method: convergent care research, carried out in a public pediatric hospital in the state of Bahia, with 12 emergency nurses specialist. Data production took place between July 2020 and April 2021, with semi-structured interviews, observation in a field diary and convergence groups, according to the research phases: conception, instrumentation, scrutiny and analysis.

Results: The final result was the construction of a nursing care protocol for children with sickle cell disease in the emergency room for use in the study field.

Final considerations: the Convergent Care Research proved to be an excellent methodological procedure for intervention in the health service, whose nursing care protocol was based on the reflections of professionals on evidence-based practices, whose consensus can enable safe and quality care.

MeSH terms

  • Anemia, Sickle Cell* / complications
  • Anemia, Sickle Cell* / therapy
  • Brazil
  • Child
  • Emergency Nursing*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Humans
  • Nursing Assessment