Management tools in nursing care for children with pressure injury

Rev Bras Enferm. 2020:73 Suppl 4:e20180999. doi: 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0999. Epub 2020 Aug 5.
[Article in Portuguese, English]

Abstract

Objectives: to develop and validate management tools for the systematization of nursing care for children with pressure injuries.

Methods: methodological study in which the focus group technique was used for validation of tools in three different groups of 17 nurses. Conducted in April and May 2018 at a large pediatric hospital.

Results: two management tools were developed. The first was the Nursing care systematization instrument for children with pressure injury with three parts: a) risk factors; b) Psychobiological Basic Human Needs; c) signs of wound infection. The second was the Flowchart of pressure injury risk and prevention in pediatric patients with three categories: a) risk factors; b) Braden Q scale; c) nursing care. Final Considerations: the tools will support nurses in the care of children with pressure injuries by aiming at an individualized and systematized assessment based on a theoretical framework.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Nursing Assessment / methods
  • Nursing Care / methods*
  • Pediatric Nursing / methods*
  • Pressure Ulcer / nursing*
  • Pressure Ulcer / prevention & control
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Severity of Illness Index