Transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemaker - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemaker

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to understand how the transitional care of nurses to olde adults with artificial pacemaker occurs.

Method:

a qualitative research, carried out in a philanthropic hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Fourteen nurses working in surgical and cardiac inpatient units participated. Data were collected between August and November 2020, through semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using the methodological framework Discourse of the Collective Subject and discussed in the light of Afaf Meleis’ theory of transitions.

Results:

nurses’ incipient knowledge about transitional care was identified. It was observed that the nursing discharge report is a facilitating instrument for transitional care.

Final considerations:

the study pointed out that the transitional care of nurses to older adults with artificial pacemakers does not have a theoretical foundation, reporting as a priority the care with the pacemaker identification card and with the surgical wound.

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