Knowledge and practices of nursing professionals in caring for ostomates

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the knowledge and practices of nursing professionals in caring for people with colostomy bag. Method: a qualitative and descriptive study conducted with 21 nursing professionals from a General Surgery Unit. Data collection used triangulation of techniques, based on non-participant observation, analysis of nursing records, and semi-structured interviews. Analysis followed the spiral technique assumptions. Results: it was possible to comprehend the theoretical and scientific knowledge that subsidize practice; identify contradictions related to statement and care in the profession’s daily work and the intervening factors, which can facilitate and/or make the nursing care process difficult. Final Considerations: knowledge and practices of professionals in caring for ostomates occur within work experiences, in which socialization of knowledge makes it possible to expand the perspectives of care.

Nurses’ knowledge and performance regarding colostomy care among old age in Beni-Suef

“…This result is accordance with Kaplan, & Tüzer, (2020) (25) who conducted a study entitled "Effect of web-assisted learning and peer learning on the stoma carerelated knowledge and skills of nursing" and found that more than one third of nurses had satisfactory total knowledge about colostomy care. Conversely, this result is in disagreement with Dalmolin, et al, (2020) (26) who conducted a study entitled "Knowledge and practices of nursing professionals in caring for ostomates" and found that majority of participants had unsatisfactory total knowledge about colostomy care.…”

Cuidados de enfermagem aos pacientes portadores de câncer colorretal

“…Para o cuidado da pessoa que vivencia a confecção cirúrgica de um estoma, é imprescindível que este seja pautado em uma visão holística que contemple o humanismo nas ações do cuidar e considere as especificidades necessárias para a adaptação e a reabilitação dessa pessoa. (Dalmolin, et al 2020) Ao entender que a ostomia consiste no ato cirúrgico que exterioriza parte do órgão para a parede abdominal, deixando assim, o mesmo, exposto, entende-se também que independente do tempo de uso da ostomia, podendo ser provisória ou definitiva, é importante o enfermeiro ter em mente que este indivíduo terá que se adaptar a um novo estilo de vida, o que pode acarretar mudanças bruscas de comportamento e humor, visto que o mesmo poderá vir a sentir desconforto, vergonha, receio e principalmente incômodo com o fato de não ter controle sobre uma área específica de seu corpo. Como dito, tal fato reflete em todas as áreas da vida deste paciente, e uma área extremamente afetada será a psicológica, fazendo com que este paciente se sinta constrangido, o que afetará diretamente suas relações interpessoais e dificultará no processo do cuidado, portanto a atenção da enfermagem precisa ser redobrada.…”

Nurse specialist and ostomy patient: Competence and skills in the care pathway. A scoping review

“…For this reason, nurses are not unusual in caring for an ostomy patient. Nurses' competencies and specific skills are a long‐debated topic in the literature (Dalmolin et al, 2020), particularly for the stoma care nurse specialist's (ScNS) expertise and skills in the stoma patient's care pathway. An ostomy is an opening surgically created to eliminate faeces or urine, and it is possible to have a temporary or permanent ostomy (Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society & Guideline Development Task Force, 2018).…”