Aspectos valorizados por porfissionais de enfermagem na higiene pessoal e na higiene corporal do paciente

Abstract

Descriptive survey aimed at identifying which aspects of body hygiene are valued by a nursing staff both in regard to personal body hygiene and to patients body hygiene. This survey has been conducted inside eight public health institutions, and the sample consisted of 126 nursing professionals, corresponding to 12.8% of a total of 986 people of the nursing personnel in such institutions. When considering personal body hygiene, the number of nail and hair care related quotes was higher than the number of answers concerning basic aspects such as hands hygiene, and this fact has called our attention. In patients body hygiene, a shower was the highest regarded aspect by the nursing staff; oral hygiene by registered nurses and nursing aids; and nail care by registered nurses and nursing technicians.

Validação de indicadores da classificação dos resultados de enfermagem para pacientes com problemas ortopédicos

“…In a study involving 126 nursing professionals, including nurses, technicians and auxiliaries, at public health institutions in Brazil that deliver hospitalization services, it was evidenced that these professionals associate patients' body hygiene predominantly with bathing, oral hygiene and finger-and toenail care (16) . .19), on the other hand, were discarded.…”

Evaluation of bedbath in critically ill patients: impact of water temperature on the pulse oximetry variation

“…In a study on nursing aspects professionals recovered in health care, the aspect professionals most important was the bath, mentioned by 79.5% of the 88 participants in the study (3) . However, in another study with 32 nurses in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), which sought the meaning of the art of bed bath for nurses, statements that characterized the bath as an exhausting, manual and routine work were expressed, strengthening the idea of a non-prestigious procedure (2) .…”

Avaliação da qualidade dos procedimentos de enfermagem - banho e curativo - segundo o grau de dependência assistencial dos pacientes internados em um Hospital Universitário

“…Embora o banho seja apontado como uma atividade fundamental e inerente ao cuidado de enfermagem tanto pelos profissionais como pelos pacientes (Whiting, 1999;Garcia;Sá, 2003;Lomborg et al, 2005), em estudos desenvolvidos mais recentemente, tanto na literatura nacional como internacional, apontam que esta ação tem sido pouco valorizada pela equipe. Isto compromete sua Resultados e Discussão ________________________________________________________________ 139 qualidade seja por parte daqueles que a realizam efetivamente (auxiliares e técnicos de enfermagem) como pelos enfermeiros que raramente a supervisionam (MACIEL, BOCCHI, 2006;CASTLEDINE, 2003).…”