Desafios enfrentados por Enfermeiros na assistência a pacientes com doenças crônicas não transmissíveis em nível de internação

Abstract

Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) have multiple etiologies, a prolonged course and develop throughout life. Diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and arterial hypertension are the most relevant public and are responsible for a high number of hospital admissions. During the care of these patients, nurses face daily challenges in their professional practice, which significantly affect the quality of their services. In order to describe the challenges faced by nurses in the care of hospitalized patients with non-communicable chronic diseases, this work is configured as an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, through primary data carried out in a public hospital in the city of Balsas-Ma, with the 12 assistance nurses who deal with patients at inpatient levels. It was found that: the affective bond created between professional and patient favors professionals to develop feelings of sadness and helplessness in the face of the death of their patients; a good relationship of the health team, management encouragement and remarkable events outside the work, can positively or negatively affect the individual and collective performance of professionals; the double working day is another stressful factor for these professionals, because due to the low salary, it is necessary to have more than one job to be able to support themselves financially and that the lack of materials and instrumental hospital resources, result in a need to adaptation of the professional nurse to continue their care. The present work demonstrates the importance of knowing the challenges and clashes that nurses face daily in their hospital care for patients with chronic non-communicable diseases so that future interventions are put on the agenda.