Author(s): Lima, Andreia Maria Novo ; Martins, MM ; Ferreira, Maria Salomé Martins ; Coelho, Adriana Raquel Neves ; Schoeller, Soraia Dornelles ; Parola, Vítor Sérgio Oliveira
Date: 2022
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/44047
Origin: Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto
Subject(s): Patient care; Nursing care; Personal autonomy; Qualitative research
Objectives: To describe the meaning attributed to the experiences of the clinical experience of specialist nurses in the implementation of nursing care focuses and respective interventions that promote the autonomy of the elderly. Method: Qualitative study based on Giorgi’s method. Eighteen specialist nurses were interviewed, recruited for convenience in two hospitals in the northern region of Portugal, between March and December 2018. Results: In the clinical experience of specialist nurses, regarding the nursing process, three themes emerged: focuses of nursing care; implementation of nursing interventions and hindering factors. Conclusions: The specialist nurses, most of whom are rehabilitation specialists, essentially promote the physical capacity of the elderly, within the scope of autonomy, revealing that working conditions, such as lack of time and information systems, are the limiting factor of their promotion.
