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Nursing Process implementation in a gerontogeriatric context: qualitative research

Implementación del Proceso de Enfermería en el contexto gerontogeriátrico: investigación cualitativa

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to describe Nursing Process implementation in a faith-based senior living community.

Method:

strategic action research with 19 nursing professionals and three managers of a faith-based senior living community. Implementation took place in four phases: diagnosis, planning, implementation and assessment. The data collected through semi-structured interviews and focus groups were subjected to discursive textual analysis.

Results:

the central categories were constructed: Nursing Process in faith-based senior living community: diagnosis of knowledge and application; Nursing Process in faith-based senior living community: implementation; Nursing process in faith-based senior living community: assessment after its implementation.

Conclusion:

Nursing Process implementation made it possible to structure work management/organization, contributing to knowledge, organization and continuity of care for safety and professional support.

Descriptors:
Aged; Geriatrics; Nursing Care; Nursing Process; Nursing

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