Nursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop

• Published in: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Vol. 77; no. 3; pp. e20230349 - 8
• Main Authors: Fernandes, Francisco, Casarin, Francine, Greco, Patrícia Bitencourt Toscani, Backes, Dirce Stein, Munhoz, Oclaris Lopes, Ilha, Silomar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 01-01-2024
• Subjects: Action research; Activities of daily living; Adult; Aged; Aging; Brazil; Cognitive ability; Education - methods; Education - standards; Elder care; Female; Homes for the Aged; Humans; Knowledge; Male; Middle Aged; Nurses; Nursing; Nursing care; Nursing homes; Nursing Homes - organization & administration; Nursing Process; Nursing Process - trends; Older people; Original; Professional ethics; Qualitative Research; Workshops; Brazil; Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
• ISSN: 0034-7167; 1984-0446
• DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0349

To analyze the knowledge of professionals working in a Nursing Home about the Nursing Process before and after the awareness workshop.
This is strategic action research, developed with nursing professionals and managers of a Nursing Home in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected between January and June 2023, through semi-structured interviews before and after an awareness workshop. Discursive textual analysis of the data was carried out.
The central category "Understanding about the Nursing Process in Nursing Homes" emerged, which was unitized into two units of meaning and three categories of analysis.
Data revealed non-use and lack of knowledge of the Nursing Process before awareness raising. Afterwards, a deeper understanding of the topic and its importance was identified. Awareness-raising workshops contribute to transformation of knowledge.