ÚLCERA DE PRESSÃO: a atuação da equipe de enfermagem frente à prevenção das Úlceras de Pressão

Abstract

This work describes on the subject Pressure Ulcer, also called Decubitus Ulcer, Escher or Pressure Escher that are lesions caused by pressure maintained on the skin that damages the underlying tissue, can evolve to the formation of necrotic tissue, occur on bone prominence and are separated into stages for the classification of the degree of damage analyzed. Different factors contribute to the formation of this lesion, usually located near the bony prominences, can lead to serious complications such as infections, having as its main organ affected and affected the skin, which is the body lining, which develops numerous functions. They analyze the main nursing care, which are involved according to the needs presented as application of devices, tools as predictive scales for evaluation, are measures that will help the nurses in their work so that they can act in a preventive and precautionary way for non-training of this injury that will cause the patient another problem is damage to their health and wellbeing besides increasing their stay in the hospital. It shows that nursing care is essential for the prevention of this multifactorial iatrogenic disease, which affects patients in the different care settings. It is justified that the professional nurse who has technical and scientific knowledge is responsible for implementing and instituting care for all hospitalized patients is susceptible to the development of the skin lesion itself. The performance of the nursing team in relation to the prevention of pressure ulcers has confirmed a great positive efficacy in the precaution and treatment, since the nursing that shares more time with the clients besides observing, evaluating the satisfactory diagnostic evolution of each patient. Its purpose and objective is quality assistance and effectiveness in the care, so that the patient can enjoy a hospital discharge presenting satisfactory and positive conditions in his general health, without any additional damage resulting from his hospitalization. the main objective and the prevention of Pressure Ulcer through the care of the nursing team, this objective and the conclusion of this work is intended to be achieved through consultations in bibliographical references, research of manual books. articles, web-site.The analysis and research on the subject demonstrated that there is no health care without the nursing team, and the nurse is responsible for promoting and involving the entire team in the art of caring. It may be concluded, that in order to render care, we can not only look at disease, but a set, body mind and spirit; understanding each patient as unique, having a holistic and general view, providing humanized and quality care, makes nursing a profession of love and faith.