Education in health for people with diabetes mellitus in the hospital

• Autor(a) principal: Rocha Batista Barcellos, Caroline
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Graciela Vestena Zillmer, Juliana, Resende Ramos, Bárbara, Blank Barz, Daniela, Roberta Cordeiro, Franciele, Borges Luiz, Marina
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/7488
• topic: Doenças não transmissíveis; Adulto; Pesquisa qualitativa; Non-communicable diseases; Adult. Education in health; Qualitative research

To describe the nurses' actions in favor of education in health for people hospitalized with diabetes mellitus. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This is a qualitative research study, carried out in a teaching hospital in southern Brazil. The intentional sample consisted of 15 nurses who worked in the sectors of medical clinic, surgical clinic and urgency and emergency networks. The data were produced using semi-structured interviews from September to November 2019 and subsequently managed by means of the Ethnograph v6 program; after that, they were submitted to content analysis. RESULTS: Five categories were identified, namely: Guiding and (re)adapting: avoiding complications; Education for foot and skin care; Guidelines on the use of drugs; Food care; and Education in health with family members. Nurses claim that education in health inside the hospital plays a key role and that their educational process has included some actions that covered both people with diabetes mellitus and their family members. CONCLUSIONS: In the hospital, the nurse can promote actions such as the implementation of groups for people with diabetes, creating an enhanced place in order to share guidelines and life experiences and to discuss the way in which they take care of their health.V