CUIDADOS DE ENFERMAGEM NO CATETERISMO CARDÍACO E ANGIOPLASTIA CORONARIANA: DESENVOLVIMENTO DE UM INSTRUMENTO.

This is a research involving nursing care for patients undergoing catheterization and angioplasty. The objective was to characterize the care prioritized by the hemodynamics nurses. The study, which used the quantitative-qualitative method, explains the complications, risks and possible nursing diagnoses. To systematize the two hundred and three answers of the five nurses questioned, the researchers elaborated a checklist, based on the stages of the nursing process. Care was divided into pre, trans and post-procedure, ranging from checking the patient's allergic history to discharge guidelines. The nurses' answers allowed the confirmation of some risks, for example, already presented in theory, such o hematoma and restenosis; in addition, others not revealed in the literature used and indicate the need for further studies. The application of the systematization of nursing care through an organized work instrument was adapted according to the reality and the professional practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]