Assistência de enfermagem visando a qualidade de vida dos pacientes renais crônicos na hemodiálise: uma revisão bibliográfica

Abstract

Chronic renal failure (CRF) is considered a public health problem, lacking the high prevalence rate among the population and its impact on the morbidity and mortality of individuals who are victims of such pathology. Objective: To understand the importance of nursing care, focused on the quality of life of the chronic renal patient. Materials and Methods: exploratory, bibliographic analysis, qualitative study of the literature available in libraries in virtual databases from the year 2009 to 2017. To search the articles, a Virtual Health Library (VHL) search was conducted using association Of the following descriptors. Results: it was identified that the nurse plays a fundamental role in helping the patient to have an expectation of improving the quality of life, guiding the patient to live with their limits and following the evolution of the treatment. Final considerations: The quality of life of patients with chronic renal disease is of great importance, especially with regard to the impact of the disease on their lives and the adaptation process to the disease, since it is a long-lasting and suffered process, not only For herself but for her family as well.