[Nursing intervention in the case of coma concerning the patient and his family]

This article presents a standardized treatment plan for the first few weeks an adult is in coma, after the acute phase, as a practical guide clarifying the treatment to follow in this process. First, the authors spell out the process to follow. Second, they standardize the characteristics which define persons undergoing these processes. As a fundamental aspect, the authors highlight the importance to work under treatment conditions which the patient and his/her family must confront so as to provide a standard preventive treatment for these problems. Nursing diagnoses are viewed as prevalent. The treatment situations and the diagnoses which enter in this study fall under the V. Henderson model.