[Arthrosis treatment. Nursing intervention]

This article presents the case of a patient suffering from arthrosis residing in an elderly home and who is being treated mainly with pharmaceuticals. Due to that patient's incapacity an integral nursing intervention plan was proposed; for this plan, an evaluation was carried out by the agency, the deficit, the self-care needs and requirements, and a treatment plan integrated basically of educational action plans was developed. The theoretical reference which provides the framework for this entire process is Orem's Theory of Self-Care. By means of this intervention, medical professionals hope to improve the life quality for this kind of patient and to highlight the importance that educational action plans have in the treatment of patients.