[Health education to patients undergoing arteriovenous fistula]

One of the functions of nursing is the Health Education. In this paper we analyze the response of patients with chronic renal failure undergoing arteriovenous fistula to propose interventions for self-care. We value the knowledge and training acquired and satisfaction.

We develop a descriptive study including some variables that could influence on the understanding, such as sex, age and place of residence. We included a sample of 80 patients who were explained the nursing care to be applied to the arteriovenous fistula for hemodialysis in the future. They were given a booklet with this information reflected and we phoned them after.

Patients expressed their usefulness and the results lead us to believe that written information could be instrumental in Health Education reinforcement, especially in older patients, although none of the studied factors show statistical differences.