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Fernanda Garcia Bezerra Góes1, Ivone Evangelista Cabral1
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem. Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil.
Objectives::
analyze the discourse of healthcare professionals and families on the continuous and complex care for children with special healthcare needs; understand hospital discharge as a process centered on children demands and family learning.
Method::
qualitative research conducted between 2013 and 2015 through semi-structured interviews, document analysis and the sensitive creative method; the participants were ten children with special healthcare needs, six professionals and eleven family members from a public pediatric teaching hospital in Rio de Janeiro. The data underwent critical discourse analysis.
Results::
at discharge, family caregivers should learn innovative care to guarantee the maintenance of their children's lives at home, but preparation is limited.
Conclusion::
the clinicians and the families pointed out Nurse as the most qualified professional for this preparation, since caring for these children requires nursing care skills.
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