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Qualification of palliative nursing assistance in the use of the subcutaneous route
George Luiz Alves Santos1, Joélinton Dos Santos Aranha2, Glaucia Valente Valadares1
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Objectives:
to describe the experience of conducting workshops for teaching the subcutaneous fluid infusion therapy in palliative care patients.
Methods:
experience report based on four workshops with a workload of nine hours each, addressing the teaching, implementation of the technique, and management in the use of subcutaneous fluid infusion therapy in patients in palliative care. The host institution was a private hospital, which had two care units in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
Results:
we identified little knowledge about the theme. Due to the dynamics used, the workshops made it possible to qualify the participants to perform and manage the subcutaneous route in palliative care environments.
Conclusions:
the workshops were an important means of training, qualification, and dissemination of nursing care in a palliative care environment. The resources used to enable the qualification in the execution and management of the presented technique.
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