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A prestação de cuidados de saúde é, habitualmente, fonte de stress para a criança e sua família, sendo a realização de procedimentos invasivos e potencialmente dolorosos um dos principais factores que contribuem para tal.
O stress durante os cuidados de saúde relaciona-se com necessidades de conforto que
podem ser experimentadas em diferentes contextos, sendo que, a sua satisfação contribui para a minimização do stress e, assim, para a prevenção dos seus efeitos nefastos.
O enfermeiro especialista em saúde infantil e pediatria, pelas competências que o
caracterizam, é o profissional que se encontra mais habilitado para identificar precocemente as necessidades de conforto da criança e família em situações que se prevêem potencialmente ansiogénicas e stressantes. Pela identificação dessas necessidades é possível planear e
implementar intervenções que conduzam ao conforto da criança e família e, assim, à
prevenção e minimização do stress que experimentamdurante os cuidados de saúde.
O presente relatório encontra-se subordinado ao tema da “Prevenção e minimização do
stress da criança e família durante a prestação de cuidados de saúde”, e pretende espelhar as intervenções desenvolvidas com o objectivo geral de contribuir para a prevenção e minimização do stress da criança e família durante essa prestação de cuidados.
Essas intervenções foram planeadas de acordo com necessidades de conforto identificadas como potenciadoras do stress experimentado pela criança e família, tendo-se destacado como mais relevantes as medidas de alívio e controlo da dor, promoção de actividades lúdicas e valorização da presença dos pais junto da criança durante a prestação de
cuidados.
Das intervenções desenvolvidas resultou a satisfação por parte dos pais em relação
aos cuidados prestados, factor de grande importância para a avaliação da qualidade dos
cuidados de enfermagem.
Por outro lado, porque as intervenções realizadas preparam as crianças e suas famílias para, no futuro, lidarem com situações semelhantes com níveis mais reduzidos de stress, é possível afirmar que a promoção do conforto nos seus diferentes contextos produz ganhos em saúde que é, afinal, o principal objectivo dos cuidados de enfermagem.
Providing health-care usually involves a great deal of stress for both child and family. Invasive and potentially painful procedures stand as one of the most stressful experiences for the child and the family in need of health-care. The stress experienced during health-care relates to comfort needs that can be experienced on different contexts. When those needs are satisfied, stress is minimized and it’s harmful consequences can be prevented. The nurse who is a specialist in children’s health and paediatrics, due to the knowledge and abilities that characterize him, is more able to early diagnose the comfort needs of the child and family when in potentially stressful health-care situations. Early diagnosing allows this specialized nurse to plan and implement interventions that will lead to the satisfaction of those needs and, by achieving so, to the prevention and minimization of the stress related to healthcare situations. This report is subjected to the theme of “Preventing and minimizing the stress of the child and family during healthcare”, and intends to show the interventions developed with the general goal of contributing to the child and family’s stress prevention and minimization during such care. Those interventions were planned according to comfort needs identified as stress aggravating, from which stood out pain management and relief strategies, promoting play activities and acknowledging the parents presence during care giving. The interventions developed resulted in the parents satisfaction related to the care provided, which stands as very important in the evaluation of nursing care. On the other hand, because the carried out interventions prepare both child and family to, by experiencing lower levels of stress, cope with similar situations in the future, it can be said that promoting comfort in its different contexts will produce gains in health which is, after all, the main goal of nursing care.
Providing health-care usually involves a great deal of stress for both child and family. Invasive and potentially painful procedures stand as one of the most stressful experiences for the child and the family in need of health-care. The stress experienced during health-care relates to comfort needs that can be experienced on different contexts. When those needs are satisfied, stress is minimized and it’s harmful consequences can be prevented. The nurse who is a specialist in children’s health and paediatrics, due to the knowledge and abilities that characterize him, is more able to early diagnose the comfort needs of the child and family when in potentially stressful health-care situations. Early diagnosing allows this specialized nurse to plan and implement interventions that will lead to the satisfaction of those needs and, by achieving so, to the prevention and minimization of the stress related to healthcare situations. This report is subjected to the theme of “Preventing and minimizing the stress of the child and family during healthcare”, and intends to show the interventions developed with the general goal of contributing to the child and family’s stress prevention and minimization during such care. Those interventions were planned according to comfort needs identified as stress aggravating, from which stood out pain management and relief strategies, promoting play activities and acknowledging the parents presence during care giving. The interventions developed resulted in the parents satisfaction related to the care provided, which stands as very important in the evaluation of nursing care. On the other hand, because the carried out interventions prepare both child and family to, by experiencing lower levels of stress, cope with similar situations in the future, it can be said that promoting comfort in its different contexts will produce gains in health which is, after all, the main goal of nursing care.
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Criança e stress Conforto Cuidados de Enfermagem Enfermeiro Especialista em Enfermagem de Saúde Infantil e Pediatria Child and stress Comfort Nursing care Children’s Health and Paediatrics Specialized Nurse