Formative processes in nursing intervention in palliative care in internal medicine service patients

Abstract

The purpose of the research project was to determine the nursing intervention in palliative care in patients of the Internal Medicine service of the Alfredo Noboa Montenegro Hospital during the period October 2023- February 2024, since nursing professionals are exposed to social, health and service changes, whose deficiency or lack of knowledge can limit an integral, personalized and quality intervention that allows care from individuality, flexibility, continuity, accessibility and polyvalence. A descriptive, cross-sectional, bibliographic and field method was applied with a quantitative approach, whose research design was non-experimental and cross-sectional, applying a sample by convenience with a total of 17 nursing professionals working in the internal medicine service, in addition, a survey of 29 questions distributed in four dimensions was used to collect the information; actions, education, psycho-emotional support, spiritual and grief. According to the results, it was possible to demonstrate the deficiencies of nursing professionals, especially in the identification of palliative needs, symptom assessment, intervention processes, use of tools to assess psychoemotional and spiritual needs, pharmacological approach and information on bereavement, which made it necessary to establish a palliative care guide focused on nursing professionals, to be subsequently socialized with all personnel.