NURSING KNOWLEDGE ABOUT PATIENT CARE WITH DYSPHAGIA AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF SOUTHWEST OF PARANÁ

Abstract

Abstract: The research aimed to evaluate the knowledge of nursing staff about the dysphagia and implications on patient care in the hospital environment. The study is descriptive, field, with questionnaires to 113 professionals from nursing staff, being 13 and 100 nurses nursing technicians, the various sectors of Southwest Regional Hospital – PR. Most professionals surveyed showed present satisfactory knowledge about dysphagia, its causes, consequences and appropriate identification of the signs and symptoms, essential factors for the presence of a change of swallowing, as well as the diagnoses and nursing care related to dysphagia. However, it is possible to verify that in some items related to change of swallowing, the nurses were more prepared that nursing technicians. In General, this research indicated that there is a theoretical and practical knowledge about the dysphagia and their relationships, favoring a higher quality assistance to the patient disfágico.

Descriptors: Swallowing Disorders; Nursing Care; Hospital Assistance.