Nursing care toward patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis
International Journal of Development Research
Nursing care toward patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis
Received 19th June, 2018; Received in revised form 03rd July, 2018; Accepted 06th August, 2018; Published online 30th September, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Hamilton Leandro Pinto de Andrade et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Kidney disease is characterized for kidneys inability to no longer execute its main functions. The present paper aimed to identify scientific publications about nursing care toward patientes with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis. It is an integrative review to answer the question: what are the nursing care toward patients with chronic kidney disease on hemodialysis? We consulted the following electronic databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Database of Nursing, Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online, and Scientific Electronic Library Online, searching for free full-text articles in Portuguese language, with a publication date between 2012 and 2017, including a nurse as author. The found studies entailed the importance of family inclusion on care, quality of life and anxiety reduction of people with chronic kidney disease. Nursing care is relevant for therapeutic efficacy because it contributes to clients health promotion.