Valoración de enfermería en el preoperatorio del paciente traumatológico atendido en un hospital de la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction a person who undergoes a surgical procedure experiences a series of sensations such as physiological and emotional alterations, so one of the functions of the nursing staff is to apply a correct assessment, the Problem is that in the preoperative period of trauma there is no an established method to assess patients, which could cause adverse events. Objective to determine the assessment performed by nursing staff in the preoperative of the trauma patient, the Methodology is descriptive, qualitative-quantitative, cross-sectional, participatory and observational, the Universe is of 16 Nursing professionals who work in the study area, a direct observation guide and a survey were applied as Instruments, the Results predominantly the female sex with 68.75%, in relation to the age are those of 22 to 34 years with 43, 75%, and years of service from 1 to 5 years with 56.25%; according to the knowledge about the method to obtain the data of the assessment, 75% performed the clinical interview, 18.8% the assessment and 6.25% the physical examination; the method of choice to assess is cephalo-caudal with 62.5%; most of them comply with the assessment activities in the pre-operative, in the Discussion compared to the results that my research showed with other studies, the method of choice is the cephalocaudal, Conclusion is notorious that each of the graduates ) have their own evaluation criteria based on scientific knowledge.