The elderly patient satisfaction with respect to the model of nursing care based on Primary Nursing System

• Main Authors: Marcela Eiras Rubio, Renata Cambiano Zampieri, Alessandra Figueiredo, Jussara Toressani, Magda Cruz
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo 2012-06-01
• Series: Kairós Gerontologia
• Subjects: Idoso; Sistema Primary Nursing; Interdisciplinaridade
• Online Access: http://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/kairos/article/view/10099

With increasing longevity and chronic degenerative diseases which may be accompanied today is possible to realize a functional decline in older adults. The hospital stay in geriatric wards is seen as a place of weakness, both physical and emotional. It has been in the nursing professionals, those who provide health care and patient recovery, System of Nursing which is presented in this paper, the Primary Nursing System, we find a method of follow-up care back to the same professional from the addendum admission to discharge, where it becomes the communications center of her condition. In this research we studied the affective relationship between a nursing team and the patient hospitalized. We conclude then, that promotes individualized care needs of the whole patient, contributing to a better recovery and patient satisfaction in a hospital situation.