PRESSURE INJURY AND NURSING

AN INTEGRATING REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: IN APRIL 2016, A CHANGE OF THE TERMINOLOGY PRESSURE ULCER (UP) BY PRESSURE INJURY (LPP) WAS HELD. IT BROADS  THE COVERAGE OF LPP AND THE USING OF ARABIC NUMERALS REPLACES   THE TRADITIONAL NOTATION IN ROMAN NUMERALS (MORAES ET AL., 2016). CONCEPTUALIZATION: LPP IS A LOCALIZED DAMAGE OF THE SKIN AND / OR THE UNDERLYING SOFT TISSUE USUALLY ON BONE PROMINENCE. THIS EFFECT MAY BE RELATED TO MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND DEVICE USED IN THE PROCESS OF THE CARE (MORAES ET AL., 2016). OBJECTIVE: THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS WORK IS TO IDENTIFY IN THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE, HOW THE APPROACHES ON PRESSURE INJURIES ARE HELD IN BRAZIL. METHODOLOGY: THIS STUDY IS STRUCTURED IN THE INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (MENDES; SILVEIRA; GALVAO, 2008), MADE IN THE ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC LIBRARY ONLINE (SCIELO) IN THE WEBSITES: VIRTUAL HEALTH LIBRARY (VHL), LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE AND OF THE CARIBBEAN IN HEALTH SCIENCES (LILACS) AND NURSING DATABASES (BDENF). THE HEALTH DESCRIPTORS USED WERE: ULCERA BY PRESSURE. PRESSURE INJURY. NURSING. RESULT: THERE WERE FOUND CAUSES AND INCIDENCE OF LPP. IN THE CAUSES, AUTHORS POINT OUT TO NEW SOURCES OF LPP SUCH AS: HUMIDITY, IMPAIRED PHYSICAL IMMOBILITY, BASIC DISEASES AND DEHYDRATION. CONSIDERING THE INCIDENCES, WE  DID VERIFY THE NEED OF RESOURCES TO THE RESEARCH THAT IS VERIFIED WITH THE FACT THAT ARE STILL REGISTERS OF PATIENTS WITH PRESSURE INJURIES. PREVENTIVE MEASURES MUST BE TACKLED SUCH AS: CHANGE OF DECUBITUS, ADEQUATE NUTRITION, EVALUATION OF THE DEGREE OF RISK, USE OF PROTOCOLS, PROTECTION OF BONY PROMINENCES AND ORIENTATION TO THE FAMILY AND THE PATIENT; RESEARCH POINTS OUT KEY POINTS SUCH AS PLANNING CARE ACTIONS, NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT, PROTOCOL ANALYSIS AND EXECUTION FOR LESIONS, IMPLEMENTATION AND DIAGNOSES. CONCLUSION: PRESSURE INJURIES ARE CONSTANTLY PRESENT IN OUR DAILY LIVES AS NURSING PROFESSIONALS, AND IT MUST BE STUDIED DEEPLY.