CARACTERIZAÇÃO DO TRABALHO DO ENFERMEIRO NO CENÁRIO DOMICILIAR: REVISÃO DA LITERATURA

Abstract

The objective was to characterise how nurses’ work in the home has been produced. This is a narrative literature review. Data were collected from the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), Publisher Medline (PUBMED/MEDLINE) and SciVerse Scopus (SCOPUS). The following combination of descriptors was used to search for references: Nurses and/or Home Care Services. Publications from the last 10 years (2013-2022) were considered. A textual corpus was constructed from the results presented in the abstracts of the selected studies and processed using the software Interface de R pour les Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionnaires (IRaMuTeQ) version 0.7 alpha 2. Three interpretative categories were constructed: 1. Complexity of Home Care: between the Objectivity of Technique and the Subjectivity of Care; 2. Characteristics of the Services and the Public Receiving Home Care and; 3. Work Tools and the Directionality of Home Care. Home care is a complex practice for nurses and requires a multidimensional approach that combines technical skills with sensitivity and empathy. Nurses must be prepared to adapt to the characteristics of the home environment and the individual needs of patients, as well as receiving the necessary support to perform their role in an assertive and humanized way.