Journal Name:
- International Journal of Nursing
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Abstract (2. Language):
Background: Along history, acute problems like infectious diseases and trauma, are the main concern of health care systems. Advances in biomedical science and public health have reduced the impact of numerous infectious diseases; on the other hand, the number of chronic diseases has increased. Aim: The present study aimed to know the nursing approach to family in chronic condition in childhood in Brazil.
Methods: This is an integrative literature review with a view to characterizing the production of knowledge. The driving question was “How does Nursing assist the family experiencing chronic condition in childhood?”. The following keywords Nursing, Family, Children and Chronic Condition were used in the research in electron-ic databases.
Results: The literature reviewed shows the growing concern of Brazilian nurses to know how families live with children with chronic conditions, changes in routine, concepts and stories of families. In the meantime, few stud-ies have described methods to assist the family in chronic condition during hospitalization.
Conclusion: We observed that authors stress the importance of the bond with the family, realize the difficulty faced by the family in the new condition and the need for a support group. It was possible to identify the im-portance of nurses to families for health promotion.
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