Abstract

VALDERRAMA RIOS, Olga Giovanna et al. Study of a vulnerable family in a Peruvian rural area applying the nursing process. Vive Rev. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.5, n.13, pp.43-51.  Epub Feb 19, 2022. ISSN 2664-3243.  https://doi.org/10.33996/revistavive.v5i13.129.

A case study was carried out in a vulnerable family in a rural area. The information was collected using as techniques of observation, interview, documentary analysis; and as an instrument, the evaluation format of the 11 Gordon Functional Patterns, through home visits; executed from April to June 2021. Permission was requested from the family with prior authorization and informed consent, respecting the confidentiality of the data. Nursing care was provided to a vulnerable family applying the stages of the nursing care process, using the Taxonomies of Nursing Diagnosis: Definitions and Classification, Qualification of Nursing Results, Classification of Nursing Interventions. The prioritized diagnoses were: Ineffective health maintenance related to insufficient resources and / or insufficient knowledge about basic health practices; obesity related to insufficient knowledge about modifiable factors evidenced by body mass index of 34.5 and abdominal circumference of 1.50 m. of the mother. The last diagnosis was: constipation related to changes in the intestinal pattern manifested by insufficient fiber and fluid intake and lack of exercise. The application of the standardized care plan in a vulnerable family in times of pandemic, allowed a holistic approach to the problems identified, which made it possible to establish three diagnoses, execute the interventions, to go from a target score of two to four, which show the effectiveness in achieving the expected results.

Keywords : Process; nursing care; family; vulnerable.

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