ISSN: 2574-7800
Authors: Da Conceicao GS and Souza Gomes LO*
Objective: to understand the technologies used in nursing care for wounded individuals in a large hospital in the inland of Bahia, Brazil. Methods: It is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research whose participants were 10 nursing professionals, three nurses and seven nursing technicians. The data were collected through interviews and observation, from March to April of the year 2016. Based on the ethical questions of the research, the collection took place after approval by the Research in Ethics’ Committee (CEP), through CAEE number: 56185416.5.0000.0055. Results: We verified more uses of light and hard technologies in the care of the nursing professionals for the treatment of the bearers of wound. Conclusion: the results show the need for the nursing’s team training, with the purpose of changing the technologies used in the direct care to bearers of wounds and, consequently, improvement in the wounds’ healing process.
Keywords: Scarring; Nursing care; Technological development; Stomatherapy
