“Primary nursing”

pressupostos e implicações na prática

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The authors present the method “Primary Nursing”, which has as principle the elevation of the nurse’s autonomy, in which he is responsible for the patient 24 hours a day. The also present the function of each nurse engaged in that process, pointing out the advantages of the method and its implications in the practice. In its review, they put results of 07 present works accomplished with the introduction of the “Primary Nursing”. As final considerations, the state that the “Primary Nursing” improves the quality of assistance given by the nurse, and its performance will mainly depend on the nurse’s interest, on changing the reference system towards the professional competence. KEY WORDS: Centered patient care. Nursing care. Staff patient care . Nursing models.