Methodology for constructing the patient's itinerary as a candidate for heart transplantation

Abstract

The aim was to report the experience regarding an educational activity on the itinerary of patients who are candidates for heart transplantation. This is a descriptive-reflexive study, of a qualitative nature, in the form of an experience report. The study setting was in a University Hospital in the State of Rio de Janeiro, in March 2023, with residents from the cardiovascular nursing program, tutors, and nurses on duty with experience in transplantation. The activity proposed in a playful way using kraft paper, to build a mural of continuities and images of visual representation with the technologies and actors involved in the patient's itinerary, enabled discussion about the transplant recipient's journey from indication for transplant to follow-up at the post-operative period, involving possible entry points according to the patient's clinic and socio-family context, through care mapping. At the end of the activity, it was possible to improve the participants' knowledge, explore teamwork, creatively organize the proposed itineraries, clarify doubts, and contribute to improving assistance in different areas of activity beyond hospital care.