Nursing process applied to the patient with diabetic foot: an experience report

Abstract

This article aims to report the experience of applying the Nursing Process in a patient with diabetic foot. For this, descriptive methodology is used, in addition to the qualitative approach, the type of experience report. The activities are developed weekly, from Monday to Thursday, in the afternoon shift, with a workload of 5 hours. Data are collected in a Basic Health and Family Strategy Unit, located in the city of Vitória / ES. Based on the theoretical assumptions of COFEN Resolution No. 358/2009, this research is organized in five stages: data collection, diagnoses, planning, implementation, and nursing assessment. As this is an experience report, there is no need to submit the study to the Ethics and Research Committee with Human Beings. However, the participants have voluntarily signed the Free and Informed Consent Form and the Image Use Authorization Term, guaranteeing the continuity of the study. The results show that, during the application of the stages of the nursing process, it is possible to observe the evolution of healing in the studied patient's injury, so that the nursing process plays an important role in the treatment of injuries in patients with diabetic foot.