Instrument for implementing the nursing process during ostomate consultation: an experience report

Abstract

Objective: to report the experience on the development of an instrument implemented in the Nursing consultation with ostomate patients. Material and method: an experience report by nurses, nursing students, and professors, at a stomal therapy reference center in the South of Brazil, carried out through face-to-face meetings, with the search for instruments standardized in other services, theoretical deepening on possible diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes of Nursing to the person with ostomy; socialization with the Nursing team on the instrument and its relevance in clinical practice. Results and discussion: the use of an instrument demands the articulation of theory versus practice, as well as the understanding of particularities arising from the ostomy patient. The applicability of the instrument reinforced the importance of knowledge, skill, and attitude in collecting data, performing anamnesis, and physical examination, listing possible nursing diagnoses, associating results, and predicting nursing interventions with the patient. Conclusions: the implemented instrument proved to be appropriate for the nursing consultation as it resulted in an improved approach to the ostomy, in addition to allowing for a complete, targeted, and organized data collection, which allows for a better familiarity with the patient, the creation of a bond, and the identification of problems, thus facilitating the definition of nursing diagnoses, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care.