Cuidados de enfermagem às crianças/adolescentes com necessidades especiais de saúde hospitalizadas em unidade pediátrica

Abstract

Children and adolescents with special health needs who have chronic conditions of life, whether physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional, requiring greater demand for health services. The aim of this study was to learn how nursing care for children and adolescents with special health needs hospitalized in a pediatric inpatient unit is developed. It is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research carried out in a pediatric inpatient unit with nine nursing professionals. Data collection took place through a semi-structured interview script, using the data saturation technique, and after the double transcription, the statements were subjected to Bardin's analysis. The results showed that nursing professionals provide their care to this group through the help of the family, empathy, communication, presenting some difficulties along the way. It is concluded that nursing care involves the participation of family members in the hospitalization process of children and adolescents with special needs, in the humanized care that should enable communication, the construction of bonds, patience, empathy with this public, as well as the technical and scientific knowledge necessary for the development of nursing care.