[Nursing in the interdisciplinary gerontology team].
This paper reports a working experience in an interdisciplinary team of the area of gerontology at the UFSC University Hospital. It describer, in detail, the nursing participation in its proper functions and at those which are common to all the participants. It shows the nurses acting along the work group guidelines, added of Horta's framework (human need theory) and the WEED model for the patient's individual chart, a method already adopted by the hospital. It presents the common characteristics of aged clients seen as outpatients and as inpatients, their most affected basic needs, and the kind of nursing care they receive. Finally, it considers the future perspectives on conducting this interdisciplinary work.
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D001938:Brazil; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*
A enfermagem no grupo interdisciplinar de gerontologia.