title: Self-care and HIV/AIDS patients: nursing care systematization.
abstract: This research aimed at systematizing nursing care to HIV/aids patients in view of Orem's Self-care Deficit Nursing Theory, using the convergent-care method and the Self-Care Nursing Process. Subjects were thirteen HIV/AIDS patients attended at a non-governmental organization in Fortaleza/CE, Brazil. We used interview techniques, physical examination, observation and information records, with a structured instrument, addressing requisites related to universal self-care, development and health alterations. Self-care deficits corresponded to nineteen nursing diagnoses, named according to NANDA's Taxonomy II, ten of which were based on the requisites for universal self-care, five on the requisites for self-care related to development and four on the requisites for self-care related to health deviations. In care planning, goals were established and the system and health methods were selected, prioritizing support-education actions in order to engage HIV/aids patients in self-care.
authors.affiliation: State University Vale do Aracajú. joselanyafio@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Joselany Afio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Caetano
authors.forename: Lorita Marlena Freitag
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pagliuca
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care