title: [Oral hygiene of patients with self-care deficit syndrome].
abstract: This is a qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory research study. The population comprised nurses in adult intensive care units. Data collection was conducted through a semi-structured interview, using Thematic Content Analysis. It was concluded that it is difficult to understand the consequences that the non-promotion of oral hygiene may entail in the clinical evolution of patients with the syndrome of self-care deficit. It was observed that bureaucratic factors still interfere in the services for a more integrated care. It is urgent for nursing professionals to re-dimension their know-how by approaching oral hygiene care critically.
authors.affiliation: Enfermeiro pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos.
authors.forename: Leonardo Francisco Silva
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: de Brito
authors.forename: Mara Ambrosina de Oliveira
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.forename: Sandra Maria Cezar
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Leal
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D009732:Nursing Care; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012648:Self Care; D013577:Syndrome