title: [Nursing assistance to a Leprosy-infected patient: transcultural approach].
abstract: This is a case study, developed in a health center in Teresina-PI, which dealt with the issue of nursing assistance given to a patient with Multibacillary Leprosy, focusing on the Transcultural Nursing care, Diagnosis and Nursing Interventions according to NANDA Taxonomy II. A semi-structured interview and participant observation were carried out, which enabled data collection handled according to normative patterns, values and daily practices, ways of popular care and cares required in the professional system. In this study, we realized that nursing assistance planning aimed, especially, to contribute on the disease treatment support, reducing potential risks and using preservation, negotiation and re-standardization of the professional system. We also observed the support to the treatment and the development of self care turned to leprosy in a culturally satisfactory way.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade Santo Agostinho, Teresina, PI.
authors.forename: Fernando José Guedes da
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Silva Júnior
authors.forename: Riassa Dourado
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: Olívia Dias de
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Araújo
authors.forename: Sônia Maria de Araújo
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Camêlo
authors.forename: Inez Sampaio
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Nery
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016358:Contact Tracing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission; D016746:Transcultural Nursing