Nursing diagnoses of burned patients and relatives' perceptions of patients' needs.
OBJECTIVE
The aims of this study were to identify the nursing diagnoses of burn patients in the period 1 week before hospital discharge and to determine whether their relatives had similar perceptions of the patients' problems.


METHODS
A qualitative case study was conducted with 10 burn patients and 10 family members. One week before hospital discharge, the nursing diagnoses of the patients and the relatives' perceptions of the patients' were identified and compared.


RESULTS
Thirty different diagnoses related to physical and psychosocial aspects were identified. The family members reported concerns mainly related to physical care, specifically wound care and prevention of infection, and psychosocial aspects, while patients were primarily concerned with the latter.


CONCLUSIONS
Nursing diagnoses for these patients and their relatives' perceptions frequently overlapped; however, the emphasis of the families' attention was on the physical aspects.


CONCLUSIONS
Anticipating family members' perceptions about the patients' problems is important in order to promote strategies that will improve patient care after hospital discharge.
Goyatá
Sueli Leiko T
SL
Nursing Department, Alfenas School of Pharmacy and Dentistry, MG-Federal University Center, Efoa/Ceufe, Alfenas, Brazil.
Rossi
Lídia Aparecida
LA
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001938:Brazil; D002056:Burns / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012648:Self Care; D017592:Skin Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires