Helping a man with leprosy: a case study.
OBJECTIVE
This case study illustrates nursing diagnoses and interventions for a man with leprosy.


METHODS
Data sources were published literature on the disease of leprosy, and the experience and expertise of the authors in working with people with leprosy.


RESULTS
Data were synthesized using the standardized nursing languages of North American Nursing Diagnosis Association International and the Nursing Interventions Classification. The accuracy of the diagnoses and the appropriateness of the nursing interventions were supported by the positive health outcomes of the patient.


CONCLUSIONS
Although leprosy has been eradicated in some countries, the risk of new cases is present anywhere that Mycobacterium leprae still exists. The recommended treatment of multibacilar polychemotherapy has lowered the rate of new cases in Brazil.


CONCLUSIONS
Nurses need to incorporate evidence-based practice interventions for leprosy-based wound care, and nurses should encourage persons with leprosy to maintain regular medical care with multibacilar polychemotherapy.
Guimarães
Heloísa C Q C P
HC
Instituto Lauro de Souza, Lima, Peru. clinicapes@ilsl.br
Barros
Alba L B L
AL
Bassoli
Sidinéia R B
SR
Salotti
Selma R A
SR
Oda
Roseli M
RM
Lunney
Margaret
M
D001938:Brazil; D006801:Humans; D007917:Leprostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D007917:Leprostatic Agents