title: [Nursing interventions for stroke patients: an integrative literature review].
abstract: The objective of this study was to analyze the knowledge on nursing interventions for hospitalized stroke patients. An integrative literature review was performed by accessing five online databases, in September 2009. The descriptors used in the search were nursing care and stoke, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. A total 223 articles were found, and 12 were selected. It was found in the articles that there was a greater number of clinical nursing interventions, followed by educational, managerial and research interventions. Clinical interventions are more related to the biological aspects of patients. As to the educational interventions, the articles point at the fundamental role of nurses, as well as that of relatives and caregivers. The main managerial intervention was the coordination of health care. As for research interventions, only one was identified and described as the development and improvement of health care practice through clinical evidence.
authors.affiliation: Curso de Enfermagem, Faculdade Católica Rainha do Sertão, Fortaleza, CE, Brasil. tahissa@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Tahissa Frota
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Cavalcante
authors.forename: Rafaella Pessoa
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: Nirla Gomes
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Guedes
authors.forename: Thelma Leite
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: de Araujo
authors.forename: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Marta Maria Coelho
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Damasceno
authors.forename: Francisca Elisângela Teixeira
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D020521:Stroke / Q000451:nursing*