Main nursing diagnoses in hospitalized elderly people who underwent urological surgery

Abstract

Objective: to identify the main nursing diagnoses in the elderly during postoperative period of urologic surgeries. Methods:Cross-sectional and quantitative study conducted in a urological unit. Data collection was conducted through physicalexaminations and consultation to medical records. One hundred senior citizens who were hospitalized at the institutionparticipated in the study. Results: The most frequent urological surgical procedures were: transurethral resection of theprostate (27 %) and open prostatectomy (16 %). Among the nursing diagnoses identified, impaired skin integrity (100%), risk of infection (100 %), Risk for deficient fluid volume (84 %) acute pain (68 %) and deficient knowledge (61 %) hada higher number of occurrences. Conclusion: the findings allowed, through nursing diagnoses, nursing interventions inthe postoperative period of urological surgeries, providing the implementation of effective and immediate actions to solveproblems.