Care path of person with stroke: from onset to rehabilitation

So rather than focusing on the real problem; lack of interventions that get you to 100% recovery. The focus was on the secondary problems of delivering care. Solve the correct problem and the delivery of care ceases to be a problem. 

Care path of person with stroke: from onset to rehabilitation

Rev. Bras. Enferm. vol.70 no.3 Brasília May/June 2017

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0579  

Camino que recorre la persona con accidente vascular encefálico: desde el acontecimiento hasta la rehabilitación

Ana da Conceição Alves Faria^I 

Maria Manuela Ferreira Pereira da Silva Martins^II 

Soraia Dornelles Schoeller^III 

Leandro Oliveira de Matos^IV 

^ICentro Hospitalar do Médio Ave Vila Nova Famalicão. Braga, Portugal.

^IIPorto Nursing School. Porto, Portugal.

^IIIUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Nursing Departament. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

^IVSecretaria do Estado de Saúde de Santa Catarina. Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to describe the care path of the person with stroke goes through and to identify the important events in this path.

Method:

qualitative descriptive exploratory research, using the semi-structured interview technique based on Meleis's Middle-Range Theory. The sample was composed of 13 people who became dependent after a stroke and were admitted to two hospital units in the region of Vale do Ave, Portugal. Data were collected between January and October 2013. Content analysis was used to analyze the data.

Results:

The data revealed that the person's care path goes from recognition of the symptoms to preparation for hospital discharge. Adapting to the new situation of dependence brings the need for new competencies.

Final considerations:

The research aims to contribute to the improvement of nursing care regarding care for people with stroke including onset, recovery and rehabilitation, and home care.