A atuação do enfermeiro na prevenção do infarto agudo do miocárdio

Abstract

In many countries, ischemic heart disease is a leading cause of death in men and women over the age of thirty. Also known as heart attack, is the most important form of ischemic heart disease and, alone, is the leading cause of death in the United States and other industrialized countries. Nursing care in turn, constitutes the crucial point for excellence in providing health care to an infarcted patient when performed with care and detail, it analyzes the whole process of planning and executing the nursing work as well as the individual response due to that assistance. Discuss the work of nurses in the care of patients with myocardial infarction in a coronary care unit. Methodology: To achieve the goal proposed in this study opted for the integrative review method as literature review method, once again, that this search method enables the synthesis and analysis of scientific knowledge produced on the subject investigated. Conclusion: This study confirms the importance of nurses in care planning to patient diagnosed with acute myocardial infarction because this pathology is undoubtedly the most important existing ischemic heart disease in the world that affects people of various age groups, with diagnosis fast of fundamental importance for the effectiveness of treatment and prognosis.