Self-care-based nursing care in hemodialysis patients: systematic review

Abstract

In the health care setting, the nursing staff stands out as the major support network maintaining a direct relationship with patients with chronic kidney disease facing hemodialysis treatments. The main objective was to examine in the scientific literature on nursing care based on self-care in patients with hemodialysis treatment. The research was conducted through systematic review based on PRISMA. A search for updated scientific articles from fifteen years ago was carried out using keywords in databases such as: Scopus, Redalyc and Scielo. Results: The 20 selected articles showed how nursing care is provided to patients undergoing hemodialysis treatment. The following article is expected to inform health personnel about nursing care based on self-care in patients with hemodialysis treatment in order to achieve an intervention according to the requirements of each of these patients. Conclusion: It is concluded that nursing care is the fundamental basis for renal patients with hemodialysis treatment to have a good quality of life with respect to their self-care.