Humanized nursing care in geriatric patients.

Abstract

Introduction: Humanized care is an activity that concerns all health professionals. In Nursing, more effort, time and dedication is allocated to the care of the elderly focused on the following dimensions: one immersed in culture, with its individual and collective practices; the other, in morality, helping the person find meaning in the illness or suffering. Objetive: Foundation the nursing role in the humanized care of the geriatric patient. Methodology: In this study, a bibliographic and documented review was carried out in which 110 databases were reviewed and after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, a sample of 30 bibliographic sources was obtained, used for the triangulation process. Results: The nursing role has great importance in the care of the geriatric patient to meet the cultural and spiritual needs of each older adult and provide a humanized care environment. The level of knowledge of nursing staff that involves understanding and taking into account the specific cultural beliefs, values ​​and practices of each individual, family and community is essential to guarantee quality care. This could involve investigating the barriers and challenges that nurses face when integrating multiple pathologies in the geriatric patient into their practice and developing recommendations or strategies to overcome these barriers. Conclusion. Nursing staff must incorporate communication skills to recognize and understand the patient and thus establish interventions that have an effective impact on the care of the elderly. For this, it is necessary to provide humanized care so that they are treated in a multidimensional manner, encompassing their body, mind. and soul.