O cuidado de enfermagem em Estomaterapia e o uso das tecnologias

Estomaterapeutas no mundo do trabalho: facilidades e dificuldades para o exercício profissional

“…Products, dressings and equipment used to care for skin lesions have diversified and become more advanced in scientific and technological terms, which allows for a faster, less complicated and less damaging healing process for the patients, when well indicated. 16 Thus, there are dressings that act as debridants, or in preventing infections, as well as products for hygiene and antisepsis, and those that act when there is an associated infection. Anyway, there are bold technologies that favor excellent care, as long as the professional has knowledge about them and knows how to indicate them, as well as replace them, as the patient's health situation changes.…”

“…It is also noteworthy that the technologies in Nursing care are available for the three areas of operation of stomatherapy, although not all have been mentioned by the graduates. 16,17 On the other hand, it is known that the Nursing team needs materials in adequate quantity and quality to provide satisfactory care. When this does not occur, there is harmful interference in the work process of these professionals, as the workers are aware that they could use better quality products and equipment to provide faster improvement in the patient.…”

“…When this does not occur, there is harmful interference in the work process of these professionals, as the workers are aware that they could use better quality products and equipment to provide faster improvement in the patient. 4,5,16,17 In this sense, it is emphasized that the majority of the public institutions have been undergoing profound scrapping, which is directly related to the neoliberal ideas in the health sector, since neoliberalism defends the downsizing of the public machine; therefore, there is less transfer of funds to public health. Thus, resources for health have decreased, making professionals in the area face the great challenge of finding new measures to coordinate scarce resources, in order to direct the efficiency of use and offer safe assistance to the population.…”

“…[3][4][5]8 Although stomatherapy is a relatively new specialty in Nursing, it has been gaining space and prominence among the health professionals, as it is an area of activity in expansion among nurses. 2,16,17 In addition, due to the increase in the number of people with stomas, wounds and incontinence, the assistance to these individuals has been gaining significance at the national level, thus valuing stomatherapist nurses, making them professionals with a fundamental role in the rehabilitation process. 18 It is recognized, however, that in Brazil there is no culture of valuing Nursing specialties, as in other categories, a factor that Stomatherapists in the world of work Costa CCP, Soares SSS, Vieira MLC, Oliveira MD, Pedro RS, Chaves USB, Souza NVDO contributes to the fact that stomatherapy is not yet as widely disseminated in the health services.…”

“…It also has terminology similar to a specialty of dentistry -Stomatology -whose objective is the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the mouth and attached structures, consequently producing some degree of confusion. 2,16 It is revealed that stomatherapy, despite being an expanding specialty, still presents a restricted field for the absorption of postgraduate nurses, partly due to the lack of public tenders essentially aimed at specialist positions and to the lack of knowledge of many health professionals and of the general population about the competences and skills that this specialist has. 19 As a result, there is still underutilization of stomatherapists in the field of health promotion, prevention of worsening situations, treatment and rehabilitation of people with wounds, stoma and incontinence.…”