HOSPITAL NURSING TECHNOLOGY IN HOMECARE

Abstract

The protocol "Homecare Nursing Evaluation" is composed of evaluation parameters related to daily life activities and care, including the state of elderly persons with chronic illness and neoplasm, and it establishes inclusion criteria for homecare. A systematic revision of literature was carried out using the following descriptors: nursing homecare, homecare nursing services, hospital services in homecare, nursing services and homecare. Data was catalogued and organized in files. Three catagories were found in seventeen articles and were classified as: strategies of homecare services; decision making process of family and health care professionals for using homecare services; client and family preparation for homecare. The revised articles describe the principal technologies for hospital nursing care that have been adapted to the homecare environment