Nursing care in the daily rehabilitation of people with spinal injury and their families

Abstract

Objective: the objective is to analyze publications on nursing care in the daily rehabilitation of people with spinal cord injury and their families. Method: this is an integrative literature review, in the PubMed, LILACS and SciELO databases, using the descriptors: Nursing, Spinal Cord Injury and Rehabilitation, with inclusion criteria: complete research articles, case reports or experiences , with adults, available in English, Portuguese and Spanish, from 2003 to 2013. Results: 60 articles were selected, which resulted in three categories of analysis: Living with a spinal cord trauma; Nursing care for the person with spinal cord injury in the rehabilitation process; Quality of life of the person with spinal cord injury and his family. Conclusion: it is concluded that in order to care for people with spinal cord injury and their families, it is necessary to seek qualified professional training to promote possibilities of care that improve the living and living of these people.