Abstract

HERNANDEZ VERGEL, Lázaro Luís  and  ZEQUEIRA BETANCOURT, Dulce María. Proposal of a care plan for patients with sex reassignment surgery. Rev Cubana Enfermer [online]. 2013, vol.29, n.1, pp. 29-38. ISSN 0864-0319.

Background: regardless the scientific and technological level of the doctor that performs surgery, the material resources they have and the technology used, a successful surgical intervention is not possible without the performance of competent care professionals, with a deep human and ethical content. Objective: to propose a care plan for patients with sex reassignment surgery, integrating the theory of Virginia Henderson's 14 fundamental needs and Callista Roy's Adaptation Model. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a tertiary health institution during the year 2011. The study universe was composed of persons of both sexes to whom sex reassignment surgery was performed during the years 2008 and 2011. The documentary observational method of clinical histories was used, from which the necessary information was obtained. The study variables were affected human needs, which were evaluated according to Virginia Henderson's 14 fundamental needs. The care plan was designed by the diagnostic taxonomy of the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) and the Callista Roy's Adaptation Model. Results: the 14 fundamental needs were affected in all the persons under study; the global focused assessment conducted reported the 10 accurate nursing diagnosis, the same number of objectives and 64 nursing actions carried out for the care of the patients during the perioperative period. Conclusions: it was concluded that the application of Virginia Henderson's 14 fundamental needs and Callista Roy's Adaptation Model in clinical practice, oriented the care and sustained the quality of nursing attention given to patients with sex reassignment surgical treatment.

Keywords : nursing; nursing process; care plan; transsexual.

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