Weaknesses of Brazilian nurses when managing immigrant patients with hearing impairments in public health facilities in Brazil.

Abstract

Nurses are professionals working in healthcare teams and have different tasks in the process of caring for patients in a comprehensive manner. Despite the current situation, there are some situations in which this process is impaired, such as the management of patients with hearing impairments who are not native to Brazil, which greatly harms this therapeutic relationship. Communication is one of the important tools in the therapeutic relationship of any health professional, however in relation to Nurses this is a primordial and essential condition so that the approach to these patients for anamnesis, data collection and other information that can support a Diagnosis is extremely important in this care context. However, at the present time, we are faced with foreign patients with different types of disabilities seeking public health services, which are not prepared to provide quality care, given the weaknesses and difficulties in these services that can support the work of nurses. It is important that from academic training onwards, some skills in Sign Language and/or tools used to facilitate the communication process between professionals and patients are offered in the list of disciplines of teaching institutions, as well as the inclusion of the Instrumental English discipline. , as support for Nursing students, which will contribute to minimizing these possible obstacles that may occur in the assessment of these patients.             Abrir no Google Tradutor• Feedback Descubra o significado de palavras enquanto pesquisa Selecione palavras para consultar definições e traduções sem sair da página Entendi Resultado da Web com links de sites