Valoración de enfermería en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular atendidos en el área de emergencia de un Hospital de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction: The term cerebrovascular disease (CVD) or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) encompasses a set of clinical disorders of almost always sudden manifestation due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. It is a serious international public health problem because it represents the third cause of death in industrialized countries. Its worldwide incidence is 1.5 to four cases per 1,000 inhabitants, and the prevalence is 8-20 for the same number of inhabitants. National statistics reveal that this disease ranks fourth in mortality in our country. Objective: To determine the nursing assessment in patients with cerebrovascular accident, treated in the emergency area of a hospital in the city of Guayaquil. Methodology: descriptive, quantitative, prospective, and cross-sectional study. Conclusion: The characterization of the nursing professionals is carried out where it was identified that they have an experience of between 1 to 5 years, being represented by 59%, 86% stated that they apply nursing assessment in patients with stroke. It was possible to identify the knowledge where 91% know the signs and symptoms and the type of assessment most used in the labor field was also evidenced, the cephalo-caudal assessment with 68%. The nursing professional refers to applying the Glasgow scale in the neurological assessment with 95%. In this way it is possible to determine the nursing assessment in patients with stroke