Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Corso di laurea in infermieristica - Sede di Modena
| Thesis Title | Health Literacy's principles applied on the person in peritoneal dialysis: project and therapeutic |
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| Name | Candian Serena |
| Supervisor(s) | Bigliardi Maria Cristina |
| Academic Year | 2015/16 |
| Thesis type | Non research thesis |
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to emphasize the importance of therapeutic education to the
person in peritoneal dialysis, because it becomes relevant to the improvement of its life quality.
The nurse proves to be the cornestone figure of the educational process and he provides the
appropriate tools to the patient to promote its wellness, state of health and self-care capacity
through focused interventions. In the sanitary context, the Health Literacy represents an
instrument to develop the people's ability to get and understand the necessary information
about health to access to sanitary performances and/or adopt an healthy life style accurately.
From the nurse's point of view, to focus the attention on how communicate to the assisted
person becomes important, confirming that it understands and that the language has been
understandable. The feedback that nurse must request becomes indispensable to guarantee
the person's security, to facilitate its capacity of self-management of the disease and to allow
the efficient use of time. Therefore, the objective is to create a confidence relationship between
the nurse and the person in peritoneal dialysis in order to obtain the therapeutic adherence
guaranteeing an effective communication. For this reason, it is necessary develop a not
standardized educational plan which arranges to the psychological, cultural and attitudinal
features of the person and of its family. As support of different educational interventions, it is
been created a informative brochure for the patient in peritoneal dialysis about diet, since a
good alimentary education in nephropathic patients slows down the chronic kidney disease's
progression keeping or getting a good health.