Nursing and head injury: literature systematic review study

Objective: to analyze the scientific research about the nursing care for Traumatic Brain Injury – TBI, with the perspective of the advent of the improvements in upon the guide of strategic canes in the hospital. Methodology: this is about a descriptive study of systematic review a literature it was performed as a search in the information platform databases LILACS, BDENF and MEDLINE, for descriptors Nursing Brain Injuries and Craniocerebral Trauma. To refine the search was conducted the intersection of keywords in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The inclusion criteria for articles were that they were published in national and international independent of which the journal during the period January 2000 to January 2010 and available in English, Spanish or Portuguese. Results: there were nineteen articles five in Spanish, seven in English and seven in Portuguese. The biggest majority of work was restrict the collected facts characterize the quantity of victims from TBI and the efficiency of the strategic cares that was considered as a more efficient recovery in the hospital. Conclusions: The small number of published articles express the nursing shortage has knowledge in neurology. Moreover, it’s necessary check the chosen way to the neurological nursing. That’s not frequent and has given wrong information about the clinical practice inside of the hospital rather than a comprehensive health care.