[Loss of power by Primary Care nursing directives].

نویسنده

  • M Ángeles Guzmán Fernández
چکیده

El Real Decreto 521/87 que reguló el reglamento sobre estructuras, organización y funcionamiento de los hospitales y por analogía el de las gerencias de Atención Primaria (AP), colocó a las direcciones de enfermería en el mismo nivel que el resto de direcciones médicas y de gestión. Desde entonces, su participación en las diferentes comisiones y órganos de dirección ha estado garantizada desde el punto de vista formal, pero en no pocas ocasiones, se trata de una presencia más testimonial que real. Prueba de ello es la proliferación de documentos estratégicos de organización y coordinación entre Atención Primaria y Hospitales para la atención a pacientes pluripatológicos, que destacan la importancia del papel de los profesionales de enfermería, sin embargo, al analizar los circuitos de coordinación y el contenido de las actuaciones propuestas, son casi exclusivamente los médicos los artífices de todo el proceso, quedando invisibilizada la presencia de la enfermera o reducida a aspectos marginales de la organización. Y eso cuando de lo que estamos hablando es de una serie de procesos con grandes necesidades de cuidados y cuyo seguimiento correspondería por capacidad, competencia y eficiencia a los profesionales de enfermería. No obstante, el cambio en el patrón epidemiológico de la población producido por el aumento de procesos crónicos y dependientes cada vez más costosos, está obligando al sistema de salud a adoptar estrategias que pasan porque los procesos sean atendidos por el profesional que garantice la

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Enfermeria clinica

دوره 21 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011