Authors

Artur Dalfó Pibernat1, Enric Dalfó Pibernat2, Natalia Peralta García2, Jessica Rosell Vidal3, Elvira Gibert Llorach4

Position

1 Enfermero. Equipo de Atención Primaria (EAP) Horta (Barcelona). Profesor asociado. Escuela Universitaria de Enfermería Sant Joan de Déu. Universidad de Barcelona2 Enfermero/a. EAP Horta. Barcelona3 Enfermera. Hospital Quirón. Barcelona4 Enfermera. EAP Gòtic. Barcelona

Contact address

Artur Dalfó Pibernat. EAP Horta. C/ Lisboa, s/n. 08032 Barcelona

Contact email: adpibernat@gmail.com

Abstract

The Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) is the main public provider of services in Catalonia; and since 2008, Nursing professionals have been seeing and managing low-complexity acute conditions in the Primary Care (PC) setting, through protocols by consensus with algorithms of action in specific scenarios.
The objective of this article is to create awareness about Nursing care in this process. To this aim, we present the clinical case of a 30-year-old woman, who presented with discomfort and a burning sensation when urinating, during a visit managed and solved by the nurse. The objective of this care under a new role is that nursing professionals can be able to manage mild acute conditions, both in the adult and paediatric population, which will provide an additional value with a nursing care plan, by modifying lifestyles, promoting prevention behaviours and risk control, improving autonomy, and even offering alternative options of care to medicalization. Managing low-complexity health problems, such as the clinical case presented here, entails an increase in nurses’ responsibility and commitment, beyond healthcare education in the Primary Care setting.

Keywords:

Urinary tract infection; prescription by nurse; nursing methodology; Health Primary Care; clinical case

Versión en Español

Título:

Atención enfermera a la patología de baja complejidad en Atención Primaria de Salud. Caso clínico de una infección del tracto urinario