Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Palacios, E
• Guerra, D
• Llaro, K
• Chalco, K
• Sapag, R
• Furin, J

Titel

The role of the nurse in the community-based treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)

Ist Teil von

• The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease, 2003-04, Vol.7 (4), p.343

Ort / Verlag

France

Erscheinungsjahr

2003

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A community-based treatment program for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in Lima, Peru. To describe the activities carried out by the nurses working with the program. A qualitative study using a variety of ethnographic methods, including participant observation, focus groups, and key informant interviews over a 5-year period. Nurses were responsible for carrying out a wide variety of activities within the program. These included patient-focused activities such as identifying patients, evaluating patients prior to starting and during therapy, and managing emergencies; educational activities for both patients and health professionals managing MDR-TB; and coordination activities, including over-seeing health workers and communicating between team members. Nurses play a key role in the community-based management of MDR-TB.