Perceptions of nurses and clients about nursing care in kidney transplantation

Objective: To analyze the perceptions of nurses and transplanted patients about the pre-transplantation nursing consultation of kidney transplantation. Methods: Qualitative study with content analysis as the methodological approach. The participants were ten nurses and two categories were identified (contents and user demands in the immediate pre-transplantation phase; and conceptions, behaviors, expectations and emerging situations during and after the kidney transplantation and 20 transplanted patients with two categories (previous experiences with restrictions imposed by the dialysis; and unexpected or conflicting situations identified during and after the transplantation). The research instrument contained the variables related to the sample characteristics, guiding questions and situations of overcoming according to the perceptions of nurse specialists and post-transplanted patients. Results: Coincidence and complementariness was found between the subjects' approaches and the forms of coping during and after the transplantation. Conclusion: The nursing consultation in the pre-transplantation phase is important to incorporate the orientations into the experiences and behaviors of transplanted patients in the course of the transplantation process and after the procedure. das orientacoes a vivencias e comportamentos das pessoas transplantadas ao longo do processo de transplantacao e apos a realizacao do procedimento.