Objectives:

Objectives: to know and describe how nurses perceive the care they provide in the daily work with geriatric patients, the problems they find as well as the solutions to improve them.

Methods:

qualitative phenomenological study based on semi-structured interviews. The information obtained was analyzed by content analysis and verified with the triangulation of the results.

Results:

Seven matching categories emerged in all the conducted interviews: nurses perceptions about the care of geriatric patient, quality of nursing care, difficulties to apply nursing care, proposals for improvement of nursing, patient and family satisfaction with the nurse work, present and future of the nursing profession, and the teamwork. Nurses consider care as an art and the essence of the profession; the sick person is the key piece that justifies the profession.

Conclusions:

professionals believe that, are fundamental: the recognition of nursing specialties, continuous education and training, that the administrations to motivate their professionals, prevention of the burnt-out syndrome, teach to work as a team, and move towards patient and professional safety.

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