Abstract

LAGUADO JAIMES, Elveny; YARURO BACCA, Karol  and  HERNANDEZ CALDERON, Emily Jurani. Nursing care to the aesthetic surgical procedures. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2015, vol.14, n.40, pp.362-374. ISSN 1695-6141.

Introduction: Nursing care given in different situations, you cannot be oblivious to the rise of cosmetic surgery and its relation to the social and cultural construction of the meaning of the body, and the human responses of individuals to be tapped. Since some sociological perspectives influence the aesthetic paradigms on the ideals and practices of current transformation that individuals are made to achieve the beauty that is established in today's society is described. Objective: To base nursing interventions to manage unpleasant symptoms in the postoperative cosmetic surgeries, similarly determine the reasons for the procedures performed. Methods: Literature review and documentary databases Scielo, Scopus, Science Direct data; surgery, aesthetic, educational, anxiety, pain, plastic surgery, care, surgical procedure, postoperative, preoperative, education, care guide, unpleasant symptoms, nursing: key words are used. Conclusions: Cosmetic surgery is an emerging field and little touched by nurses; between cause's stereotypes, the use and perception of the body has never been kept out of the BCS itself. Education preoperative nursing tool to aid the coping process in the postoperative period; as well as social and family support is crucial in this person, increases coping and decreases anxiety levels and likewise provide an educational process for the family.

Keywords : postoperative care; plastic surgery; nursing; anxiety; pain.

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