Biological risk in nursing care among clients submitted to hemodialysis: a sociopoetic study

Abstract

Objective: Analyze the imaginative dimension of the nursing professionals about the behavior regarding the risk of accidents with biological material in the care of the hemodialysis clients. Method: descriptive, used sociopoetics as theoretical methodological reference. After submitting Research Ethics Committee with the number CAAE 61649716.6.0000.5282 and approval by the Opinion Consubstantiated of the CEP No. 1.858.402; The data were produced in the Renal Vida Clinic Integral Assistance to the Renal, in six sociopoetic workshops, lasting two hours, held in April 2017 using the Dynamics of the Body as a Minimum Territory (DCTM) technique. Results: three analytical categories were delineated: - Risk inherent to the practice; How to protect myself; and Need to know. After the thematic categorical analysis, the data were described using sociopoetic studies: classificatory, transversal, and philosophical. Conclusion: The nursing team needs guidance on the importance of preventive actions (self-care), most of them have knowledge about biological risk and self-care, but this knowledge does not always translate into safe behavior.