Nursing assistance in tracheostomy: a teaching experience

Abstract

The authors applied the teaching experience with the intention of make contact with students of nursing's graduation and patients with tracheostomy, yonder develop them theoretical-practical's teaching about the technic of tracheostomy's secretions suction and propitiate them opportunity to apply the above mentioned technic, independent or not of assume during the period of training these patienfs assistance. The authors concluded that the experience was valid and that planed's periods to theore-tical's studies and practical's tasks about the technic of tracheostomy's secretions suction are importants to offer to the students contact with the patient and this method, indispensable to his wellbeing and security.