Nurse autonomy in caring for people with chronic injuries

This study reflects on nurses’ autonomy in caring for people with chronic injuries. Nursing work is influenced by technological dimensions and defined by professional responsibility and the sharing of activities with other categories, factors that directly impact nurses’ autonomy in the treatment of chronic injuries. Therefore, it is important to recognize the skills and limitations of this professional’s work, in order to reorient conditionings. The nurse’s autonomy should not take precedence over the patient’s. Through educational actions, the heterogeneity of roles must be taken into account to ensure patient integrity and ensure therapeutic adherence, emphasizing the importance of co-responsibility in the healing process.

Wounds and injuries; Bioethics; Ethics, professional; Jurisprudence; Professional competence; Nursing care; Professional autonomy