Livskvalitet efter en hjärtinfarkt. Sjuksköterskans stödjande åtgärder.
As a public nurse there is a great probability that you will meet patients that have had a myocardial infarction. We want to contribute to create a greater understanding of how a nurse can support and understand these people. The last 30 years the infarction care has made a big progress. Still many conceptions remain which means that for many people a myocardial infarction leads to a belief that this is the end of the working life, social life, sparetime activities and travelling. Due to this misbelief it is important that the nurse creates good conditions for the patient right from the start. The purpose of this literature study is in part to describe how the nurse can inform and support people that have suffered a myocardial infarction to promote the quality of life from their perspective. Our research questions are: What does life quality mean to patients that have suffered a myocardial infarction? What kind of nursing care can a nurse use to support patients that have suffered a myocardial infarction in order to make it possible for them to achieve quality in their lives? This is a qualitative literature study. The themes that grew emerges during this research are belief, fear, motivation/lack of motivation in lifestyle changes, understanding and coping of the situation of illness, caring, understanding and education. Our result shows the importance that the patient understand what it means to live with a myocardial infarction. It also shows the importance of belief and knowledge for the patients to achieve quality of life.