Description
Introduction: large burns involve physical and psychological traumas that compromise a large portion of a population and, despite that, this theme is still not enough debated, especially about the care after leaving the hospital institution. 2 Objective: to analyze scientific publications regarding the main health practices destined to people with large burns after the hospital discharge. Method: it is about an integrative literature revision of publications that used a search on the database of the Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS - Healthcare Virtual Library), United States National Library of Medicine (Pubmed), and Scientific Electronic Library Online (SCIELO), 2 involving studies published between 2011 and october of 2021. Results: eleven studies had been chosen for this integrative revision, divided into three categories: (i) Characteristics and representations in the follow-up of people with burns: the preparation for the hospital discharge; (ii) Care after the hospital discharge of people with burns: ambulatory care, home nursing and telehealth; (iii) The role of the nurses about the follow-up of people with burns after the hospital discharge. Conclusion: the role of the nurses and the interventions in the long term concerning the follow-up of people with burns are still not widely debated. A lack of a closer and well-marked primary health care acting has been noted about the care to people with large burns in the late period, and the communication between different levels of health care is also not well defined.
