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ALVARADO-PACHECO, P.  e  CRUZ-JIMENEZ, M.. Nursing Assisting Process to a single ventricle heart teenager with an oxygen deficit. Enferm. univ [online]. 2013, vol.10, n.3, pp.105-111. ISSN 2395-8421.

Persons with a single ventricle face several limitations and require specialized nursing care. This problem is characterized by a right left cardiac blood flux shortcut which leads to hypoxia. In these cases, a special professional competence is required in order to provide quality of care. Any nursing intervention should be ethically oriented towards the patient, family, and community. The objective of this article is to show the Nursing Assisting Process in a teenager with oxygen-needs alterations. The theoretical model was based on the 14 needs proposed by Virginia Henderson. A specific instrument was used. From the obtained data, two major diagnoses were established, and specific care interventions were planned and assessed. The patient did not show major signs of hemodynamic unbalances however, due to the complexity of the pathology, it was not possible to reduce the patient's level of oxygen dependence.

Palavras-chave : Single ventricle; Oxygen dependency; Nursing attention; Teenager; Mexico.