Aplicación de la teoría de la incertidumbre en el cuidado de la persona con cardiodesfibrilador implantable. Artículo de reflexión derivado de la investigación

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (CDAI) now becomes a treatment option for patients with ventricular arrhythmias responsible for sudden death, so that the number of patients with CDAI has increased considerably by generating a process of adaptation of the patient to a new life style with a number of questions and doubts in the use of this device. For these reason, the nurses that work in the different services (intensive care units, hospitalization, electrophysiology, external query) must provide the necessary guidance on the handling of the device and understand the uncertainty generated from the meaning of living with a defibrillator. With the above, this article seeks to provide tools to nurse, giving some general knowledge of the defibrillator and the application of the theory of Mishel uncertainty in the care of people with CDAI.