OBJECTIVE: To investigate the contribution of clinical care and education of nursing in a hospital context, in the development of competence for self-care for people with chronic renal failure. METHODS: A case study conducted with a patient during hospitalization in Fortaleza, through the nursing process proposed by Orem determining deficiencies and enabling self-care demands satisfaction from him. RESULTS: The requisites of therapeutic self-care d.emands of health deviation sef-care requisites enabled the identification of three nursing diagnoses based on the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association - NANDA for which interventions were defined based on NIC and results according to NOC. CONCLUSION: In the hospital context, clinical and educational nursing care based on the nursing process proposed by Orem contributes as a facilitator for the development of competence for self-care in people with chronic disease.
Hypertension; Diabetes mellitus; Renal insufficiency, chronic; Nursing process; Self care
