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RESEARCH
Quality of life and eating attitudes of health care students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1642-1649
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHQuality of life and eating attitudes of health care students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71:1642-1649
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0224
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Objective:
To assess the quality of life and eating attitudes of health care students of the undergraduate programs of a public university.
Method:
Observational, cross-sectional, and quantitative study performed in a federal university. Three questionnaires were used for data collection: a socio-demographic and academic, the WHOQOL-BREF and the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26).
Result:
399 students participated in this study, most women, average age of 22 years, average scores of EAT-26 of 15.12 and quality-of-life averages above 60 points in all domains. The students of the undergraduate program in Nutrition presented more inappropriate eating attitudes than other health care students; as the age evolves, vulnerability to inadequate eating attitudes increases; and the family income influenced negatively the quality of life in Physical and Social domains.
Conclusions:
Inadequate eating attitude diminishes the quality of life of health care students in all domains of the WHOOQOL-BREF.
Keywords:Eating and Food Intake DisordersEating BehaviorHealth Care StudentsQuality of LifeUniversitiesSee more -
RESEARCH
University management: contributions for nurses who are faculty members and managers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(5):1069-1074
01-01-2017
Abstract
RESEARCHUniversity management: contributions for nurses who are faculty members and managers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(5):1069-1074
01-01-2017DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0068
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Objective:
To comprehend how university management contributes on the performance of nurses who are professors and managers in a public university.
Method:
Qualitative research anchored on the Grounded Theory. The setting to collect the data was a public university in south Brazil and it happened between May and September of 2016. A total of 19 nurses took part in the study, all of them also faculty members and managers that were divided in two sample groups.
Results:
Two subcategories were created: the comprehension that university management improves the faculty performance; obtaining a wider view of the university.
Final considerations:
The contributions of university management for faculty nurses who are managers are mainly on the personal and professional satisfaction through the production and dissemination of knowledge, reflecting positively on the refinement of the teaching competences to train Nurses with knowledge, technical skills and cognitive abilities to answer society’s needs.
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RESEARCH
Nurses’ managerial knowledge in the hospital setting
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):676-683
01-01-2016
Abstract
RESEARCHNurses’ managerial knowledge in the hospital setting
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):676-683
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690409i
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Objective:
to analyze nurses' managerial skills in the hospital setting, their perception of their own education and the relevance of training for their professional practice.
Method:
qualitative study based on the dialectical hermeneutics framework. Thirty-two nurses from three hospitals in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais contributed to the study by taking part in six focus groups. Records were transcribed and three categories emerged from content analysis.
Results:
results evidenced the following managerial skills: supervision, leadership, decision making, planning and organization, as well as the relevance of education centers for their improvement and the continuing development of the nurses' managerial skills.
Conclusion:
the authors believe this investigation will contribute for the improvement of nurses' necessary managerial skills and also to identify gaps in this area of their education.
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EXPERIENCE REPORT
International academic mobility in nursing education: an experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):986-990
01-01-2016
Abstract
EXPERIENCE REPORTInternational academic mobility in nursing education: an experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):986-990
01-01-2016DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0128
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Objective:
report the experience of international academic mobility in Ireland through the program Science Without Borders during undergraduate education in nursing.
Method:
a report of experience presented in chronological order, with a descriptive nature.
Results:
the opportunity to know and be able to discuss questions regarding health and nursing in Ireland allowed the review of concepts and a more reflective perspective regarding nursing practices. Additionally, the exchange promoted personal strengthening regarding the confrontation and solution of problems, development of technical and scientific abilities, improvement of linguistic competences and construction of personality, independence and maturity.
Conclusion:
regarding such constructive and enriching experience that this mobility provides to students, to the governing authorities, to the population and to Brazilian nursing, sharing this experience is expected to serve as encouragement for those who search for new horizons, with the objective of adding knowledge for their personal and professional life.