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LETTER TO THE EDITOR06-26-2023
Striving for vessel health preservation through standardized assessment: a Letter to the Editor
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e2023760301c
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LETTER TO THE EDITORStriving for vessel health preservation through standardized assessment: a Letter to the Editor
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e2023760301c
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2023760301c
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-26-2023
Searching for human connection to transcend symbolisms in pediatric palliative care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220476
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ORIGINAL ARTICLESearching for human connection to transcend symbolisms in pediatric palliative care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220476
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0476
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Objectives:
to present a theoretical model for the interactional context of health professionals and families of children and adolescents under palliative care.
Methods:
qualitative study based on the theoretical frameworks of Grounded Theory and Symbolic Interactionism. Ten palliative care professionals took part in this study through semi-structured interviews employing snowball technique from 2020 to 2021.
Results:
the comparative data analysis resulted in the theoretical model “Searching for human connection to transcend symbolisms in pediatric palliative care”. It reveals symbolic elements that substantiate the construction of a collaborative context integrating two phenomena: “Overcoming boundaries and intertwining paths” and “Embracing suffering to weave meaningful experiences”. Symbolisms in palliative care guide the behavior of families and professionals, which makes them the key factor to be managed.
Final Considerations:
symbolisms and suffering continually integrate the interactional experience of professionals. Empathy and compassion are fundamental elements to enable their connection with families.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-26-2023
Effect of video on satisfaction and self-confidence in simulation training: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220366
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEffect of video on satisfaction and self-confidence in simulation training: a randomized clinical trial
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220366
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0366
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Objectives:
to identify the effect on satisfaction and self-confidence of undergraduate nursing students after using a validated bed bath video during the simulation.
Methods:
blinded parallel randomized clinical trial. Participants were allocated to the control group (simulation with tutor) or intervention (simulation with video). After the interventions, the Student Satisfaction and Self Confidence with Learning Scale was used to assess satisfaction and self-confidence. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee and Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials. Mann Whitney, Fisher Exact and Student t statistical tests were used. A significance level of 5% was adopted. Results: fifty eight students (30, control; and 28, intervention) were evaluated. There was no significant difference between the groups regarding satisfaction (p=0.832) and self-confidence (p>0.999).
Conclusions:
satisfaction and self-confidence were similar between the groups, and the two strategies could be used in the simulated practice of bed bathing.
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REVIEW06-26-2023
Nursing care directed to burned patients: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220205
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REVIEWNursing care directed to burned patients: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220205
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0205
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Objectives:
to identify in the literature and summarize nursing care in a hospital environment directed to patients who suffered burns.
Methods:
a scoping review, according to the JBI Reviewers’ Manual recommendations, with a search in the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus databases and in the Virtual Health Library portal, through articles published between 2016 and December 2021.
Results:
of the total 419 articles found, nine were selected for analysis. The main care measures identified were changing dressings and types of coverage, vital sign control, non-pharmacological techniques for pain relief and opioid reduction.
Conclusions:
the complexity of burn care requires constant updating by the nursing team. Keeping it prepared to carry out the best nursing care practices for burn patients will promote adequate care, patient recovery and reduction of possible harm.
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REVIEW06-26-2023
Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) use for HIV: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20210963
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REVIEWBarriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) use for HIV: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20210963
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0963
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Objectives:
to identify and synthesize scientific evidence on the barriers and difficulties for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) use and compliance for HIV.
Methods:
an integrative literature review, using the MEDLINE/PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Academic Search Premier and Scopus (Elsevier) databases.
Results:
all (100%) the articles included identified that PrEP users experience some type of structural barrier related to health services such as long distance from the units, suboptimal logistics for taking pills and professional resistance to prescribing PrEP. Furthermore, 63.21% identified social barriers, such as stigma about sexuality and HIV, in addition to individual barriers such as alcohol use, adverse effects, and concerns about long-term toxicity.
Conclusions:
the barriers to PrEP use are multifactorial. Effective interventions are needed to support PrEP users in accessing, complying with, and retaining health services.
Keywords:Access to Health ServicesAnti-HIV AgentsPre-Exposure ProphylaxisPrevention and ControlSexual HealthSee more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-29-2023
Violence in rural areas against disabled people from the perspective of their families
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220404
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEViolence in rural areas against disabled people from the perspective of their families
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220404
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0404
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Objectives:
to know the violence spoken and felt by disabled people, living in rural areas, from the perspective of their families.
Methods:
a descriptive-exploratory and qualitative study, carried out in four municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Twelve family members who lived with disabled people in rural areas participated. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic content analysis.
Results:
disabled people, living in rural areas, experienced physical, psychological and sexual violence, perpetrated by family members, colleagues, community members and health professionals. Adaptations were mentioned in family dynamics for the care of disabled people, social, financial and leisure impacts, and challenges in access and accessibility to education and health services.
Final Considerations:
violence against this population manifests itself in a reality with socioeconomic and family particularities, marked by exclusion, disrespect and denial of rights and access to fundamental goods and services.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-29-2023
Quality of child and adolescent care transitions considering the presence of chronic disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220347
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEQuality of child and adolescent care transitions considering the presence of chronic disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220347
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0347
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Objectives:
to analyze the quality of child and adolescent care transitions from hospital to home, considering the presence of chronic disease.
Methods:
quantitative, cross-sectional study, carried out from February to September 2019 in two hospitals in the south of Brazil. We used an instrument to characterize participants and the Care Transitions Measure (CTM-15) for the legal tutors of children and adolescents that were discharged from the institutions.
Results:
the general mean of the quality of transition of care was 87.9 (SD=13.4), in a scale from 0 to100). We found a significant difference in the quality of transition of care when comparing patients with and without chronic disease (90.0 and 84.3; p=0.001).
Conclusions:
we found the quality of the transition of care to be satisfactory, with better results for patients with chronic disease. This can help understand the most impactful aspects in the transition of care, especially in regard to children health.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-29-2023
Critical-emancipatory educational intervention through games to face gender violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220299
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ORIGINAL ARTICLECritical-emancipatory educational intervention through games to face gender violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220299
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0299
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Objectives:
to analyze an educational intervention, through game “Violetas”, for the qualification of professionals who work in the fight against gender violence.
Methods:
a qualitative study, involving 28 professionals from intersectoral services to assist women in situations of violence, located in three Brazilian capitals. Data were collected through Critical-Emancipatory Workshops, being submitted to thematic content analysis through software.
Results:
sexist patterns, pornography and sexual diversity were topics listed by participants for intervention in reality. To this end, they suggested orientation actions on gender violence, promotion of individual and group assistance and service network consolidation.
Final Considerations:
the intervention proved to be playful, due to the use of games, critical, due to the fact that it allowed reflection on the theme, emancipatory, due to the possibility of professionals rethinking their practice and qualifying themselves to face the problem.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-07-2024
Consequences of the legislation issued for nursing education in times of COVID-19 (2020-2022)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230375
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEConsequences of the legislation issued for nursing education in times of COVID-19 (2020-2022)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(5):e20230375
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0375
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Objectives:
to analyze the legislation issued during the COVID-19 pandemic for nursing education and immediate consequences.
Methods:
documentary research, whose source was the legislation issued for nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirty-two documents were analyzed and submitted to a collection instrument.
Results:
contradictions and consequences for nursing education following the guidelines and law of guidelines and bases were revealed. The consequences of the law affected the quality of teaching, equal access, exemption from minimum school days and course abbreviation. Regarding the guidelines, there was a lack of conditions for developing skills, in addition to the attempt to update them. Concerning internships, acting during the pandemic put students at risk, and their abbreviation prevented them from consolidating knowledge and skills.
Final Considerations:
remote teaching did not guarantee the quality and equality of teaching, weakened the development of skills, not taking into account nursing’s educational needs.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-30-2024
Giving new meaning to the impact of touch in Shantala massage: mothers’ perceptions of maternal and child well-being
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240012
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEGiving new meaning to the impact of touch in Shantala massage: mothers’ perceptions of maternal and child well-being
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240012
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0012
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Objectives:
to understand maternal perceptions of maternal and child well-being based on Shantala massage and discuss its association with the third Sustainable Development Goal.
Methods:
a descriptive-exploratory study in the light of Symbolic Interactionism. Eight women, mothers of infants, participated in five online meetings to teach Shantala massage, collected in focus groups, between November and December 2021. The data was subjected to thematic content analysis and lexical analysis with IRAMUTEQ®.
Results:
two categories emerged, 1) Maternal perceptions of Shantala massage and its promotion of child well-being and 2) Maternal perceptions of Shantala massage and its impact on their well-being, interconnected with subcategories.
Final Considerations:
Shantala massage promoted mutual impacts on maternal and child well-being, working together to achieve the third Sustainable Development Goal.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-30-2024
Educational video for adherence to vaginal pessary in pelvic organ prolapse treatment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230515
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEducational video for adherence to vaginal pessary in pelvic organ prolapse treatment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230515
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0515
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Objectives:
to construct and assess an educational video to promote the adherence of women with pelvic organ prolapse to vaginal pessary use.
Methods:
this is a methodological study, with a longitudinal design and quantitative analysis. The pre-production (synopsis, argument, script, storyboard), production and post-production stages were covered. Content and technical assessments were carried out by judges from the health and communication areas, respectively, and appearance assessment by the target audience.
Results:
the video was the first to be developed on the topic on the national scene, considered assessed from the point of view of appearance and content, presenting an overall Content Validity Index of 0.99 and a level of agreement among judges of 91.1% to 100%. Assessment by the target audience reached a percentage of 96% to 100%.
Conclusions:
the educational video is an instrument capable of promoting adherence to pessary in women indicated for this therapeutic approach.
Keywords:Health CommunicationInstructional Film and VideoPelvic Organ ProlapsePessariesTreatment Adherence and ComplianceSee more -
EXPERIENCE REPORT09-30-2024
Health promotion of long-haul truck drivers and their families
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230511
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EXPERIENCE REPORTHealth promotion of long-haul truck drivers and their families
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230511
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0511
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Objectives:
to describe the development of a Health Information and Communication Technology for the health care of long-haul truck drivers and their families.
Methods:
this is a description of the development of an Information and Communication Technology, developed from March to September 2023, following the systematization of the experience in five steps: 1) starting point, 2) initial questions, 3) recovery of the lived process, 4) background reflection, and 5) arrival points.
Results:
the technology called “Work-Family Balance,” electronically available, presents resources for the health care of long-haul truck drivers. It is anchored in studies on the health of long-haul truck drivers, notes from the International Labor Organization, the Strategic Action Plan for Confronting Chronic Diseases and Non-Communicable Diseases in Brazil, 2021-2030, and the Declaration by the International Association of Family Nursing.
Final Considerations:
the theoretical improvement of nursing can potentially improve the health care of long-haul truck drivers, prevent Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases, and promote work-life balance to achieve the goals of Agenda 2030.
Keywords:Family HealthInformation TechnologyNoncommunicable DiseasesSustainable DevelopmentWork-Life BalanceSee more -
EDITORIAL09-23-2024
Política Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos: reflexões a partir da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e770601
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EDITORIALPolítica Nacional de Cuidados Paliativos: reflexões a partir da Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e770601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2024770601pt
Views0A Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, um plano de ação para as pessoas, para o planeta e para a prosperidade, é um plano de ação global adotado por representantes de todos os 193 Estados-Membros das Nações Unidas, reunidos na sede das Nações Unidas, em Nova York, de 25 a 27 de setembro de 2015. […]See more -
EDITORIAL09-23-2024
Brazilian National Palliative Care Policy: reflections based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e770601
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EDITORIALBrazilian National Palliative Care Policy: reflections based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e770601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2024770601
Views0The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, an action plan for people, planet and prosperity, is a global action plan adopted by representatives of all 193 United Nations Member States, meeting at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, from September 25 to 27, 2015. By achieving 17 sustainable objectives, the Agenda aims to promote sustainable development […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-20-2024
Middle-range theory for nursing for care in the context of cardiovascular risk
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(4):e20240190
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEMiddle-range theory for nursing for care in the context of cardiovascular risk
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(4):e20240190
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0190
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Objectives:
to develop a middle-range nursing theory for care in the context of cardiovascular risk.
Methods:
a theoretical development study, through induction through research and ICNP® practice standards, carried out in six stages: concept analysis; ICNP® terminological subset structuring; theory contextualization and purpose; proposition construction; modeling; and assumption construction.
Results:
the Theory of Care in the Context of Cardiovascular Risk has a middle-range scope, describing care, prescribing actions to promote health and reduce cardiovascular risk. Thirteen propositions were constructed in three categories (nursing metaparadigm, central and factorial concepts), two models and 16 assumptions.
Final Considerations:
the theory contributes to the construction of knowledge arising from the nursing process for care in the context of cardiovascular risk, generating propositions, assumptions and modeling, which will enable theoretical testing.
Keywords:Concept FormationHeart Disease Risk FactorsNursing TheoriesStandardized Nursing TerminologyTheoretical ModelsSee more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-20-2024
Content validity of guidance on self-care in the post-operative period for breast cancer
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(4):e20240188
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEContent validity of guidance on self-care in the post-operative period for breast cancer
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(4):e20240188
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0188
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Objectives:
to validate the content of a guidance guide on self-care in the postoperative period of breast surgery for breast cancer.
Methods:
a methodological study with content validity, carried out with 15 expert nurses and physiotherapists, between May and July 2022. Recruitment took place from the Lattes Platform, using snowball sampling. The level of relevance and representativeness for each item was verified using the Content Validity Index (CVI). It was considered valid when CVI was equal to or greater than 78% (0.78).
Results:
from the initial total of 37 items, two were excluded, as they had insufficient practical relevance and theoretical relevance, and another five items which, although presenting a CVI lower than the established cut-off, were suggested to be rewritten and grouped with other similar items.
Conclusions:
thirty items were considered valid and demonstrated important and significant characteristics, constituting suitable material for application in clinical practice.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Evidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEvidence of validity of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire focused on Health Literacy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230386
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0386
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Objectives:
to analyze the validity evidence of the internal structure of the Risk Self-Medication Questionnaire Focused on Health Literacy.
Methods:
a psychometric study with 499 adults. The internal structure was assessed with exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis to prove the adjustment. Internal consistency was measured by composite reliability and McDonald’s omega coefficient (ω).
Results:
the parameters revealed a model of 35 items distributed across four factors, explaining 56% of the total variance, with factor loadings ranging from 0.31 to 0.85 and adequate communalities. Accuracy (0.79
Conclusions:
an instrument was obtained with good evidence of structural validity for measuring self-medication.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Nurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230374
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ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230374
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0374
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Objectives:
To analyze nurses’ perspectives on nurses’ work methods in the hospital context.
Methods:
A descriptive study with a qualitative approach was conducted in a hospital in northern Portugal, involving 17 nurses. Semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. Data collected between May and June 2023 underwent content analysis, supported by Atlas.ti software.
Results:
Three thematic areas emerged: “Nurses’ work methods in a hospital context,” highlighting the conception and components of work methods and the methods in use; “Implementation of nurses’ work methods,” emphasizing influencing factors and challenges to implementation; and “Impact of nurses’ work methods on patients, nurses, and institutions.”
Final Considerations:
Nurses’ work methods constitute the structure of nursing care. Some factors influence and some challenges arise in the implementation of these methods, producing impacts on patients, nurses, and institutions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Nursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230349
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ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing Process for institutionalized older adults: contributions from knowledge awareness workshop
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230349
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0349
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Objective:
To analyze the knowledge of professionals working in a Nursing Home about the Nursing Process before and after the awareness workshop.
Methods:
This is strategic action research, developed with nursing professionals and managers of a Nursing Home in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected between January and June 2023, through semi-structured interviews before and after an awareness workshop. Discursive textual analysis of the data was carried out.
Results:
The central category “Understanding about the Nursing Process in Nursing Homes” emerged, which was unitized into two units of meaning and three categories of analysis.
Conclusion:
Data revealed non-use and lack of knowledge of the Nursing Process before awareness raising. Afterwards, a deeper understanding of the topic and its importance was identified. Awareness-raising workshops contribute to transformation of knowledge.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Excessive daytime sleepiness in nursing technicians: association with sleep quality and memory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230332
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEExcessive daytime sleepiness in nursing technicians: association with sleep quality and memory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230332
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0332
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Objective:
to investigate excessive daytime sleepiness prevalence among nursing technicians and the association with sleep quality and memory.
Methods:
a cross-sectional, inferential study, carried out in a hospital unit in the state of Goiás between December 2020 and January 2021. Assessments were carried out using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and the Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire, instruments validated for the Brazilian context. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes were performed.
Results:
the sample consisted of 189 nursing technicians with a 40.9% excessive daytime sleepiness prevalence. In multivariate models, excessive daytime sleepiness was not associated with sleep quality, however there was a significant association with overall memory failures.
Conclusions:
study results demonstrate a high excessive daytime sleepiness occurrence, an association with overall memory failures and the need for psychosocial interventions for nursing technicians.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Educational technology for multidisciplinary training for managing waiting lists for elective patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230299
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEEducational technology for multidisciplinary training for managing waiting lists for elective patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230299
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0299
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Objectives:
to construct and assess an educational technology for managing patient waiting lists for multidisciplinary training.
Methods:
study supported by Instructional Design – ADDIE model, whose stages of construction of educational technology were developed in the form of a multi-professional training course. Its respective content assessment was carried out by a committee of experts from 2021 to 2022. The analysis occurred based on the proportion of content adequacy with 95% Confidence Interval.
Results:
seventeen products were created as educational technology learning objects: five storyboards; four videos; three comic books; two pedagogical action plans; a mind map; and a YouTube® playlist. Nine experts assessed content adequacy, which reached 0.89.
Conclusions:
this educational technology contributes to the performance of professionals who manage waiting lists by reducing inequalities, alleviating differences, in addition to promoting equity in care and good health for patients in the Brazilian Health System.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Fuzzy Logic: vulnerability of women who have sex with women to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230271
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFuzzy Logic: vulnerability of women who have sex with women to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230271
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0271
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Objective:
To describe the possibility of applying Fuzzy Logic in analyzing the vulnerability of Women Who Have Sex with Women to Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV/AIDS.
Methods:
We developed a Fuzzy Logic system with 17 input variables and one output variable, using data related to vulnerability in a municipality located in the Midwest region of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Results:
The factor with the greatest positive impact was the confirmation that a low understanding of Sexually Transmitted Infections/HIV/AIDS is associated with higher vulnerability. Conversely, the statement “Not disclosing sexual activity to healthcare professionals,” where individuals do not admit to having sex with women, had the least impact.
Conclusions:
Fuzzy Logic facilitates the identification of vulnerability, expressed through the analysis of interaction between variables in each dimension. This makes it a promising method to assist in analyzing the vulnerability of specific populations.
Keywords:Fuzzy LogicHealth VulnerabilityReproductive HealthSexually Transmitted DiseasesWomen Who Have Sex With WomenSee more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230232
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEUniversity Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian Version, Construct Assessment
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230232
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0232
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Objectives:
to assess the University Student Depression Inventory, Brazilian version (USDI-BR), construct.
Methods:
a methodological study carried out with a snowball probabilistic sample, consisting of 334 undergraduate and graduate students. Confirmatory factor analysis, reliability using McDonald’s omega coefficient and Cronbach’s alpha were performed. Principal component analysis was performed using the varimax rotation and oblimin rotation, using the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin criteria, Bartlett’s test of sphericity and scree plot.
Results:
the USDI-BR presented an internal consistency of items of ω = 0.95 and remained with 30 items, with the addition of 1 factor (Death wish and social withdrawal), totaling 4 factors.
Conclusions:
the USDI-BR has evidence that points to its validity and also its internal consistency, deserving that new studies be carried out to expand the evidence of its psychometric properties.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-29-2024
Family refusal of skin donation for transplantation: trends and associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230209
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFamily refusal of skin donation for transplantation: trends and associated factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(3):e20230209
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0209
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Objectives:
to analyze the trends and factors associated with family refusal of skin donation for transplantation.
Methods:
this cross-sectional study was conducted in the State of São Paulo, with family authorization terms collected from 2001 to 2020. The variables analyzed included year, age, gender, cause of death, and type of institution. Data were analyzed using linear and multiple logistic regression, with the Odds Ratio estimated at p<0.05 for statistical significance.
Results:
1,355 individuals refused skin donation. The trend of refusals decreased between 2001 and 2009 in the age groups of 0-11 years and 12-19 years, but increased in the group aged ≥60 years. This trend continued to decrease in the 0-11 years group from 2010 to 2020, and increased in the 20-40 years group. Males and the age groups of 20-40 years, 41-59 years, and ≥60 years exhibited 27%, 34%, 47%, and 53% lower chances of refusal, respectively.
Conclusions:
there is an urgent need for measures to mitigate the high number of refusals associated with skin donation.
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