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01-01-2016
Prevention and monitoring of delirium in older adults: an educational intervention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):725-732
Abstract
Prevention and monitoring of delirium in older adults: an educational intervention
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):725-732
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690416i
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Objective:
to conduct an educational intervention with the nursing team members of an intensive care unit (ICU), aiming to increase knowledge and to introduce improvements in their practices regarding prevention and monitoring of delirium in older patients.
Method:
this is an action research, in which workshops were conducted with eleven nurses and a nursing technician from an ICU unit in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.
Results:
ten problems regarding nursing practices for prevention and monitoring of delirium were identified. Educational, practical, technical, and managerial actions were planned, involving cross-sector connections for planning ways to solve these problems. The groups reported significant changes in the practices, with the implementation of drug-free measures for preventing and managing the situation.
Conclusion:
the educational intervention contributed to improve the nursing practices in the ICU unit studied, and it also favored the development of critical thinking about the problems mentioned, thus enabling permanent review of offered treatments.
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01-01-2016
Technology-dependent children and the demand for pharmaceutical care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):718-724
Abstract
Technology-dependent children and the demand for pharmaceutical care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):718-724
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690415i
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Objective:
to understand the experience of mothers of technology-dependent children as regards pharmaceutical care.
Method:
this was a qualitative, descriptive-exploratory study developed based on open interviews using a structured characterization tool, and applied during home visits to 12 mothers caring for technology-dependent children. The data was submitted to inductive content analysis.
Results:
this study is split into two themes: (i) maternal overload during pharmaceutical care, demonstrating the need to administer drugs continuously and the repercussions of this exhaustive care on the caregivers; (ii) the ease or difficulty of access to the medicines required, showing informal strategies and support networks.
Conclusion:
pharmaceutical care is a daily challenge expressed in maternal overload and difficulty accessing the drugs, made worse by failures in the care network and coordinated care.
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01-01-2016
Fasting of less than eight hours in urgent and emergency surgeries versus complication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):712-717
Abstract
Fasting of less than eight hours in urgent and emergency surgeries versus complication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):712-717
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690414i
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Objective:
to verify the occurrence of intraoperative and postoperative complications in patients undergoing urgent and emergency surgical procedures between January and December 2012, with fasting time of less than 8 hours.
Method:
a quantitative study was conducted, of the retrospective cohort type, through the analysis of medical records.
Results:
we included 181 records of patients undergoing surgical procedures with average duration of 59.4 minutes. Fractures correction surgeries stood out, totalling 32% of cases. We observed complications in 36 patients (19.9%), vomiting being the most prevalent (47.2%); followed by nausea (16.7%); need for blood transfusion (13.9%); surgical site infection (11.1%); and death (11.1%). The average fasting time was 133.5 minutes. The fasting time showed no statistically significant correlation with the complications investigated.
Conclusion:
intraoperative and postoperative complications were associated with the clinical conditions of the patients and not with the fasting time.
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01-01-2016
Validation to Portuguese of the Debriefing Experience Scale
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):705-711
Abstract
Validation to Portuguese of the Debriefing Experience Scale
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):705-711
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690413i
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Objective:
to translate and validate to Portuguese the Debriefing Experience Scale jointly with individuals that used high-fidelity simulation in learning.
Method:
methodological and exploratory study for an instrument translation and validation. For the validation process, the event “III Workshop Brazil – Portugal: Care Delivery to Critical Patients” was created.
Results:
103 nurses attended. Validity and reliability of the scale, the correlation pattern among variables, the sampling adequacy test, and the sphericity test showed good results. Since there was no relationship among the groups established in the exploratory factor analysis, the option was to follow the division established by the original version.
Conclusion:
the version of the instrument was called Escala de Experiência com o Debriefing. The results showed good psychometric properties and a good potential for use. However, further studies will contribute to consolidate the validity of the scale and strengthen its potential use.
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01-01-2016
Factor analysis of an instrument to measure the impact of disease on daily life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):697-704
Abstract
Factor analysis of an instrument to measure the impact of disease on daily life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):697-704
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690412i
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Objective:
to verify the structure of factors of an instrument to measure the Heart Valve Disease Impact on Daily Life (IDCV) when applied to coronary artery disease patients.
Method:
the study included 153 coronary artery disease patients undergoing outpatient follow-up care. The IDCV structure of factors was initially assessed by means of confirmatory factor analysis and, subsequently, by exploratory factor analysis. The Varimax rotation method was used to estimate the main components of analysis, eigenvalues greater than one for extraction of factors, and factor loading greater than 0.40 for selection of items. Internal consistency was estimated using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Results: confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm the original structure of factors of the IDCV. Exploratory factor analysis showed three dimensions, which together explained 78% of the measurement variance.
Conclusion:
future studies with expansion of case selection are necessary to confirm the IDCV new structure of factors.
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01-01-2016
Association of frailty in hospitalized and institutionalized elderly in the community-dwelling
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):691-696
Abstract
Association of frailty in hospitalized and institutionalized elderly in the community-dwelling
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):691-696
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690411i
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Objective:
to investigate the association between frailty with hospitalization and institutionalization in a follow-up study of elderly residents.
Method:
the follow-up study was performed in 2008 and 2013 with elderly of both genders, aged 65 years and older who were living in the community-dwelling. The sampling procedure performed was probabilistic, with dual-stage clustering. In 2008, 515 elderly people were interviewed and, in 2013, 262. We used the socioeconomic and demographic data, self-reported morbidity, specific data of hospitalization and institutionalization. Frailty was measured by the Edmonton Frail Scale (EFS), and functional capacity through the Functional Independence Measure.
Results:
we found the mean gross EFS score was higher among resident elderly who were hospitalized and institutionalized and was statistically significant in both investigated years.
Conclusion:
the confirmation of association between frailty and hospitalization and institutionalization reinforces the importance of the subject, and highlights frailty as an important tool for risk estimates for these adverse events.
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01-01-2016
Associação da fragilidade em idosos internados e institucionalizados na comunidade
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):691-696
Abstract
Associação da fragilidade em idosos internados e institucionalizados na comunidade
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):691-696
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690411i
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Objetivo:
investigar la asociación entre la fragilidad y la internación e institucionalización, en un estudio de acompañamiento de residentes ancianos.
Método:
el estudio de acompañamiento fue realizado en 2008 y 2013, con ancianos de ambos sexos, de 65 años o más, los cuales vivían en la comunidad. El procedimiento de muestreo realizado fue probabilístico, con agrupamiento en dos etapas. Fueron entrevistados 512 ancianos en 2008 y 262 en 2013. Datos socioeconómicos y demográficos, morbilidad relatada por los mismos y datos específicos de internación e institucionalización han sido utilizados. La fragilidad fue medida por la escala Edmond Frail Scale (EFS) y la capacidad funcional por la escala Functional Independence Measure (FIM).
Resultados:
El promedio de la puntuación EFS fue mayor entre los residentes ancianos que fueron internados y hospitalizados, siendo estadísticamente significativa en los dos años investigados.
Conclusión:
La confirmación de la asociación entre la fragilidad y la internación e institucionalización refuerza la importancia del tema y enfatiza la fragilidad como un instrumento importante en la evaluación de los riesgos para estos eventos adversos.
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01-01-2016
Analysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):684-690
Abstract
Analysis of managerial and healthcare indicators after nursing personnel upsizing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):684-690
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690410i
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Objective:
analyze healthcare and managerial indicators after nursing personnel upsizing.
Method:
a retrospective, descriptive study was conducted using data from computer systems of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Healthcare and managerial indicators related to the first half of 2013 and 2014 were statistically analyzed.
Results:
increases of 40.0% in the number of nurses and 16.0% in the number of nursing technicians led to reductions of 12.0% in the number of sickness absences, 21.8% in positive balance for compensatory time off, 92.0% in paid overtime. Reductions of 75.0% in pressure ulcer rates, 10.5% in the number of falls and 50.0% in infections due to indwelling catheter use were also observed.
Conclusion:
nursing staff upsizing caused a positive impact on managerial and healthcare indicators and helped qualify care and improve work conditions for the nursing team.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-24-2021
Costs of healthcare-associated infections in an Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200275
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECosts of healthcare-associated infections in an Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200275
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0275
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Objectives:
to evaluate hospitalization costs of patients with and without Healthcare-Associated Infections an Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
a retrospective case-control study. Data collection was retrieved from the medical records of Intensive Care Unit of a medium-sized public hospital in Goiás-Brazil. For each case, two controls were selected. Data on socioeconomic, clinical, and hospital costs were collected. To verify associations between variables, Odds Ratio and linear regression were calculated.
Results:
a total of 21 patients diagnosed with Healthcare-Associated Infections and 42 controls were evaluated. The hospitalization cost for patients with infection was four times higher than for non-infection patients (p-value<0.001). There was an association between infection and higher mortality (p-value <0.001), longer hospital-stay (p-value =0.021), and higher hospital costs (p-value =0.007).
Conclusions:
hospitalization costs of diagnosed Healthcare-Associated Infections patients are high compared to those who do not have this diagnosis.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-24-2021
Feelings, experiences and expectations of kidney transplant individuals and challenges for the nurse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200392
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFeelings, experiences and expectations of kidney transplant individuals and challenges for the nurse
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(1):e20200392
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0392
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Objectives:
to identify feelings, experiences, and expectations of kidney transplant patients, generated from the diagnosis of chronic renal disease until the post-transplant period, highlighting the challenges for nurses to incorporate individualized care to cope throughout the disease process.
Methods:
qualitative, descriptive research, carried with seven kidney transplant patients, in the city of Manaus, State of Amazonas. The data analysis followed the methodological referential of Bardin’s content analysis.
Results:
the diagnosis of the disease was experienced negatively, and hemodialysis was described as an imprisonment and health decline. The transplant meant an improvement in quality of life. The main difficulties were lack of a specialized hospital and low immunity.
Conclusions:
the nurses’ approach of chronic renal patient and with the renal transplantation favored the discovery of solutions facing the demands of the disease and allowed greater capacity to implement individualized care, surrounding a relationship of trust and respect.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-11-2021
Work at the surgical center: risks of the pathogenic suffering of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190803
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEWork at the surgical center: risks of the pathogenic suffering of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190803
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0803
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Objectives:
to assess the risks of pathogenic suffering related to the experience of nursing workers in the operating room of a university hospital.
Methods:
cross-sectional, quantitative study, carried out from 11/2017 to 01/2018 in a university hospital in the South of Brazil. The sample was composed by 159 nursing workers of the units of a surgical center, that answered to the Scale of Evaluation of Pathogenic Suffering at Work. Data was submitted to statistical analysis.
Results:
the workers present low risk of pathogenic suffering related to the experiences at work, being the results of its factors: Uselessness (1.47±0.761) – low risk; Indignity (2.372±1.035) – medium risk; and Disqualification (1.74±0.903) – low risk.
Conclusions:
the evaluation of Pathogenic Suffering at Work Scale was positive, predominating low risk for pathogenic suffering of surgical center workers related to professional experiences, because they feel useful, valued and are not indignant about their work, feelings that reflect on the quality of care provided.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-21-2021
Music in the relief of stress and distress in cancer patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190838
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMusic in the relief of stress and distress in cancer patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20190838
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0838
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Objectives:
to evaluate the effects of music on the physiological stress and distress of cancer patients being treated in a hospital.
Methods:
quasi-experimental study carried out with cancer patients hospitalized in the nursing wards of a public hospital. There was a single 15-minute intervention using music. It was individual, and headphones were used for patients to listen to three songs chosen by each one. The levels of stress and distress were measured before and after the intervention, using music to analyze the cortisol in the saliva and the answers to the distress thermometer. The significance level of the statistical analysis was 5%, using the non-parametric Wilcoxon test.
Results:
the mean age of the 26 patients was 56 years old. Most were female, white, and had breast cancer. After intervention, there were statistically significant diminutions in both stress and distress — p < 0.001.
Conclusions:
the use of music diminishes the stress and the distress of cancer patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-21-2021
Orthognathic surgery: doubts from patients with orofacial fissures regarding the immediate postoperative period
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200089
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEOrthognathic surgery: doubts from patients with orofacial fissures regarding the immediate postoperative period
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200089
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0089
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Objectives:
to identify the main doubts regarding the immediate postoperative care of patients with orofacial clefts undergoing orthognathic surgery.
Methods:
cross-sectional, quantitative study, developed in a public and tertiary hospital, between November 2017 and May 2018. Data collection occurred through interviews during the preoperative nursing consultation. An instrument was used to describe doubts, which later were grouped according to the subject.
Results:
48 patients participated. The doubts referred to sun exposure (56%), food/mastication (48%), the relationship between intermaxillary block-breathing-vomiting (48%), oral hygiene (31%), physical activity restriction (27%), nasopharyngeal cannula, removal of surgical stitches, hospitalization time and speech/communication (23%), bleeding, cryotherapy, facial massage, aesthetic and functional results, healing, edema/ecchymosis, postoperative pain, and changes in facial sensitivity (21%).
Conclusions:
the doubts were related to food, the period of convalescence, care for the surgical wound, postoperative complications, and medications.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-28-2021
The work of a Brazilian nursing team of collective health in the special indigenous health district
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200116
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe work of a Brazilian nursing team of collective health in the special indigenous health district
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200116
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0116
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Objective:
To identify the potential and the limits of the actions of the nursing team in the Primary Health Care for the Health of the Indigenous.
Methods:
This is a quantitative study guided by the Theory of Practical Intervention of Nursing and Collective Health. 230 nursing professionals participated, responding to an instrument about the frequency of the actions carried out in assistance, management, teaching, and research.
Results:
168 nursing technicians and 62 nurses participated. As strengths, 80% participated in the assistance most of the time. Stand out: 90.3% and 71% of nurses carried out nursing consultations and house visits, respectively. As a limitation, the involvement in education and research is small. Only 2% of the interviewees carried out scientific researches, reflecting the need to broaden and qualify care and improve the use of traditional practices, overcoming the biomedical model.
Final considerations:
Nursing assistance is essential in the modification and monitoring of the epidemiological profile of indigenous populations, and its results allow for the planning of quality actions.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-28-2021
Managed clinical protocol: impact of implementation on sepsis treatment quality indicators
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200282
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEManaged clinical protocol: impact of implementation on sepsis treatment quality indicators
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200282
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0282
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Objectives:
to assess the impact of the implementation of a managed sepsis protocol on quality indicators of treatment for septic patients in an emergency department of a university hospital.
Methods:
an observational epidemiological study involving septic patients. The study was divided into two phases, pre-intervention and intervention, resulting from the implementation of the managed sepsis protocol. The study variables included sepsis treatment quality indicators. The results were statistically analyzed using the program Epi InfoTM.
Results:
the study sample included 631 patients, 95 from pre-intervention phase and 536 from intervention phases. Implementing the protocol increased patients’ chances of receiving the recommended treatment by 14 times. Implementing the protocol reduced the hospitalization period by 6 days (p <0.001) and decreased mortality (p <0.001).
Conclusions:
this study showed that implementing the managed protocol had an impact on the improvement of sepsis treatment quality indicators.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-16-2021
The meaning of nursing 200 years after Nightingale – perceptions of professional practice in the intensivist context
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200364
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe meaning of nursing 200 years after Nightingale – perceptions of professional practice in the intensivist context
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200364
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0364
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Objectives:
to know the meaning of contemporary nursing from the experience of intensive care nurses.
Methods:
qualitative research based on the theoretical framework of Symbolic Interactionism and the methodological framework of Interpretive Interactionism. The setting was a general hospital in Bahia, being carried out with 12 nurses working in intensive care for at least one year, through semi-structured interviews and drawing-text-theme technique, whose data were organized according to Miles and Huberman and analyzed upon the referential.
Results:
the sense of being a nurse was evidenced; a being for care, resulting from the experience in intensive care, capable of promoting the development of professional self-image, by causing, in nurses, other skills – besides the scientific ones, such as empathy, creativity, spirituality and compassion.
Final Considerations:
the sense of being a nurse, currently, expresses developments inherited from the Nightingalean proposal, but transcends the technical-managerial emphasis of this to a humanistic care perspective converging with our contemporary professional identity: a being for care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-17-2023
Production and validation of an educational video on the use of the Z-Track Technique
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220439
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEProduction and validation of an educational video on the use of the Z-Track Technique
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(2):e20220439
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0439
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Objective:
to create and validate an educational video on intramuscular drug administration using the Z-track technique.
Methods:
the Delphi Technique was used to validate the script. PhDs in Nursing and PhDs in Social Communication with experience in the production of educational videos participated in the process. After editing, the video was validated by three nursing professors and assessed by students of the undergraduate nursing program at a public university.
Results:
the video was validated by the examiners with 100% agreement in three rounds for script validation and in two for video validation after editing. The duration of the video was 9 minutes.
Conclusion:
after validation by the examiners, students assessed the video and considered it suitable for learning. We This video is expected to aid in the training of nursing professionals and the enhancement of patient care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Social determinants of health and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections in adolescents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1595-1601
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESocial determinants of health and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections in adolescents
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1595-1601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0726
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Objective:
To verify the association between social determinants of health and the vulnerability of adolescents to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs).
Method:
Cross-sectional study, performed with 287 students aged 11 to 17 years, in the outskirts of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from August do September 2016. Two instruments were used, one destined to social determinants of health and another to investigating the vulnerability to STIs. The magnitude of associations was expressed through odds ratio and interval of confidence, considering a 5% significance level. This research was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará.
Results:
212 (73.9%) adolescents were considered more vulnerable, with a score ≥ 4. The intermediate social determinant “housing (home ownership)” obtained significant association with with the vulnerability to STIs (p of 0.022; CI 1.1 to 3.3; OR 1.9).
Conclusion:
The intermediate social determinant “type of housing” influences the vulnerability to STAs.
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REVIEW09-06-2022
Biosafety measures to prevent COVID-19 in healthcare professionals: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(1):e20201191
Abstract
REVIEWBiosafety measures to prevent COVID-19 in healthcare professionals: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(1):e20201191
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1191
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Objective:
to identify the main biosafety measures for preventing COVID-19 in healthcare professionals.
Methods:
this is an integrative literature review, with studies published between January and July 2020, on the MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, LILACS, SciELo, Wiley Online Library, Cochrane CINAHL databases. The selection of studies followed the PRISMA recommendations.
Results:
among the 2,208 publications identified, 12 studies comprised the sample, which enabled the analysis in four thematic categories: The importance of using recommendations about the use of personal protective equipment; The restructuring of new operational and clinical routines and flows in the practice of services; Monitoring professionals, especially testing; Conducting training.
Conclusions:
the phenomena involved are innumerable, covering operational management and the training of teams to deal with highly infectious pathogens and disease outbreaks.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-21-2020
Organizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190310
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEOrganizational flow chart of home care for children with special health care needs
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190310
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0310
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Objective:
To develop a workflow protocol for Home Care (HC) services in the HC2 modality for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the state of Parana.
Method:
Quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, multiple case studies. Data was collected with professionals from the eight home care services in Parana. Data were analyzed using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) methodology, from which a 5W2H method of action plan was developed, resulting in a flow chart.
Results:
Considering the strategies found in Home Care services, such as planned hospital discharge, caregiver training, organized transportation and singular therapeutic project, a flow organization protocol for children with special health care needs in Home Care services was developed.
Conclusion:
The protocol developed makes it possible to organize the care provided to children with special health care needs in home care.
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EXPERIENCE REPORT12-04-2020
COVID-19 pandemic: report on the use of auriculotherapy to optimize emergency workers’ health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200507
Abstract
EXPERIENCE REPORTCOVID-19 pandemic: report on the use of auriculotherapy to optimize emergency workers’ health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200507
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0507
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Objective:
To report the use of auriculotherapy to optimize emergency workers’ health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
Experience report of auriculotherapy application in 48 workers of a mobile emergency care service center located in a city in the Northeast of Brazil.
Results:
Six auriculotherapy sessions were held, each lasting eight minutes, based on specific protocols in the area and Chinese energy physiology. The aim of the practice was to contribute to the improvement of physical (pain) and emotional (anxiety, stress) symptoms, and the promotion of greater health and willingness to work. In addition, the experimentation of this practice was thought of as a pilot for the creation of a care service for workers.
Final Considerations:
In the report of auriculotherapy, the description of its application and its positive and negative points in relation to professionals working in the pandemic scenario were considered and its continuity was requested.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-10-2020
Common mental disorders in nursing technicians of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(1):e20180513
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECommon mental disorders in nursing technicians of a university hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(1):e20180513
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0513
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Objective:
To verify the prevalence of common mental disorders and associated factors in nursing technicians.
Method:
Cross-sectional analytical study conducted at a university hospital. A questionnaire with sociodemographic, educational and work-related variables and the Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 were used to verify the presence of common mental disorders. Association analysis was performed using the chi-squared test, with a significance level of 5%.
Results:
280 nursing technicians participated in the study. The prevalence of common mental disorders was 46.9%. The variables family income (p=0.021) and working exclusively in health area (p<0.001) were associated with the outcome. There was a higher prevalence of CMD among individuals with a family income below four minimum wages (PR=1.41) and among professionals who worked exclusively in the health area (PR=1.95).
Conclusion:
Approximately half of the nursing technicians of the university hospital presented common mental disorders, which were associated with economic and work-related variables.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-10-2020
Relationship between quality of life, self-esteem and depression in people after kidney transplantation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(1):e20180245
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ORIGINAL ARTICLERelationship between quality of life, self-esteem and depression in people after kidney transplantation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(1):e20180245
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0245
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Objective:
to assess the relationship between health-related quality of life with depression and self-esteem of people after kidney transplantation.
Method:
a cross-sectional study of 47 outpatients from October 2016 to February 2017. The following tools were applied: The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, Beck Depression Inventory and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation were used.
Results:
women had lower scores for health-related quality of life. Young adults, people with up to one and a half years of transplantation and those who had dialysis for more than one year had higher scores.
Conclusion:
the health-related quality of life of people with chronic kidney disease after transplantation ranged from good to excellent. The presence of depression was not identified. The relationship of data indicates that the higher the quality of life, the better the self-esteem assessment.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-21-2021
Adherence of the nursing team to patient safety actions in neonatal units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200765
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEAdherence of the nursing team to patient safety actions in neonatal units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(2):e20200765
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0765
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Objectives:
to describe the nursing team’s adherence to patient safety actions in neonatal units using a validated instrument.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study, carried out through direct observation of the nursing team and descriptive analysis of 182 records of the “Checklist for patient safety in nursing care during hospitalization in Neonatal Intensive Care Units” in a hospital in the municipality of Belo Horizonte.
Results:
there was evidence of adherence greater than 90.0% in the units concerning the use of the identification wristband and guidance of the companions. It was identified 79.0% of absence on the checking of wristband identification and 59.0% of the absence of an evaluation of the crib wheels’ locks. Three of the 21 items included in the checklist did not show non-conformities.
Conclusions:
partial adherence to patient safety actions was observed, especially regarding the target of patient identification and prevention of falls, which exposes newborns to preventable adverse events.
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