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01-01-2015
Health technologies for spatial analysis and situational diagnosis of the territories: contributions to nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):999-1000
Abstract
Health technologies for spatial analysis and situational diagnosis of the territories: contributions to nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):999-1000
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680601i
Views0In order to establish an organizational basis for work processes in primary health care geared towards a new social practice, it is important to recognize territories and their contexts, as these materialize human interactions, conflicts, health problems and human needs. In the process of recognition and situational diagnosis of territories, technologies for spatial analysis can […]See more -
01-01-2015
Tecnologias em saúde para análise espacial e diagnóstico situacional dos territórios: contribuições para a enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):999-1000
Abstract
Tecnologias em saúde para análise espacial e diagnóstico situacional dos territórios: contribuições para a enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):999-1000
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680601i
Views0Para a constituição de uma base organizativa dos processos de trabalho na Atenção Primária à Saúde em direção a uma nova prática social é importante o reconhecimento dos territórios e seus contextos, pois estes materializam as interações humanas, os conflitos, os problemas de saúde e necessidades humanas.Nesse processo de reconhecimento e diagnóstico situacional dos territórios, […]See more -
01-01-2015
CARTA DE FORTALEZA PARA A ENFERMAGEM BRASILEIRA
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):961-962
Abstract
CARTA DE FORTALEZA PARA A ENFERMAGEM BRASILEIRA
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):961-962
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680527
Views0APRESENTAÇÃOOs participantes do 18º Seminário Nacional de Pesquisa em Enfermagem (SENPE), promovido pela Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn) e realizado pela ABEn Seção Ceará, aprovaram, em Sessão Plenária de Encerramento, no dia 03 de junho de 2015, a “Carta de Fortaleza para a Enfermagem Brasileira”. A ABEn vem a público divulgá-la, ao mesmo tempo em […]See more -
01-01-2015
Delayed surgical recovery: a concept analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):953-960
Abstract
Delayed surgical recovery: a concept analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):953-960
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680526i
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Objective:
analyze the concept of delayed surgical recovery.
Method:
the Rodgers’ concept analysis provided the procedural mechanisms to guide the study, and an integrative review was performed to achieve the second activity of the model adopted. The PubMed, CINAHL, EMBASE and LILACS databases were selected to search for primary studies.
Results:
sixty-six primary studies were included and served as basis to construct the use and meaning of delayed surgical recovery concept. In the analysis, six attributes were outlined, which are interrelated and underpin the research concept definition. Preliminary experience was identified as the antecedent. The consequences of the concept are expressed through clinical manifestations, re-interventions, dependence on care and reduced quality of life.
Conclusion:
the definition of the concept was constructed, and the antecedents and consequents were identified. The use and meaning of the delayed surgical recovery concept point to the use of the qualifier ‘impaired’ instead of ‘delayed’.
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01-01-2015
Total Quality Management and hospital nursing: an integrative literature review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):945-952
Abstract
Total Quality Management and hospital nursing: an integrative literature review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):945-952
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680525i
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Objective:
to identify the available evidence in the literature on Total Quality Management in nursing administration.
Method:
integrative literature review of full text articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish, published between 2000 and 2011 in the LILACS, MEDLINE, SciELO and PubMed databases.
Results:
the sample comprises 24 periodical articles grouped by the following thematic categories: Theoretical assumptions; Practical application and Quality indicators. Despite the criticism of models derived from classic administration theories, experiences of success with the deployment of TQM have already marked the health and nursing setting in Brazil.
Conclusion:
Total Quality Management in managing of nursing care has being fully used in some health institutions, while others have adopted several of its principles. Two of the twenty four articles are intervention studies, which characterizes the necessity for clinical research in this area.
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01-01-2015
Association between fatigue and functional capacity in patients with intermittent claudication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):937-944
Abstract
Association between fatigue and functional capacity in patients with intermittent claudication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):937-944
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680524i
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Objective:
to characterize fatigue and exertion fatigue in patients with intermittent claudication (IC), and to test their association with sociodemographic and clinical variables, walking capacity and level of physical activity.
Method:
forty-nine participants (66.6 years; 70% male) were studied. Validated questionnaires were used to assess fatigue (DUFS), exertion fatigue (DEFS), level of physical activity (BASIC) and walking capacity (WIQ).
Results:
participants had substantial fatigue (DUFS = 20.4+8.8) and substantial exertion fatigue (DEFS = 20.4+10.8). There was an association between the DUFS and marital status (p = 0,008). There was a statically significant association between DEFS with scores of the BASIC (r = .331; p = .02) and among DEFS with WIQ domains – walking distance (r=.359; p = .011) and climbing stairs (r=.331; p = .02).
Conclusion:
patients with IC have fatigue and exertion fatigue. Exertion fatigue might compromise the engagement of these patients in physical activity, one of the main components of IC treatment.
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01-01-2015
Body mobilization for prevention of pressure ulcers: direct labor costs
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):930-936
Abstract
Body mobilization for prevention of pressure ulcers: direct labor costs
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):930-936
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680523i
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Objective:
to calculate the average total cost (ATC) on the direct labor costs (DLC) of nursing professionals in body mobilization of patients for the prevention of pressure ulcers.
Method:
this is a quantitative, exploratory and, descriptive research. We observed 656 preventive mobilizations and we calculated the cost by multiplying the time spent by professionals at a unitary DLC.
Results:
ATC with DLC for each Unit corresponded to: Medical Clinic R$ 5.38 for bed turning, R$ 5.26 for seating positions, R$ 5.55 for walking aid; Surgical Clinic R$ 2.42 for bed turning, R$ 2.30 for seating positions, R$ 2.96 for walking aid and Intensive Care Unit R$ 8.15 for bed turning, R$ 7.57 for seating positions, R$ 15.32 for walking aid.
Conclusion:
the knowledge generated can support management related to costs of human resources needed to efficiently and effectively nursing care.
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01-01-2015
The mobilization of nurses for the non-interruption of nursing residence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):923-929
Abstract
The mobilization of nurses for the non-interruption of nursing residence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(5):923-929
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680522i
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Objective:
To analyze the strategies employed by nurses to maintain the nursing residence program at the Ophir Loyola Hospital and discuss the potential effects of this interruption on the state of Pará.
Method:
Social-historic research. Data were collected through primary sources, written documents, and oral testimonial; the secondary sources used were manuals and articles that approached the topic in question. The theoretical reference was based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s ideas about the concepts of cultural, social, and symbolic capital, in addition to the habitus and field concepts.
Results:
During the nurses’ mobilization there was a strong political influence on the development of the crisis and the interruption of the nursing residence Program at the Ophir Loyola Hospital, with implications for the nurses’ qualifications and the health care delivered to the societyof Pará.
Conclusion:
The analysis showed the prevalence of partisan political interests at the expense of social interests, culminating in the interruption of the nursing residency.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Childbirth dynamics in the riverside region of the Brazilian Amazon from the perspective of geospatialization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240038
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEChildbirth dynamics in the riverside region of the Brazilian Amazon from the perspective of geospatialization
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240038
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0038
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Objective:
to analyze the spatial-temporal pattern of childbirths and flow of postpartum women assisted at a regional reference maternity hospital.
Methods:
ecological study of 4,081 childbirths, between September 2018 and December 2021, at a public maternity hospital in the Baixo Tocantins region, Pará, Brazil. With data collected from five sources, a geographic database was constructed, and spatial analysis was used with Kernel density interpolator. Maps were generated using QGis/3.5 and TerraView/4.3, calculating chi-square (p<0.05).
Results:
the highest concentrations of normal and cesarean childbirths were observed in Barcarena (n=2,558/62.68%), Abaetetuba (n=750/18.38%), Moju (n=363/8.89%) and Igarapé-Miri (n=219/5.37%). Among the municipalities in the region, ten had obstetric beds, totaling 210 beds. In this scenario, postpartum women traveled up to 288 km to reach the maternity hospital.
Conclusions:
long distances between certain municipalities of residence and maternity hospital, and low supply of obstetric beds, were identified as risk factors for unfavorable obstetric outcomes.
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REVIEW01-10-2024
Nurses’ practical contributions to improving healthy and sustainable public spaces: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240023
Abstract
REVIEWNurses’ practical contributions to improving healthy and sustainable public spaces: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20240023
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0023
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Objective:
to identify knowledge production about nurses’ contributions to improving healthy and sustainable public spaces.
Methods:
an integrative review carried out in February 2023 in electronic databases. Studies that answered the research question and that were available in full, in Portuguese, English and Spanish, were included.
Results:
a total of five articles were selected. The findings highlighted the importance of educational projects in the training of local managers and community autonomy; citizen participation and health promotion as ways to implement Sustainable Development Goal 11; nurses as facilitators of collective care; new health practices and modes of producing subjectivity; and use of public transportation, bicycles and/or walking in these spaces.
Final considerations:
there is a clear need for greater incentives from local governments to develop effective sustainability strategies that are led by nurses and the community.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Pain management in hospitalized infants: recommendations for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230421
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPain management in hospitalized infants: recommendations for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230421
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0421
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Objective:
to assess pain management in infants in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and discuss its articulation with the Sustainable Development Goals, with a focus on promoting neonatal well-being.
Method:
a documentary study, retrospective in nature and quantitative approach, conducted in a NICU of a public hospital in Paraná, Brazil, between January and July 2022, with 386 medical records of infants, hospitalized for more than 24 hours, between 2019 and 2021. Data were subjected to descriptive and inferential analysis, considering p-value<0.05 as a statistical difference. National ethical guidelines were respected.
Results:
all infants underwent at least one painful procedure, but only 13.7% had documented pain. Pharmacological interventions, such as fentanyl (25.9%), and non-pharmacological interventions, such as breastfeeding encouragement (86%) were used. Only 2.8% were reassessed.
Conclusion:
there was a devaluation of neonatal pain management that may perpetuate neonatal well-being and sustainable development.
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR01-10-2024
Adherence to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic and fake news: Correspondence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e202477Suppl101c
Abstract
LETTER TO THE EDITORAdherence to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic and fake news: Correspondence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e202477Suppl101c
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR01-10-2024
Adherence to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic and fake news: Correspondence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e202477Suppl101c
Abstract
LETTER TO THE EDITORAdherence to COVID-19 vaccination during the pandemic and fake news: Correspondence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e202477Suppl101c
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202477Suppl101c
Views0Dear Dr Dulce Aparecida BarbosaEditor in Chief of the Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem[…]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of patients affected by COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230527
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEClinical and epidemiological characteristics and outcomes of patients affected by COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230527
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0527
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Objective:
To understand the clinical and epidemiological characteristics, outcomes, and nursing care of adult patients affected by COVID-19 in the Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
This is a quantitative, retrospective, and descriptive study. The study participants were clinical and epidemiological statistical reports. Variables analyzed included age, gender, race, comorbidities, signs and symptoms, length of hospital stay, use of mechanical ventilation, medications, infections, monitoring, invasive devices, positioning, diet, comfort, and clinical outcomes.
Results:
The majority of individuals were men, of white race, with a mean age of 63 years, hypertensive, diabetic, and obese. The average length of hospital stay was 16 days. Most required invasive mechanical ventilation, vasopressor drugs, sedoanalgesia, and neuromuscular blockers.
Conclusion:
Nursing care is related to monitoring, ventilation, medication administration, installation of devices, prone positioning, diet administration, and providing comfort.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Morbidity and factors associated with frailty in post-COVID-19 elderly patients attended at a reference center
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230454
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEMorbidity and factors associated with frailty in post-COVID-19 elderly patients attended at a reference center
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230454
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0454
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Objective:
To assess the morbidity profile and identify factors associated with frailty syndrome in post-COVID-19 elderly patients treated at the only Reference Center for Elderly Health Care in northern Minas Gerais.
Methods:
This is a case series study, utilizing the Clinical-Functional Vulnerability Index-20 (CFVI-20) and Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) to characterize and evaluate the health condition of the group. To define the variables associated with frailty, a multivariate analysis was conducted.
Results:
The study included 204 elderly individuals, with a predominance of females (63.7%). The variables associated with frailty were cognitive impairment (OR: 2.95; 95% CI: 1.12-7.80; p=0.029), the presence of five or more comorbidities (OR: 11.55; 95% CI: 2.22-60.01; p=0.004), and impairment in instrumental activities of daily living (OR: 41.97; 95% CI: 5.47-321.93; p<0.001).
Conclusions:
The results of this study highlight the need for a well-established and prepared coordination of integrated care to meet the demands of the post-COVID-19 elderly population.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Nursing care management strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230254
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENursing care management strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230254
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-20230254
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Objective:
To characterize nursing care management strategies for addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Method:
A descriptive, qualitative study conducted with 22 nurse professionals at a University Hospital in Southern Brazil. Data collection through interviews in June and August 2021, analyzed according to Bardin’s Content Analysis and the theoretical framework of complex thinking.
Results:
The identified strategies were organized into four categories: Reorganization of health services; People management and emergency admission; Multiprofessional articulation; and Bedside nursing care.
Final Considerations:
Professional performance revealed a complex interplay between leadership and care management practices, even in the face of working condition restrictions, and were understood as crucial in the pandemic scenario.
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01-01-2018
Costos de exámenes en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
Abstract
Costos de exámenes en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0688
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Objetivo:
determinar los costos medios totales asociados a la realización de exámenes de laboratorio en un laboratorio clínico hospitalario de Chile.
Método:
estudio retrospectivo con información del período julio 2104 a junio 2015. Se seleccionaron 92 exámenes clasificados en diez grupos según la metodología de análisis. Los costos se estimaron como la suma de costos directos e indirectos de laboratorio y factores indirectos institucionales.
Resultados:
se obtuvieron los valores promedio para los costos según grupo de exámenes (en dólares): 1,79 (química clínica), 10,21 (técnicas de inmunoensayos), 13,27 (coagulación), 26,06 (cromatografía líquida de alta resolución), 21,2 (inmunológicos), 3,85 (gases y electrolitos), 156,48 (citogenéticos), 1,38 (orina), 4,02 (hematológicos automatizados), 4,93 (hematológicos manuales).
Conclusión:
el valor que retorna a las instituciones públicas, o arancel por servicio, que prestan servicios de laboratorio no refleja adecuadamente los verdaderos costos medios totales de producción de exámenes.
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01-01-2018
Costs of examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
Abstract
Costs of examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):363-371
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0688
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Objective:
To determine the total average costs related to laboratory examinations performed in a hospital laboratory in Chile.
Method:
Retrospective study with data from July 2014 to June 2015. 92 examinations classified in ten groups were selected according to the analysis methodology. The costs were estimated as the sum of direct and indirect laboratory costs and indirect institutional factors.
Results:
The average values obtained for the costs according to examination group (in USD) were: 1.79 (clinical chemistry), 10.21 (immunoassay techniques), 13.27 (coagulation), 26.06 (high-performance liquid chromatography), 21.2 (immunological), 3.85 (gases and electrolytes), 156.48 (cytogenetic), 1.38 (urine), 4.02 (automated hematological), 4.93 (manual hematological).
Conclusion:
The value, or service fee, returned to public institutions who perform laboratory services does not adequately reflect the true total average production costs of examinations.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):357-362
Abstract
RESEARCHAccuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):357-362
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0037
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Objective:
to clinically validate the accuracy of the defining characteristics in nursing diagnoses of Hyperthermia in newborns.
Method:
a cross-sectional study conducted in units of medium and high risk in a maternity from the city of Fortaleza-CE. A total of 216 newborns were evaluated to identify the defining characteristics of diagnoses. A latent class model with random effects was used to measure sensitivity and specificity.
Results:
Hyperthermia was present in 5.6% of the sample. The characteristics lack of suction maintenance (31.3%); skin warm to touch (25.5%); lethargy (24.2%); and tachypnea (21.4%) were the most frequent. Stupor presented higher sensitivity (99.9%) and specificity (100%) while vasodilation characteristics, irritability and lethargy only showed significant values for specificity (92.7%, 91.6% and 74.3%, respectively).
Conclusion:
four characteristics of high specificity contribute to Hyperthemia. However, stupor is the only one with significant sensitivity to identify it at its early-stage.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Non-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):350-356
Abstract
RESEARCHNon-frail elderly people and their license to drive motor vehicles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):350-356
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0675
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Objective:
to analyse the link between the non-frailty condition and the results of driving license for elderly people to drive motor vehicles.
Method:
cross-sectional study with data collection in the sample period from August 2015 to March 2016. Study performed with 347 elderlies (≥60 years).
Results:
180 (51.9%) of the participants were classified as non-frail. 48 (26.7%) of them were considered capable to drive, 121 (67.2%) capable to drive with restrictions and 11 (6.1%) temporarily uncapable. No significant relation was found between the non-frailty conditions and the results of the motor vehicles driving license study (p=0.557).
Conclusion:
The absence of physical frailty does not necessarily points out that the elderly are able to drive motor vehicles. Tracking the frailty subsidizes preventive interventions, which seek to interfere positively in the act of driving. This is an unprecedented study in nursing and it highlights an essential field for the performance of gerontological nursing.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Practice of use of diapers in hospitalized adults and elderly: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):343-349
Abstract
RESEARCHPractice of use of diapers in hospitalized adults and elderly: cross-sectional study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):343-349
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0341
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Objective:
analyze the practice of use of diapers in adults and elderly in hospital.
Method:
observational cross-sectional study, with a sample of 105 participants assigned according to the data collection period, from September 2013 to January 2014, in the surgical clinic wards in a University Hospital.
Results:
it was observed that 38% of the 105 participants of the study did not need the use of diapers. 18% used it because they were disabled and 16% had their cognitive system damaged. As they were hospitalized, it was identified that 51.4% of patients were there ranging from 02 to 10 days, and 60% used diapers for the same period. It is also identified that long term urinary catheter (24.8%), as technology associated to diapers in the urinary control and to pressure ulcers (12.4%), being the main complication.
Conclusion:
the use of diapers did not have specific criteria to be selected. For this, it was proposed an “Evaluation Scale of Diapers Use in Adults”, as for indication as for its monitoring to help the study transposal for the nursing practice.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Burnout and nursing work environment in public health institutions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):336-342
Abstract
RESEARCHBurnout and nursing work environment in public health institutions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):336-342
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0524
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Objective:
to identify associations between the Burnout domains and the characteristics of the work environment.
Method:
cross-sectional study with 745 nurses from 40 public health institutions in São Paulo. Nursing Work Index-Revised (NWI-R) and Maslach Burnout Inventory were used. Similar institutions according to NWI-R were grouped by clustering and the Anova and Bonferroni tests were used in the comparative analyzes.
Results:
there was significant and moderate correlation between emotional exhaustion and autonomy, control over the environment and organizational support; between reduced personal accomplishment, autonomy and organizational support; and between depersonalization and autonomy. The group that presented the worst conditions in the work environment differed on emotional exhaustion from the group with most favorable traits.
Conclusion:
emotional exhaustion was the trait of Burnout that was more consistently related to the group of institutions with more unfavorable working conditions regarding autonomy, organizational support and control over the environment.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Patients’ knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):329-335
Abstract
RESEARCHPatients’ knowledge about medication prescription in the emergency service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):329-335
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0002
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Objective:
To identify which orientations were received by the patient about the medication prescription and which professional performed it; to evaluate the patients’ knowledge about prescription drugs and to correlate it to socioeconomic variables, comorbidities, and the frequency with which the patient seeks emergency service; and to evaluate the knowledge about the medication prescribed after the health care.
Method:
This was a cross-sectional study on 304 patients that received emergency service’s discharge along with medication prescription. Applied instruments: sociodemographic characterization and evaluation of the knowledge about the prescribed medication. We used a descriptive and inferential analysis.
Results:
Most subjects had no doubts about how or for how long to take the medication; and presented questions about adverse reactions and what to do in case of forgetting to take the medication doses. There was a significant association between age; educational level; comorbidity; the frequency of emergency service’s use; and knowledge about medications.
Conclusion:
a total of 48% of the patients declared to need information about adverse effects and what to do if they forget to take the medication.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Calf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):322-328
Abstract
RESEARCHCalf circumference: clinical validation for evaluation of muscle mass in the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(2):322-328
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0121
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Objective:
To validate calf circumference as a technology for assessing muscle mass in the elderly.
Method:
Cross-sectional study with 132 elderly people from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. Decreased muscle mass was determined by the skeletal muscle mass index (IME) using Dual Energy X-Ray Absortometry (DEXA). The cutoff circumferences (CC) cutoff points to indicate muscle mass decrease were estimated by ROC curve, sensitivity, specificity and accuracy.
Results:
The most accurate cut-off points for detecting decreased muscle mass in the elderly were 34 cm for men (sensitivity: 71.5%, specificity: 77.4%) and 33 cm for women (sensitivity: 80.0%; specificity: 84.6%).
Conclusion:
CC can be used as a measure for early identification of muscle mass decrease in routine evaluations of the elderly in primary care.
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