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REVIEW06-26-2023
Nursing care directed to burned patients: a scoping review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220205
Abstract
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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-26-2023
Searching for human connection to transcend symbolisms in pediatric palliative care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20220476
Abstract
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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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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REVIEW06-26-2023
Barriers to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) use for HIV: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(3):e20210963
Abstract
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.
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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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05-29-2023
Absenteeism in child health services: a systematic review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20210805
Abstract
Absenteeism in child health services: a systematic review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20210805
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0805
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Objectives:
to analyze data from qualitative studies related to the phenomenon of health follow-up dropout of newborns, infants and preschoolers in child health services.
Methods:
systematic review, carried out in 19 information bases. Studies were included that portray the reasons for dropping out health follow-up of children up to five years old. The JBI methodology was used for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence.
Results:
we identified 20,199 studies. After applying the eligibility criteria, 81 were selected. Seven were excluded due to duplicity, resulting in 74 articles that were read in full. After this phase, three articles were selected for the final sample and later after reading their references, one more was included, totaling four articles for critical analysis.
Conclusions:
the synthesized findings highlight that health follow-up dropout is based on personal knowledge and beliefs, the family routine dynamics and access to services.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE05-29-2023
Quality of life from women’s perspective in the exercise of sex work: a study of social representations
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220169
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEQuality of life from women’s perspective in the exercise of sex work: a study of social representations
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220169
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0169
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Objectives:
to analyze the social representations elaborated by sex workers from Alto Sertão Produtivo Baiano about quality of life.
Methods:
a qualitative study, based on the Social Representation Theory, carried out in the region of Alto Sertão Produtivo Baiano, with 30 sex workers. Individual in-depth interview was carried out, with speeches organized in a corpus and treated in IRAMUTEQ, enabling lexical analysis for Descending Hierarchical Classification.
Results:
four thematic classes emerged, in which social representations of quality of life pervade: money earned to supply needs; association with healthy living and obtaining health (physical and mental); balance of emotions (although there are some negative sensations such as fear and anxiety); and faith in a deity.
Final Considerations:
the social representations elaborated by sex workers about quality of life are anchored in concepts, subjective and practical, punctuated by the World Health Organization.
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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
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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
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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
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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 ARTICLE11-25-2020
Family experiences in discovering Autism Spectrum Disorder: implications for family nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190489
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFamily experiences in discovering Autism Spectrum Disorder: implications for family nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190489
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0489
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Objectives:
to describe the family’s experience in the process of discovering the diagnosis and initiation of treatment of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Methods:
this qualitative and descriptive study interviewed nine relatives of eight children on autism spectrum. They were inserted in health services, public education, and Association of Parents and Friends of The Exceptional of cities in the countryside of the Center-West. Data were collected through open interviews from July to September 2017. Data was submitted to thematic analysis.
Results:
at the beginning, the family was difficult to perceive the first atypical signs presented by the children. Families experience situations of vulnerability, since support networks are insufficient. The school played a significant role in recognizing unexpected behaviors.
Final Considerations:
support, offered by nurses, health professionals, school and social support devices, is important to family and children in this trajectory.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-21-2019
Incidence of pressure injury in an oncological intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1490-1495
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEIncidence of pressure injury in an oncological intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(6):1490-1495
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0356
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Objective:
to investigate the incidence of pressure injury in cancer patients of an intensive care unit.
Method:
A longitudinal study with 105 patients admitted to an oncological intensive care unit. The incidence rate was calculated as the number of events per 100 patient-days. Cumulative incidence was calculated both globally and according to selected characteristics, and submitted to hypothesis tests.
Results:
incidence rate per 100 patient-days was 1.32, and global cumulative incidence was 29.5%. A higher incidence was observed in patients with chronic diseases who had at least one episode of diarrhea, received enteral nutrition, and took vasoactive or sedative drugs for a prolonged period of time. Regarding type of tumour and antineoplastic treatments, no differences in incidence were observed.
Conclusion:
A high cumulative global incidence of pressure lesion was reported in cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit, although tumour characteristics and antineoplastic treatments did not affect incidence.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-05-2020
Factors associated with the performance of episiotomy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190899
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEFactors associated with the performance of episiotomy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190899
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0899
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Objective:
To analyze the factors associated with the performance of episiotomy.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study, developed with data from the research “Born in Belo Horizonte: Labor and birth survey, “conducted with 577 women who had their children via vaginal birth. In order to verify the magnitude of the association between episiotomy and its possible determinants, logistic regression models were constructed to estimate the odds ratio.
Results:
Episiotomy was performed in 26.34% of women, and 59.21% knew they had been subjected to it. We observed that younger women, primiparous women, women assisted by a professional other than the obstetric nurse and women who had their babies in a private hospital have an increased chance of being submitted to this procedure.
Conclusion:
Considering the rates of episiotomy, this study highlights the need for the absolute contraindication to indiscriminate performing it.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-16-2019
Depression, self-concept, future expectations and hope of people with HIV
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1288-1294
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEDepression, self-concept, future expectations and hope of people with HIV
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1288-1294
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0730
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Objective:
To analyze conditions of depression, self-concept, future expectations and hope in people with HIV/AIDS.
Method:
Cross-sectional survey of 108 individuals living with HIV/AIDS, carried out in a reference hospital for the treatment of infectious diseases in Northeast Brazil. The following instruments were employed: sociodemographic data, and questionnaires for ascertaining participants’ emotions, including scales for self-concept, hope, depression (HAMD-D), and future expectations. Descriptive statistics using the following tests were performed: Mann–Whitney, Kruskal–Wallis, chi-square, and t-test—considered significant when p ≤ 0.05.
Results:
31.5% presented mild depression and 21.3% presented moderate depression; 63% reported difficulty in obtaining decent employment; 52.8% considered life a failure; 52.8% felt worthless. Fear, guilt and loneliness influenced self-concept (p ≤ 0.05). Loneliness influenced hope (p ≤ 0.05).
Conclusion:
It is necessary to raise the attention of nursing professionals and healthcare managers to the importance of providing health services that consider the mental health of people with HIV/AIDS, contributing to treatment adherence and well-being.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE03-07-2022
Adaptation and validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(5):e20210582
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEAdaptation and validation of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2022;75(5):e20210582
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0582
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Objective:
To adapt and validate the content of the Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) to Brazilian culture.
Methods:
This is a methodological study that followed the stages of translation, synthesis, back translation, evaluation by a committee of five specialists, pre-test with 31 nurses, and evaluation by the author of the original instrument. The Content Validity Index (minimum 0.90) and the modified Kappa (minimum 0.74) were calculated to evaluate the content.
Result:
In the first round of content evaluation, 18 items had to be altered because they did not reach the minimum values established. Three items have not reached a consensus in the second round and had to be sent to the author of the original version. In the pre-test, 13 items were returned to the specialists because they suffered content changes.
Conclusion:
The Advanced Practice Nursing Competency Assessment Instrument (APNCAI) – Brazilian version was cross-culturally adapted, and its content was validated.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-16-2019
Tuberculosis: health care and surveillance in prisons
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1304-1310
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETuberculosis: health care and surveillance in prisons
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1304-1310
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0260
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Objective:
To identify tuberculosis-related health care and surveillance actions in Prison Health Units.
Method:
Cross-sectional study, of quantitative, exploratory and descriptive character. We visited 13 Teams of Prison Health, and nurses and technicians were interviewed regarding epidemiological surveillance instruments, physical structure and materials.
Results:
Search for respiratory symptoms in admission was reported by 6 (46.2%) of the teams, and the smear microscopy was the most requested test. The Logbook of Respiratory Symptoms and the Logbook for Monitoring Tuberculosis Cases were used in 7 (53.8%) institutions. Two of them (15.4%) had a location for sputum collection and 1 (7.7%) had a radiographer. The Directly Observed Therapy was reported in 7 (53.8%) units.
Conclusion:
Health care actions related to the search for respiratory symptoms and Directly Observed Therapy should be expanded, as well as surveillance actions and recording in official documents of the National Tuberculosis Control Program.
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REVIEW07-29-2020
Frailty syndrome in the elderly: conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190601
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REVIEWFrailty syndrome in the elderly: conceptual analysis according to Walker and Avant
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0601
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Objective:
To analyze the concept of “frailty syndrome” in the literature, according to the method proposed by Walker and Avant.
Methods:
It is a concept analysis, guided by the method proposed by Walker and Avant, made operational through an integrative literature review. The search in a scientific database was carried out using the descriptors: Frail elderly, syndrome, phenotype, geriatric assessment, and aging. The literary corpus comprised 66 studies. Results: The study found the antecedents and attributes (categorized as physical, sociodemographic, and behavioral/environmental) that integrate the signs and symptoms evidenced in the “frailty syndrome,” as well as the consequences of this concept. The variables were analyzed with emphasis on the conceptions that influence the frailty process of the elderly.
Conclusion:
The study demonstrated the complexity arising from the multifactorial genesis of the referred syndrome, emphasizing the specificities of the elderly’s frailty. However, we recommend conducting further research involving the phenomenon in question to understand the construct better.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-13-2019
Obstetric Nursing in best practices of labor and delivery care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:235-242
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEObstetric Nursing in best practices of labor and delivery care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:235-242
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0561
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Objective:
to evaluate the association of Obstetric Nursing in the best practices of delivery and birth care in maternity hospitals.
Method:
a cross-sectional study, with 666 women selected for delivery. Parturition obstetric practices performed by professionals were categorized into: clearly useful practices that should be encouraged, practices that are clearly harmful or ineffective and that should be eliminated and practices used inappropriately at the time of parturition.
Results:
clearly useful practices were used in greater proportions in the hospitals that had Obstetric Nursing working, while clearly harmful practices and those used inappropriately were practiced in smaller proportions in hospitals that had Obstetric Nursing, both with statistical difference.
Conclusion:
institutions with Obstetric Nursing adopt better practices of delivery and birth care, based on scientific evidence, when compared to those that do not act.
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