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Modified early warning score: evaluation of trauma patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):906-911
Abstract
Modified early warning score: evaluation of trauma patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):906-911
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0145
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Objective:
to identify the severity of patients admitted to an emergency trauma.
Method:
A cross-sectional and retrospective study with 115 trauma patients classified as orange (Manchester System), from June 2013 to July 2014. The data were presented as mean and standard deviation, in addition to the Pearson Chi-square test, One-Way ANOVA and Tukey tests.
Results:
from the sample, 81.7% were male with mean age of 39.46±19.71 years. Higher incidence of major trauma (48.7%) and traumatic brain injury (37.4%). At the end of the outcome and MEWS, most cases that had score 1 to 3 were referred to the operating room and the ICU.
Conclusion:
the start point of MEWS was 2 to 3 points, with significant increase in the severity of the situation of patients seen after 6 hours, and approximately half of the individuals underwent surgery, indicating that the scale is a good predictor of severity.
Keywords:EmergenciesEmergency Medical ServicesExposureMeasures of AssociationRisk or OutcomeSeverity of Illness IndexSee more -
Occupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
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Occupational health nurses: interdisciplinary experience in occupational health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):897-905
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0113
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Objective:
to analyze the relationship of occupational health nurses with the other members of the Specialized Service in Safety Engineering and Occupational Medicine (SESMT) and characterize joint actions of these professionals in occupational health.
Method:
qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive study with 34 professionals of seven companies from the South Macroregion of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Interviews and observations were conducted for content analysis of Bardin.
Results:
the SESMTs are multidisciplinary and intersectoral workers. Nurses have working relations of an interpersonal, technical/legal, and management of logistics/organizational nature, influenced by the technical division of work and by the division in the work environment of the staff, which distances areas, generates conflicts, and fragments the actions of the service.
Conclusion:
SESMT faces challenges to develop a work befitting their legal objectives, once staff and companies need to understand the importance of interdisciplinarity for the success of actions on the workers’ health and safety.
Keywords:InterrelationshipOccupational Health NursingOccupational Health ServicesWorkWorkers' HealthSee more -
Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
Abstract
Translation and adaptation of a pediatric early warning score
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):888-896
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0096
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Objective:
to translate and adapt the BPEWS for the Portuguese language, with the purpose of verifying its applicability in the Brazilian context studied.
Method:
methodological study guided by international and nationally accepted recommendations for translation and adaptation of health measurement instruments. Stages of conceptual, item, semantic, operational and pre-test equivalence are described for obtaining the BPEWS Portuguese version to be used in Brazil.
Results:
the BPEWS version translated and adapted for Brazilian Portuguese (BPEWS-Br) identified, in the pilot study, that 26.6% of children were presenting warning signs for clinical deterioration.
Conclusion:
the BPEWS-Br seems to be applicable for the context studied, and its use might help nurses in the recognition and documentation of warning signs for clinical deterioration in hospitalized Brazilian children.
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Validation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
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Validation of the Nursing Activities Score in Portuguese intensive care units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):881-887
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0147
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Objective:
to describe the process of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score to the Portuguese context.
Method:
this was a pilot study of adaptation and validation of the Nursing Activities Score with a sample consisting of 67 patients hospitalized in the intensive care units of three Portuguese hospitals. The construct validity was assessed through factor analysis procedures and the internal consistency of the items was measured through the Cronbach’s alpha coefficient.
Results:
a mean workload value of 63.04% (SD = 14.25; Median = 61.30) was obtained. Psychometric data revealed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.71 in the total scale, indicating an acceptable accuracy. Confirmatory factor analysis suggested an appropriate adjustment between the model and the data (χ2(199) = 214.5, p = 0.214; CFI = 0.95; RMSA = 0.035).
Conclusion:
in the present study, the Portuguese version of the Nursing Activities Score was found to be a valid instrument, enabling a safe assessment of the workload of nurses.
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Managing educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
Abstract
Managing educational practices for qualified nursing care in cardiology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):872-880
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0032
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Objective:
to understand significances attributed by nurses who manage nursing care to the individual affected by cardiovascular disease to relations, interactions and associations of the educational practices in a cardiovascular reference hospital. To elaborate a theoretical explanatory model based on significances attributed in the light of the complex thinking.
Method:
qualitative study, which used Theory Based on Data (TBD) as methodological reference. Twenty-two professionals of nursing participated in the study.
Results:
the results indicate need of professional qualification to ensure the safety of patients, institutional support for the realization of educational practices, attitude of openness and availability of dialogue of the health professionals and other institutional conformations for the workers’ development.
Conclusion:
the study presents a new space for the nurse’s action that can be used to qualify and optimize the nursing practice, as it provides visibility to management and care in health institutions.
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Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
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Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0131
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Objective:
to conduct the clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”.
Method:
a cross-sectional study, conducted in a Centro de Saúde da Família (Family Health Care center), with 45 healthy breastfed infants. The instrument for collecting the data was prepared based on the literature and validated by nurses. It contained the following variables: sociodemographic, gestational, and obstetrical variables; breastfed infant’s nutritional profile; evaluation of the defining characteristics of the proposed nursing diagnosis.
Results:
all the defining characteristics were found to have high sensitivity values (>90%), positive predictive values (>65%), negative predictive values (>66%); however, low specificity values (<32%). In this study, the defining characteristics we found to have estimates (>0.50) within the ROC curve, which provides good sensitivity and specificity.
Conclusion:
this study verified the structural elements of the proposed nursing diagnosis to be relevant in the clinical context, which justifies the need for its being employed with children, taking into account its contribution to improving nursing care.
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Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
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Oral drugs at a hospital unit: adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):847-854
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0081
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Objective:
to describe the profile of standardized oral drugs at a hospital unit and assess their adequacy for use via enteral feeding tubes, according to recommendations from the literature.
Method:
descriptive study, with data on drugs collected from the Pharmacy Service Dispensing System. Specific recommendations for the use of these drugs via enteral feeding tubes were found after searches in literary databases, books, manuals, guidelines and package insert collections.
Results:
among the 236 dispensed oral drugs, 86% were in solid form; of those, 32 were “non-crushable”, with the liquid form available at the institution. Twenty-eight drugs with potential interactions with enteral nutrition were identified. Sixty percent of those presented specific recommendations on their administration via enteral feeding tube.
Conclusion:
the joint participation of multidisciplinary nutritional therapy and care teams and the implementation of programs for continuous training are suggested strategies for the prevention of potential problems in the administration of drugs in the hospital setting.
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Discoveries of Biological Sciences and their implications for nursing practice
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):619-620
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Discoveries of Biological Sciences and their implications for nursing practice
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):619-620
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690401i
Views1For the longest time, the production of knowledge in the field of biological sciences was viewed as the exclusive responsibility and competence of medical professionals. This scenario has changed in light of the worldwide trend of improvements in other health professions, which includes the need to implement the use of evidence-based methodology in nursing practice. […]See more -
Descobertas das Ciências Biológicas e as implicações para a prática da Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):619-620
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Descobertas das Ciências Biológicas e as implicações para a prática da Enfermagem
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(4):619-620
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690401i
Views1A produção de conhecimento na área das ciências biológicas, durante muito tempo, foi vista como de responsabilidade e competência exclusivamente de profissionais médicos. Esse cenário alterou-se frente à tendência mundial de aperfeiçoamento dos demais profissionais de saúde, incluindo-se a necessidade de se concretizar a utilização da metodologia da prática baseada em evidência na atuação do […]See more -
Effects from acupuncture in treating anxiety: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):602-609
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Effects from acupuncture in treating anxiety: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):602-609
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690325i
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Objective:
to evaluate the scientific evidence that is available in the literature on the effects of acupuncture for treating anxiety and on the quality of such studies.
Method:
the study is an integrative review of CINAHL, LILACS, PUBMED-PICO, SciELO, and The Cochrane Library between 2001 and 2014. Keywords anxiety, acupuncture therapy, acupuncture, and anxiety disorders were combined among themselves to ensure a wide search of primary studies.
Results:
among 514 articles, 67 were selected to be fully read and 19 were included. Among these, 11 were found to have strong evidence levels. Among the six articles about randomized clinical studies, five were found to be of reasonable quality. Two studies used acupuncturist nurses to perform their interventions. Its results showed positive and statistically significant effects from using acupuncture for treating subjects with anxiety.
Conclusion:
acupuncture seems to be a promising treatment for anxiety; however, there is a need for improving the methodological quality of the research on this field.
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Palliative care and spirituality: an integrative literature review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):591-601
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Palliative care and spirituality: an integrative literature review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):591-601
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690324i
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Objective:
to analyze scientifi c articles published in international online journals about palliative care and spirituality.
Methods:
an integrative literature review with data collected in September 2014 from the LILACS, SCIELO, MEDLINE/PubMed, and IBECS databases.
Results:
thirty-nine publications were identifi ed and their textual analysis facilitated through four thematic approaches: the meaning of spirituality in the context of palliative care; palliative care and spiritual support; spirituality and relief of pain and other symptoms in patients under palliative care; and instruments to evaluate the spiritual dimension of the scope of palliative care.
Conclusion:
this study examined the relevance of the spiritual dimension in the care of patients with palliative care and the need for developing new studies to disseminate knowledge about this topic.
Descriptors:
Palliative Care; Palliative Care at End of Live; Spirituality; Religion; Health.
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Educational technologies to encourage (self) care in postpartum women
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):582-590
Abstract
Educational technologies to encourage (self) care in postpartum women
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):582-590
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690323i
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Objective:
to evaluate national and international literature regarding the use of educational technologies to encourage self care in postpartum women.
Method:
an integrative review of the literature. The articles were collected from the CINAHL, SCOPUS, PubMed, SciELO, LILACS and Cochrane databases; the time period for the articles referred to January/2004 to July/2014; the languages used in the articles were Portuguese, English, Spanish and French; the articles were selected from the following descriptors: postpartum care period, educational technology, nursing and self care. Twenty-seven articles were selected for analysis
Results:
based on the information found, the scales, counseling and home visits were among the most recommended educational technologies.
Conclusion:
the technologies promote communication, but are sometimes dependent on computer and internet access, which hinder their use by low-income women.
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Patients with HIV/Aids and ulcer risk: nursing care demands
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):574-581
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Patients with HIV/Aids and ulcer risk: nursing care demands
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):574-581
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690322i
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Objective:
to analyze the demand for nursing care and the risk of pressure ulcers (PU) of patients with HIV/Aids.
Method:
quantitative survey, carried out from December 2012 to March 2013 in a public hospital of Teresina, state of Piauí, Brazil.
Results:
the sample of 31 patients was predominantly male, mean age 36.6 years, average care demand 49.4%, most showing some risk of developing PU. The variables correlated with PU risk were care demand and clinical outcome (death). Those associated with care demand were age and clinical outcome (death).
Conclusion:
the results showed that patients require moderate nursing care needs and most of them present risk of developing PU.
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Critical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
Abstract
Critical incidents in nursing academics: discovering a new identity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):219-227
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680206i
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Objective:
a qualitative study that followed the principles of the grounded theory in order to analyze the professional identity of nursing academics through the analysis of the most disturbing critical incidents.
Method:
semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven nurses who worked as professors and researchers in a private university in Barcelona.
Results:
the resulting empirical material was organized into two categories: characterization of critical incidents and responsiveness to the incident.
Conclusion:
the professional identity of nurses regarding the academic area is still under construction and inexperience is the major obstacle in the management of critical incidents in the teaching career.
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Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):214-218
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Body mass index, waist circumference, and arterial hypertension in students
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):214-218
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680205i
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Objective:
to investigate what is the best anthropometric predictor of arterial hypertension among private school students.
Method:
this was a cross-sectional study with 286 students between the ages of 10 and 14 from two private schools in the city of Paranavaí, Paraná, Brazil. The following variables were analyzed: body mass index, waist circumference and blood pressure. Statistical analysis was conducted with Pearson’s partial correlation test and multivariate logistic regression, with p<0.05.
Results:
both anthropometric indicators displayed weak correlation with systolic and diastolic levels, with coeffi cients (r) ranging from 0.27 to 0.36 (p < 0.001). Multivariate analysis showed that the only anthropometric indicator associated with arterial hypertension was waist circumference (OR= 2.3; 95% CI: 1.1-4.5), regardless of age or gender.
Conclusion:
this age group, waist circumference appeared to be a better predictor for arterial hypertension than body mass index.
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Perception of primary healthcare management nurses on the nursing process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):206-213
Abstract
Perception of primary healthcare management nurses on the nursing process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):206-213
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680204i
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Objective:
this qualitative study aimed to analyze the perceptions of primary health care management nurses on the nursing process.
Method:
data were collected through interviews and analyzed by the Content Analysis proposed by Bardin’s theoretical framework.
Results:
managers recognize the importance of the nursing process, although its implementation was not a priority at the time of the interviews. A conceptual diffi culty and a lack of understanding that the implementation of the care methodology should be a cross-departmental action in the local healthcare management were clearly observed.
Conclusion:
managers should have their perspectives broadened concerning the relevance of the nursing process and the professional training. The active participation of legislative nursing bodies, local healthcare management and the federal government may open the way for the effective implementation of the nursing process.
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Cross-cultural cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):198-205
Abstract
Cross-cultural cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):198-205
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680203i
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Objective:
to make across-cultural adaptation of the “Nursing Students’ Attitudes Toward Mental Health Nursing and Consumers” scale in Brazil.
Method:
the scale was tested regarding conceptual, item, semantic, and operational equivalence.
Results:
content validation was conducted by an expert committee with a minimum consensus level of 80%. This process resulted in a 35-item scale divided into 6 factors. The experts reached 100% consensus on the scale’s clarity of language, practical pertinence and theoretical relevance, as well as on the need for excluding one factor. Data were collected in 2013 in the city of Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Conclusion:
the instrument was cross-culturally adapted to Brazilian Portuguese and presented satisfactory content validity. We propose further studies on the scale’s psychometric properties, such as construct validity, internal consistency and reliability.
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Relational skills and preserving patient privacy in the caring process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):191-197
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Relational skills and preserving patient privacy in the caring process
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):191-197
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680202i
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Objective:
to analyze the development and mobilization of relational skills central to the caring process among nursing students throughout their professional training.
Method:
this was a quantitative study, descriptive and cross-sectional in design. The sample consisted of nursing undergraduate students from the Higher School of Health Sciences, in the city of Évora, Portugal. Data were collected using the previously validated Helping Relational Skills Inventory.
Results:
the students gradually acquired “generic skills”, “communication skills” and “contact skills”, presenting the highest mean score in the last year of the program. However, the highest mean score for the “empathetic skills” subscale was presented by second-year students.
Conclusion:
age and year in program were found to be decisive variables regarding the acquisition of specifi c skills (empathetic and communication) by nursing students.
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The Brazilian Association of Nursing in the uncompromising defense of the Brazilian Unified Health System
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
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The Brazilian Association of Nursing in the uncompromising defense of the Brazilian Unified Health System
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680201i
Views0The title of the 2015 Editor’s Comments could very well be from a journal published in decades past, a time when, in Brazil, all professional entities and civil society fought for the right to health, as was later established in the Brazilian Constitution of 1988. Twenty-five years later, despite its financial limitations and restricted operational […]See more -
A ABEn na defesa intransigente do SUS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
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A ABEn na defesa intransigente do SUS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):185-186
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680201i
Views0Este título do Editorial de 2015 bem poderia ser de uma revista publicada em décadas passadas, período em que todas as entidades profissionais e a sociedade civil lutaram pela saúde como direito, como conquistado na Constituição de 1988. Vinte e cinco anos depois, com o Sistema Único de Saúde capilarizado por todo o país, mesmo […]See more -
EXPERIENCE REPORT01-01-2015
Nursing diagnoses and interventions for a child after cardiac surgery in an intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(1):155-160
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EXPERIENCE REPORTNursing diagnoses and interventions for a child after cardiac surgery in an intensive care unit
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(1):155-160
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680121i
Views0See moreObjetivo:
descrever o julgamento clínico de enfermagem para identificar diagnósticos NANDA e desenvolver um plano de tratamento NIC para uma criança em pós-operatório de cirurgia cardíaca em terapia intensiva.
Método:
estudo de caso com coleta de dados retrospectiva no prontuário.
Resultados:
três enfermeiras identificaram diagnósticos NANDA e intervenções NIC. Criança de 6 meses, submetida a cirurgia cardíaca, necessitou oxigenação extracorpórea por membrana no pós-operatório. Foram identificados quatro principais diagnósticos, aos quais foram direcionadas dez intervenções. A proposta de intervenções para responder às necessidades humanas prioritárias da criança foi otimizada pelo uso das terminologias padronizadas. Todos os diagnósticos foram sustentados por indicadores diagnósticos; todas as intervenções foram cientificamente sustentadas.
Conclusão:
espera-se que os enfermeiros abordem não somente as respostas fisiológicas, mas também aquelas dos domínios psicossociais.
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