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02-26-2024
Nurse Navigator of Cancer Patients: contributions to the discussion on the national stage
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e770201
Abstract
Nurse Navigator of Cancer Patients: contributions to the discussion on the national stage
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e770201
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2024770201
Views0The professional practice of patient navigation is incipient in Brazil and, therefore, a broad discussion with various sectors of society is essential, which is the main purpose of this editorial. Shall we start with the story. Patient navigation was defined in 1989 as a community-based service delivery intervention aimed at appropriately promoting access to diagnosis […]See more -
REVIEW02-26-2024
Evidence of intrauterine device insertion by nurses in Primary Health Care: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230134
Abstract
REVIEWEvidence of intrauterine device insertion by nurses in Primary Health Care: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230134
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0134
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Objectives:
to synthesize and analyze evidence on intrauterine device insertion by nurses in Primary Health Care.
Methods:
an integrative review, carried out in the BDENF, CINAHL, LILACS, SciELO, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases in June 2022, delimiting the period from 1960 to 2022.
Results:
141 articles were identified in the initial search, and 10 studies made up the final sample. Four (40%) were developed in the United States and one (10%) in Brazil, with publications from 1979 to 2021. The findings were grouped into three categories: Nurse training to insert an intrauterine device; Nurses’ competency to insert an intrauterine device; and Women’s access to intrauterine devices.
Conclusions:
nurse theoretical and practical training is a prominent element, consolidated in the favorable outcomes of insertions performed by nurses and satisfaction among women, a practice that has expanded access to the contraceptive method in Primary Health Care.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-26-2024
Artificial intelligence to predict bed bath time in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230201
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEArtificial intelligence to predict bed bath time in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230201
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0201
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Objectives:
to assess the predictive performance of different artificial intelligence algorithms to estimate bed bath execution time in critically ill patients.
Methods:
a methodological study, which used artificial intelligence algorithms to predict bed bath time in critically ill patients. The results of multiple regression models, multilayer perceptron neural networks and radial basis function, decision tree and random forest were analyzed.
Results:
among the models assessed, the neural network model with a radial basis function, containing 13 neurons in the hidden layer, presented the best predictive performance to estimate the bed bath execution time. In data validation, the squared correlation between the predicted values and the original values was 62.3%.
Conclusions:
the neural network model with radial basis function showed better predictive performance to estimate bed bath execution time in critically ill patients.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-26-2024
Technological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230084
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETechnological prospecting of patents related to monitoring accidents due to falls in hospitals
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230084
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0084
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Objectives:
to map the production of technologies aimed at monitoring falls in a hospital environment protected by registered patents.
Methods:
a technological prospecting of international patents, with a quantitative approach, with search carried out between February and March 2022 in the Derwent Innovations Index database with descriptors fall, hospital, monitoring.
Results:
212 patents were found, with the majority filed and published since 2010, by Tran B (9) and Cerner Innovation Inc (9), focused on health technology. Universities were responsible for 13% of deposits. There was a predominance of records from the United States (43.4%), China (21.7%) and Japan (12.3%), in addition to technological strategies classified as devices for the environment (80.7%) and for preventing falls (66.5%) as well as trend towards resources with multiple functionalities in the same technology.
Conclusions:
the plurality of functions in the same device reflects the search for optimizing resources and the concern with comprehensive care.
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ERRATUM02-26-2024
ERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230045
Abstract
ERRATUMERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230045
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20247701e04
Views2In the article “Coping strategies for chronically ill children and adolescents facing the COVID-19 pandemic”, with DOI number: , published in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2023;76(Suppl 2):e20230045, in the author:Where it read:[…]See more -
ERRATUM02-26-2024
ERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e2024n1e02
Abstract
ERRATUMERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e2024n1e02
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20247701e02
Views2In the article “Active teaching model to promote critical thinking”, with DOI number: , published in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2019;72(1):293-8, on page 297:Include before REFERENCES:[…]See more -
ERRATUM02-26-2024
ERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20160061
Abstract
ERRATUMERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20160061
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20247701e03
Views2In the article “Nurses in the labor market: professional insertion, competencies and skills”, with DOI number: , published in Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2017;70(6):1220-6, on page 1225:Include before REFERENCES:[…]See more -
REVIEW02-26-2024
Practice of immersion in hot water to relieve pain in neonatology: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230260
Abstract
REVIEWPractice of immersion in hot water to relieve pain in neonatology: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230260
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0260
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Objectives:
to identify immersion use in hot water to relieve pain in newborns.
Methods:
an integrative literature review, carried out in the PubMed, VHL, EMBASE, Scopus, CINAHL, Cochrane and SciELO databases, with investigations in English, Spanish, French or Portuguese, published between 2002 and 2022. The Health Sciences Descriptors (DeCS) and Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) were used to answer the following question: what are the uses of hot water immersion in relieving pain in newborns?
Results:
nine studies were included, mainly Brazilian, experimental, with a predominance of strong and moderate levels of evidence. Hydrotherapy and bath use (immersion and bandaging) was observed, promising interventions in reducing pain scores, assessed using scales, physiological and endocrine parameters.
Conclusions:
hot water proved to be a promising non-pharmacological intervention in relieving pain in infants in different contexts.
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RESEARCH01-01-2018
Self-care of men with priapism and sickle cell disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(5):2418-2424
Abstract
RESEARCHSelf-care of men with priapism and sickle cell disease
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(5):2418-2424
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0464
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Objective:
To identify self-care demands of men with sickle cell disease and priapism and describe self-care measures in light of Orem’s Self-Care Theory.
Method:
This is a descriptive exploratory study with qualitative approach conducted with nine men with a history of sickle cell disease and priapism. Data were analyzed using Orem’s Self-Care Theory.
Results:
Some demands were identified: from universal self-care – difficulty in social interaction and solitude, changes in self-image, self-esteem and sexual activity; from development – the experience with priapism and little knowledge about the pathophysiology of the disease; regarding health deviations – pain crises.
Conclusion:
Orem’s theory allowed to identify self-care demands, which are essential for the nursing care provided for men with priapism. Nursing has an essential role in the measures for the different demands presented.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-09-2023
Compliance with central venous catheter infection prevention practices after intervention with simulation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220574
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECompliance with central venous catheter infection prevention practices after intervention with simulation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220574
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0574
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Objectives:
to assess the effect of an educational intervention based on clinical simulation on nursing professionals’ compliance with practices to prevent peripherally inserted central venous catheter-associated primary bloodstream infections in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Methods:
a quasi-experimental study, with preand post-intervention assessment with a single group. The population consisted of 41 nursing professionals, with 31 observations being made before and after the intervention. Analyzes were performed using descriptive statistics and the McNemar non-parametric test. A significance level of 5% was adopted.
Results:
after the intervention, there was an increase in compliance with prevention practices of surgical antisepsis and professional hand hygiene, skin antisepsis with chlorhexidine, waiting for the time of the effect of alcoholic chlorhexidine and compliance with the sterile technique.
Conclusions:
the educational intervention showed an effect on increasing compliance with catheter-associated infection prevention practices.
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EXPERIENCE REPORT10-09-2023
Focus group in the development of concepts for a Nursing model: experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220689
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EXPERIENCE REPORTFocus group in the development of concepts for a Nursing model: experience report
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220689
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0689
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Objective:
To communicate the experience of developing concepts for the construction of a care model through focus groups.
Methods:
An experience report on the development of concepts through remote focus groups with members of a research group from a public university in southern Brazil.
Results:
Focus groups were developed in which homogeneity and heterogeneity criteria were observed among participants. In addition to the concepts of the nursing metaparadigm, the concepts of care and family-centered care were developed, relevant to the nursing care model in question.
Final considerations:
Despite the challenges of conducting remote focus groups, they were suitable for the collective construction of concepts for a nursing care model, allowing the interaction of participants from different locations.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE10-09-2023
Independent and combined effects of lifestyle behaviors on adolescent health-related quality of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220780
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEIndependent and combined effects of lifestyle behaviors on adolescent health-related quality of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(4):e20220780
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0780
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Objective:
To investigate the independent and combined effects of lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep duration and food intake, in the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of Brazilian adolescents.
Methods:
Cross-sectional school-based study, with the participation of 306 adolescents aged 14 to 18 years. A questionnaire was applied with structured questions to collect lifestyle behaviors data. Perception of the HRQoL was identified using the Kidscreen-27. The study used covariance analysis and linear regression models for statistical analysis.
Results:
Adolescents who reported ≤ 2 hours/day of screen-based sedentary behavior and sleep duration equivalent to 8-10 hours/night presented significantly higher HRQoL. Adolescents who reported joint adherence ≥ 3 healthy lifestyle behaviors demonstrated approximately two [OR=2.12] to three times [OR=3.04] more chance of presenting higher perceptions of HRQoL.
Conclusion:
Although healthy lifestyle behaviors had a positive independent effect on HRQoL, joint adherence to healthy behaviors enhances the cumulative effect.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Working conditions in nursing in the face of Covid-19 from the perspective of precariousness
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220679
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEWorking conditions in nursing in the face of Covid-19 from the perspective of precariousness
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220679
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0679
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Objective:
To investigate working conditions in nursing when facing the Covid-19 pandemic, in light of aspects of precarious work.
Methods:
Cross-sectional study, with 131 nursing workers who worked against Covid-19 in hospitals in Alagoas State, Northeast Brazil. Data were collected online, using a workers’ health assessment questionnaire. The Chi -Square or Fisher’s Exact test and logistic regression were used.
Results:
among nursing workers, 71% had precarious contracts, 33.6% reported extended working hours and 23.7% were union members. In the multivariable analysis, having little hospital experience was a predictor for poor employment (OR= 2.408; 95%CI= 1.051-5.518). The predictor variables for lengthening the working day were being a nurse (OR= 3.824; 95%CI= 1.274-11.483); overtime (OR= 3.668; 95%CI= 1.009-13.333) and inadequate number of workers (OR= 10.872; 95%CI= 3.409-34.675). Being a nursing technician was a predictor of being a union member (OR= 8.967; 95%CI=2.560-31.410).
Conclusions:
The pandemic has accentuated the precariousness of working conditions in nursing professionals, especially among nurses.
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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
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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 ARTICLE12-08-2023
Care for older adults with disabilities in Long Term Care Facility
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220767
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLECare for older adults with disabilities in Long Term Care Facility
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220767
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0767
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Objective:
to analyze the constitution of care offered to older adults with disabilities, from Long Term Care Facility professionals’ perspective.
Methods:
this is a discourse analysis based on the post-structuralist framework. Participants in this study are professionals involved in the care for older adults, totaling 14 respondents, 13 women and one man.
Results:
from professionals’ perspective, there is a fine line between caring for older adults with disabilities and maintaining their autonomy. Care in which autonomy is restricted predisposes older adults to a process of dependency.
Final considerations:
caring for older adults with disabilities constitutes the challenge between caring and maintaining independence. Thus, older adult-centered care should be taken as a premise so that their individualities are respected.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-08-2023
Polypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEPolypharmacy, potentially inappropriate medications and associated factors among older adults with hypertension in primary care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76:e20220785
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0785
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Objective:
to identify the prevalence and associations of polypharmacy and potentially inappropriate medication use among older adults with hypertension treated in primary care.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study carried out with older adults with hypertension treated at a Family Health Strategy unit. Data collection included analysis of medical records, interviews and multidimensional assessment of older adults. Socio-demographic information and clinical variables were collected. Statistical analysis was performed by multiple logistic regression.
Results:
polypharmacy prevalence was 38.09%, and potentially inappropriate medication (PIM), 28.57%. There was a significant association between polypharmacy and PIM use, altered sleep and ethnicity. PIM use was associated with polypharmacy, worse family functioning, and absence of a caregiver. Cognitive decline reduces the prevalence of these medications.
Conclusions:
polypharmacy and PIM use among older adults with hypertension represent a problem in this population, especially among the most vulnerable.
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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
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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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-21-2020
Adolescents in situations of poverty: resilience and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190242
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEAdolescents in situations of poverty: resilience and vulnerabilities to sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190242
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0242
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Objective:
To analyze the association between vulnerabilities to Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs/HIV/AIDS) of adolescents in poverty and their level of resilience.
Method:
Cross-sectional study with 287 students between 11 and 17 years old in a school in the outskirts of Fortaleza-Ce. The study was conducted from August to October 2016. Three instruments related to characterization, vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience were used. The association between the instruments was calculated using the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Association between vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS and resilience was assessed through the Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Statistical significance was set at p<0.05.
Results:
There was a significant association between the factors “housing” (p=0.022), “family income” (p=0.037) and vulnerability to STIs/HIV/AIDS. Adolescents whose father has completed high school (p=0.043) have moderately high resilience.
Conclusion:
Adolescents with low socioeconomic status and who live on less than a minimum wage tends to be more susceptible to vulnerabilities to STIs/HIV/AIDS and to have low resilience.
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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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-27-2019
Safety of the patient in an emergency situation: perceptions of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(3):753-759
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ORIGINAL ARTICLESafety of the patient in an emergency situation: perceptions of the nursing team
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(3):753-759
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0544
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Objective:
To know the perception of nursing professionals about the essential aspects to provide safe care to polytraumatized patients in emergency services.
Method:
Descriptive and mixed study, performed with a focus group and projective techniques. The sample was made of seven nursing professionals. Data analysis took place through the Interface de R pour Analyses Multidimensionnelles de Textes et de Questionneires and SPSS 22.0 softwares.
Results:
Based on the analysis of participants’ speeches, three content partitions emerged in the Descending Hierarchical Classification. 1) Structure: need for changes; 2) The process: safe actions by the nursing team; and 3) Care free from damage as the sought result.
Conclusion:
Patient safety in emergency situations must rely on a proper environment and an organized sector, good conditions to transport patients, use of routines and protocols, identification and organization of the beds.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-21-2020
Contexts of vulnerabilities experienced by adolescents: challenges to public policies
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190224
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEContexts of vulnerabilities experienced by adolescents: challenges to public policies
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190224
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0224
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Objectives:
to understand the context of vulnerability experienced by adolescents from the perspective of health professionals from the Family Health Strategy.
Methods:
a descriptive-exploratory qualitative study developed with 80 Family Health Strategy professionals in the Midwest region of Brazil. Data collection was developed from July to September 2018 through a focus group, and submitted to Thematic Analysis.
Results:
it was understood that the vulnerability experienced by adolescents is not an exposure to something isolated, but is linked to risk and protection factors, socioeconomic and cultural contexts, public and health policies.
Final Considerations:
there are still gaps in public policies for this population, which impacts on the access and development of promotion actions by health professionals.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-21-2020
The vulnerabilities of premature children: home and institutional contexts
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190218
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEThe vulnerabilities of premature children: home and institutional contexts
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190218
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0218
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Objective:
To analyze situations in which premature children are vulnerable in home care, in the first six months after hospital discharge.
Method:
Qualitative study, from the perspective of philosophical hermeneutics, carried out in a Brazilian city on the border. In-depth interviews were conducted, with a data analysis considering the method of interpretation of meanings. 18 mothers of premature children discharged from a hospital unit participated. 25 home visits and 56 calls were made.
Results:
The reports from the mothers express situations of vulnerability, concerns, needs for care, singularities of the development of the premature baby, and repercussions of institutional routines in home care.
Final considerations:
There are vulnerable circumstances in prematurity that reaffirm interconnected individual, social, and institutional dimensions. It is important to highlight that the institutional dimension involves the responsibility of health professionals not to increase individual and social vulnerabilities, but to promote care and seek to reduce situations that generate risks, uncertainties, concerns, and damages.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-05-2019
Self-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:22-29
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESelf-care activities, sociodemographic variables, treatment and depressive symptoms among older adults with Diabetes Mellitus
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72:22-29
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0579
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Objective:
to analyze the association between self-care activities of older adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) and sociodemographic variables, type of treatment and depressive symptoms.
Method:
inferential and cross-sectional study, with 121 older adults with Type 2 DM in ambulatory care. We used a questionnaire for characterization of sociodemographic and health, questionnaire self-care activities with DM, Mini Mental State Examination and Geriatric Depression Scale. The association of variables was used (Fisher’s exact test) and for comparing the means (Student’s t-test and analysis of variance).
Results:
The mean age was 68.1 years, the majority were women (57.2%), retired (71.9%) and married (65.3%). The highest averages were for the activities: “to dry the spaces between the toes, after washing them” and smaller averages for “exercise”.
Conclusion:
In spite of high average for self-care activities, there is a need for enhanced performance and compliance to them.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE09-16-2019
Social representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1349-1355
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESocial representations of the elderly about HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2019;72(5):1349-1355
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0296
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Objective:
to understand the representational content about HIV/AIDS among seropositive elderly people.
Method:
a qualitative study carried out from April to May 2017, in the city of Recife/PE, with 48 seropositive elderly people, through a semi-structured interview. The Social Representations Theory was used as theoretical framework and the method of lexical analysis through IRAMUTEQ software.
Results:
it was observed that the social representation of HIV is structured around the proximity of death and that it is a disease of restricted groups, leading to feelings of sadness. On the other hand, it is evident a transformation of the representation linked to the reified knowledge, leading to the process of naturalization of the disease.
Final considerations:
it is concluded that the elderly living with HIV, when they undergo a process of reframing about the disease, become more flexible to deal with their condition of seropositivity.
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