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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.
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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.
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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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Social representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
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Social representations of biosecurity in nursing: occupational health and preventive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):864-871
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0114
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Objective:
to understand the biosecurity social representations by primary care nursing professionals and analyze how they articulate with quality of care.
Methods:
exploratory and qualitative research based on social representation theory. The study participants were 36 nursing workers from primary health care in a state capital in the Northeast region of Brazil. The data were analyzed by descending hierarchical classification.
Results:
five classes were obtained: occupational accidents suffered by professionals; occupational exposure to biological agents; biosecurity management in primary health care; the importance of personal protective equipment; and infection control and biosecurity.
Conclusion:
the different positions taken by the professionals seem to be based on a field of social representations related to the concept of biosecurity, namely exposure to accidents and risks to which they are exposed. However, occupational accidents are reported as inherent to the practice.
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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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Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):435-442
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Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):435-442
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690304i
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Objective:
to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults living in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Method:
data were collected in their homes, in 2013, based on a census cluster sampling. Demographic and socioeconomic variables, morbidities, utilization of health care services, and scores on the Edmonton Fragility Scale were analyzed. The adjusted prevalence ratios were obtained using the Poisson regression multiple analysis with robust variance.
Results:
the prevalence of frailty was 41.3%. The variables associated with frailty were: female gender, very old age, education of less than four years, not having been hospitalized in the last 12 months, having a caregiver, falling in the prior year, diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, and osteoarticular disease.
Conclusion:
the prevalence of frailty was high. Some factors consist of modifiable conditions, which should encourage health actions aimed at this group.
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“To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434
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“To be a nurse”: a professional choice and the construction of identity processes in the 1970s
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):428-434
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690303i
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Objective:
to analyze the factors that influenced the choice for nursing made by graduates from the first class of the Undergraduate Nursing and Obstetrics Course of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte in the 1970s and to understand the senses and meanings of being a nurse when choosing this profession.
Method:
a qualitative socio-historical study was performed, using oral history to collect data.
Results:
the analysis generated the following categories: “To be a nurse: a professional choice” and “The ideal of being a nurse: senses and meanings”. The senses of “being a nurse” are associated with graduates’ perspective of this profession and the meanings included the traditional conceptions that have historically affected it.
Conclusion:
professional choice was influenced by family and work expectations and the nursing course had an effect on the construction of nurses’ professional identity.
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Nurses’ knowledge and practice on social participation in health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):421-427
Abstract
Nurses’ knowledge and practice on social participation in health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):421-427
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690302i
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Objective:
to identify nurses’ knowledge and practice in the framework of the Family Health Strategy program with regard to social participation in health.
Method:
qualitative study which had the Family Health Units in a municipality of Minas Gerais as setting. Nine nurses participated in the study, and they were interviewed individually in July and August 2014. Data were collected and analyzed according to the content analysis technique and interpreted in the light of Paulo Freire’s ontology and critical pedagogy.
Results:
the analyzed statements showed that nurses bring along conceptual and behavioral inconsistencies which need to be equalized, so their knowledge and practice can mediate the challenging construction of participatory management in health.
Conclusion:
an improvement in nurses’ training is suggested, both academically and professionally, aiming at strengthening their political role in the process of consolidation of social participation in the Brazilian Unified Health System.
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The challenges of USA nursing education to meet local, regional and global need
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418
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The challenges of USA nursing education to meet local, regional and global need
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690301i
Views1The National League for Nursing (NLN), the voice for nursing education, is committed to the education of an exemplary nursing workforce that values and incorporates the richness of difference and inclusion to advance the health of the nation and the global community. With its population of over 320 million people, the United States of America […]See more -
As dificuldades do ensino de enfermagem dos Estados Unidos para atender necessidades locais, regionais e globais
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418
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As dificuldades do ensino de enfermagem dos Estados Unidos para atender necessidades locais, regionais e globais
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(3):417-418
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690301i
Views0A Liga Nacional de Enfermagem (NLN, National League for Nursing), a voz do ensino de enfermagem, está comprometida com o preparo de profissionais de enfermagem exemplares que valorizam e incorporam a riqueza das diferenças e a inclusão com vistas à evolução da saúde da nação e da comunidade global. Com sua população acima de 320 […]See more -
Interventions that facilitate adherence to Pap smear exam: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):404-414
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Interventions that facilitate adherence to Pap smear exam: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):404-414
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690226i
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Objective:
to identify scientific productions showing relevant interventions to implement the Cervical Uterine Cancer Prevention Program increasing adherence to exams.
Method:
integrative literature review through an online search in the following databases: LILACS, SciELO, and PubMed® comprising articles published from 2009 to 2014.
Results:
thirty-eight articles made up the study’s final sample. Results showed the following interventions: use of case manager; telephone call; invitation letter; educational activities; media outreach work; community health agents; partnerships; population database screening; and multiple interventions.
Conclusion:
studies are mainly focused on women from developing countries and interventions are efficacious to increase women’s knowledge about and adherence to prevention of cervical uterine cancer.
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Anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):397-403
Abstract
Anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):397-403
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690225i
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Objective:
to characterize the patients’ anxiety in the preoperative period of heart surgery.
Method:
We conducted a cross-sectional study in which 106 patients, between one and five days from the date of surgery, were interviewed using a socio-demographic questionnaire and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.
Results:
The evaluated patients accounted for 59.4% (63) in minimal anxiety and 19.8% (21) in the range considered severe, and the sample had a mean in the mild anxiety level (15.8±19.79). The women had scores (22.13±23.41) significantly (p=0.003) higher than men (10.76±14.71); as well as patients who had undergone previous heart surgery (24.4±28.05 X 13.14±15.74). There was no significant difference between older adults and younger patients, nor in terms of weight variations, presence of diabetes, or alcoholism.
Conclusion:
We reinforces the importance of nurses in recognizing the preoperative anxiety and intervene through strategies of health education and nursing visits.
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Suicidal behavior among drug addicts
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):389-396
Abstract
Suicidal behavior among drug addicts
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(2):389-396
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2016690224i
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Objective:
to describe the profile of drug addicts attended in a mental health service, the frequency of suicidal behavior among the participants and the associations between these two problems.
Method:
an exploratory, retrospective and descriptive study based on a quantitative approach, and data collected from medical records of patients with F10-F19 diagnoses according to the ICD-10 treated in this service in 2013. We expected to identify a possible association between independent variables (family, psychiatric and personal history) and the dependent variable (suicidal behavior).
Results:
Most of the individuals were men, single, with a low educational attainment, unemployed and aged between 15 and 45 years; 43.90% had a record of suicidal behavior.
Conclusion:
drug addicts with suicidal behavior are young people under the age of 30 presenting psychiatric comorbidity, mood disorders and/or depression, presence of family conflict, important dates coinciding with the suicidal behavior and mothers with psychiatric history.
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A enfermagem como protagonista no enfrentamento da hesitação e recusa vacinal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl101
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A enfermagem como protagonista no enfrentamento da hesitação e recusa vacinal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl101
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202477suppl101pt
Views0Desde a década de 1970, o Ministério da Saúde do Brasil instituiu o Programa Nacional de Imunização (PNI), que precedeu o Sistema Único de Saúde e que lhe foi incorporado e fortalecido, devido ao modelo descentralizado aos municípios, mas de comando único ao nível central. Seu objetivo era e ainda é coordenar as ações de […]See more -
Nursing as a player in tackling vaccine hesitancy and refusal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl101
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Nursing as a player in tackling vaccine hesitancy and refusal
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e77suppl101
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.202477suppl101
Views1Since the 1970s, the Brazilian Ministry of Health established the Brazilian National Immunization Program (PNI – Programa Nacional de Imunização), which preceded the Brazilian Health System and which was incorporated and strengthened due to the decentralized model to municipalities, but under single command at central level. Its objective was and still is to coordinate vaccination […]See more -
Enfermeiro Navegador de Pacientes com Câncer: contribuições para a discussão no cenário nacional
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e770201
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Enfermeiro Navegador de Pacientes com Câncer: contribuições para a discussão no cenário nacional
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e770201
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2024770201pt
Views0A prática profissional da navegação de pacientes é algo incipiente no Brasil e, sendo assim, é indispensável uma ampla discussão com vários setores da sociedade, sendo essa a principal propositura deste editorial. Comecemos pela história.A navegação de pacientes foi definida em 1989 como uma intervenção de prestação de serviços baseada na comunidade, com o objetivo […]See more -
Nurse Navigator of Cancer Patients: contributions to the discussion on the national stage
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(2):e770201
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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 and […]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
Views0In 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 -
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
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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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ORIGINAL ARTICLE02-26-2024
Artificial intelligence to predict bed bath time in Intensive Care Units
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(1):e20230201
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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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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
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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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