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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Sepsis and COVID-19: outcomes in young adults in intensive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230037
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESepsis and COVID-19: outcomes in young adults in intensive care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230037
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0037
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Objective:
to verify sepsis incidence among young adults admitted to intensive care due to COVID-19 and to analyze its association with demographic, clinical and outcome variables.
Methods:
a quantitative, longitudinal, retrospective and analytical study, consisting of 58 adults aged 20 to 40 years in intensive care for SARS-CoV-2. It was carried out in a university hospital, from March 2020 to December 2021, with data collected from electronic medical records.
Results:
sepsis incidence was 65%. Sepsis was associated with acute kidney injury, use of vasoactive drugs and mechanical ventilation, being admitted to the emergency room, severity according to the Simplified Acute Physiology Score III and bacterial pulmonary co-infection, the latter being the most frequent etiology for sepsis.
Conclusions:
there was a high sepsis incidence, with 42% of deaths, which points to the importance of investing in preventive measures, especially in relation to bacterial pulmonary coinfections.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Clinical simulation scenarios for the planning and management of infusion therapy by nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230019
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEClinical simulation scenarios for the planning and management of infusion therapy by nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230019
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0019
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Objective:
to build, evaluate and test two clinical simulation scenarios for the planning and management of infusion therapy by nurses.
Methods:
methodological study, with construction of scenarios based on the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory and the theoretical model Vessel Health Preservation; evaluation of the scenario design by judges, with calculation of the Modified Kappa Coefficient (MKC); testing scenarios with the target audience. Results: scenarios built for: 1. Patient assessment and vascular device selection; and 2. Identification and management of deep vein thrombosis. In the evaluation by judges, testing of validated scenarios in relation to educational practices and simulation design, the items evaluated presented MKC values ≥ 0.74.
Conclusion:
two evidence-based scenarios related to infusion therapy were constructed, with high levels of agreement among judges regarding their design. In testing with nurses, good results were obtained regarding the design and structuring of educational practice.
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12-04-2023
Sleep quality of nurses who worked in coping with COVID-19: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230007
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Sleep quality of nurses who worked in coping with COVID-19: an integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20230007
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0007
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Objective:
to analyze sleep quality of nurses who worked coping with COVID-19 in scientific evidence.
Methods:
an integrative review, carried out in seven databases, including studies between December 2021 and June 2022, without language restrictions. The sample consisted of 15 primary studies.
Results:
nurses working in hospital, intensive care, outpatient care and teaching institutions constitute a vulnerable group for sleep disorders: latency, duration, efficiency and quality. The disorders identified involved insomnia at varying levels of severity: daytime dysfunction and morning sleepiness. Night work and low capacity for self-care were determinants of impaired sleep patterns.
Final considerations:
the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to greater vulnerability of nurses to changes in sleep, requiring strategies for risk management and well-being promotion.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Work and Mental Distress among Nurses in the Amazon Region of Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220792
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEWork and Mental Distress among Nurses in the Amazon Region of Brazil during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220792
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0792
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Objective:
To assess the relationship between psychopathological symptoms and the social, clinical, and occupational profile of nurses in the Amazon region of Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
A descriptive cross-sectional online study was conducted in 2020 with 261 nurses. The Symptom Assessment Scale-40 was utilized.
Results:
The presence of pre-existing conditions before the pandemic was associated with psychotism (p=0.044). Experiencing constraints and/or violence at work during the pandemic was associated with somatization (p=0.025), and working hours were associated with anxiety (p=0.025). Nurses predominantly exhibited symptoms related to fear (33.7%), tension (34.5%), and a sense that something is wrong in the mind (22.6%).
Conclusions:
A significant association was observed between working hours and anxiety symptoms, the experience of constraints and/or violence at work during the COVID-19 pandemic and somatization symptoms, as well as between pre-existing conditions and psychotism symptoms related to COVID-19.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Social representation of spiritual surgeries in Umbanda: culture, religion and contributions of nursing theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220787
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESocial representation of spiritual surgeries in Umbanda: culture, religion and contributions of nursing theory
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220787
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0787
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Objective:
to analyze the social representation of spiritual surgeries in Umbanda for Bantu-Amerindian ritual mediums and their contributions to the cross-cultural care proposed by Madeleine Leininger.
Methods:
a descriptive-exploratory, qualitative study, supported by the procedural approach of Social Representation Theory and Transcultural Nursing Theory, carried out with 30 Umbanda mediums of the Bantu-Amerindian ritual through interviews, submitted to the Iramuteq software for lexical analysis.
Results:
mostly women, white, with an average of 46 years old and approximately 14 years of practice in Umbanda participated. The social representation of spiritual surgeries in Umbanda is objectified and anchored through a biomedical vision of care, encompassing a set of beliefs, values and practices as religious treatments, through faith, whose main objective is healing.
Final considerations:
spiritual surgeries are a form of transcultural care, according to Madeleine Leininger’s propositions, as they integrate the culture of a group through health care in Umbanda.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Sexual behavior according to undergraduate students: perspective of cross-cultural nursing and intersectional framing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220786
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ORIGINAL ARTICLESexual behavior according to undergraduate students: perspective of cross-cultural nursing and intersectional framing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220786
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0786
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Objective:
to discuss undergraduate students’ sexual behavior from the perspective of social markers and cross-cultural care proposed by Madeleine Leininger.
Methods:
descriptive-exploratory qualitative research, with a theoretical-philosophical foundation in the Transcultural Theory. Convenience sample was composed of 57 young people from two universities in Rio de Janeiro. The focus groups’ content were analyzed lexically using the IRAMUTEQ software.
Results:
four classes emerged: Young people’s sexual scripts: between the fear of an unplanned pregnancy and the risk of exposure to sexually transmitted infections; Affective relationships: trust in steady sexual partners, apparent sense of security and disuse of condoms; Sexual practices, gender and cultural determinants: distinction in men’s and women’s role; Sexual partnerships, negotiation of condom use and vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections.
Final considerations:
challenges are perceived for the attention to undergraduate students’ sexual health, who verbalized risky sexual behaviors due to sociocultural vulnerabilities.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Hospital discharge planning in care transition of patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220772
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ORIGINAL ARTICLEHospital discharge planning in care transition of patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220772
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0772
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Objective:
to analyze care transition in hospital discharge planning for patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases.
Method:
a qualitative study, based on the Care Transitions Intervention theoretical model, with four pillars of intervention, to ensure a safe transition. Twelve professionals participated in a public hospital in the countryside of São Paulo. Data were collected through observation, document analysis and semi-structured interviews.
Results:
there was a commitment of a multidisciplinary team to comprehensive care and involvement of family members in patient care. The documents facilitated communication between professionals and/or levels of care. However, the lack of time to prepare for discharge can lead to fragmented care, impairing communication and jeopardizing a safe transition.
Final considerations:
they were shown to be important elements in discharge planning composition, aiming to ensure a safe care transition, team participation with nurses as main actors, early discharge planning and family involvement.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Psychometric Properties of an Instrument for Assessing University Administrators’ Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220770
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEPsychometric Properties of an Instrument for Assessing University Administrators’ Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220770
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0770
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Objective:
To evaluate the factorial structure of the instrument measuring university administrators’ knowledge of gender-based violence.
Methods:
This cross-sectional methodological study was conducted from August to November 2020 with 101 university administrators. Data on demographic and functional characteristics were collected, and the “QUEST VBG UNIV” instrument was applied. Descriptive analysis was performed, the structure of the questionnaire was assessed using exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and the stability of the factors was verified through ORION and FDI tests.
Results:
Of the original 38 items across the 4 sections of the questionnaire, 19 were retained within 2 factors, with appropriate factor loadings. Factor 1 had an explained variance of 15.69%, and Factor 2 had an explained variance of 9.10%. The reliability was deemed satisfactory (ORION > 0.900, FDI > 0.900).
Conclusions:
The questionnaire presented a valid and reliable factorial structure for measuring knowledge about gender-based violence, thereby representing a suitable option for situational assessments in universities.
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01-01-2015
Analysis of the decision-making process of nurse managers: a collective refl ection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):668-675
Abstract
Analysis of the decision-making process of nurse managers: a collective refl ection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):668-675
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680414i
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Objective:
to analyze the decision-making model adopted by nurses from the perspective of some decision-making process theories.
Method:
qualitative approach, based on action research. Semi-structured questionnaires and seminars were conducted from April to June 2012 in order to understand the nature of decisions and the decision-making process of nine nurses in position of managers at a public hospital in Southern Brazil. Data were subjected to content analysis.
Results:
data were classified in two categories: the current situation of decision-making, which showed a lack of systematization; the construction and collective decision-making, which emphasizes the need to develop a decision-making model.
Conclusion:
the decision-making model used by nurses is limited because it does not consider two important factors: the limits of human rationality, and the external and internal organizational environments that infl uence and determine right decisions.
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01-01-2015
Social representations of sexuality for the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):662-667
Abstract
Social representations of sexuality for the elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):662-667
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680413i
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Objective:
to know the social representations of sexuality for the elderly, based on the Social Representation Theory.
Method:
study performed in a Basic Family Health Unit in Maracanau-CE, Brazil, with 30 elderly adults. Data were collected from March through April of 2013, using the free word evocation technique. Data were organized and processed using the EVOC 2000.software
Results:
the subjects evoked 150 words associated with the evocator word “sexuality”. Out of these, 43 were different. At the possible core of the representation of sexuality for the elderly, the following words were found: love, affection and respect. Sex, companionship, understanding and coexistence composed the intermediate elements of representation.
Conclusion:
the performed analyses pointed to love, respect and affection as central elements that structured and organized the social representation of sexuality in the elder years for the group studied.
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01-01-2015
Post-accident work behavior in caring for people with HIV/Aids
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):656-661
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Post-accident work behavior in caring for people with HIV/Aids
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):656-661
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680412i
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Objective:
To identify post-accident conduct in the workplace by health professionals in caring for people with HIV/Aids.
Method:
A qualitative and descriptive research study with a socio-historical perspective (1986-2006), performed in a reference hospital for infectious diseases in the State of Santa Catarina. To collect data, interviews were conducted with oral history among 23 health workers and, for the treatment of data, Bardin’s content analysis was used.
Results:
Post-accident behaviors emerged that included assessment, accident records, chemoprophylaxis when necessary, support, monitoring of the injured worker, and mainly psychological support.
Conclusion:
In situations in which the accident could not be avoided, post-exposure behaviors were important biosecurity strategies mentioned by health workers caring for patients with HIV/Aids, in the sense of minimizing the possible transmission of the HIV virus.
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01-01-2015
Social support towards the necessity of caring after myocardial infarction
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):649-655
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Social support towards the necessity of caring after myocardial infarction
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):649-655
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680411i
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Objective:
to know the received or assisted social support by the family towards the necessity of care after acute myocardial infarction.
Method:
qualitative and exploratory research. Data collection was carried out through observation and interviews with six families, from February to May, 2012. Data were also analyzed based on the thematic analysis.
Results:
three categories emerged: Immediate social support; Mediate social support; Late social support.
Conclusion:
social support follows the infarction trajectory, which attains the family members and favors the support according to the needs of care in each lived moments by the patient.
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01-01-2015
Nursing care management for children hospitalized with chronic conditions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):641-648
Abstract
Nursing care management for children hospitalized with chronic conditions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):641-648
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680410i
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Objective:
to understand the interactions of nurses managing nursing care for the hospitalized child with a chronic condition.
Method:
Theoretical and methodological references were used, Complex Thought and grounded theory, respectively. In the study 18 subjects have participated arranged in three groups: nurses, nursing technicians and family members. A semi-structured interview was used as technique for data collection. The data analysis followed three stages of coding: open, axial and selective.
Results:
the category “Needing to manage nursing care to the hospitalized child with chronic condition in Pediatric Inpatient Unit” and their subcategories show the complex inter subjective bindings established by nurses that support the practice of nursing care management.
Conclusion:
There are difficulties for nursing professionals to interact with the child’s family and the dialogical order/disorder/interaction/organization in the implementation of the management process of care is.
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01-01-2015
Functional disability and socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):633-640
Abstract
Functional disability and socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):633-640
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680409i
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Objective:
to verify the prevalence of functional disability and associated socioeconomic and demographic factors in elderly patients of Campina Grande/PB.
Method:
cross-sectional study with elderly patients of both genders. The variables associated with functional disability were assessed using Poisson regression.
Results:
A total of 420 elderly patients were included (68.1% women). The highest prevalence of functional disability were found among females aged 80 or older, white, widowed, of economic classes D/E , who lived alone, with frequency of contacts of up to 224 people and diversity of contacts of up to 14 people. After multivariate analysis, statistically significant association was observed between functional disability, gender and age group.
Conclusion:
the association between functional disability gender and age group is shown to be an important guidance for health interventions since it will allow health services to plan actions aiming to improve, maintain or restore the functional capacity of the elderly population.
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01-01-2015
Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Program evaluation on user’s view
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):626-632
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Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus Program evaluation on user’s view
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):626-632
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680408i
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Objectives:
to evaluate the program proposed by the Reorganization Care Plan for Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus on user’s view, and describe aspects of the trajectory of the participants correlating with the program’s evaluation.
Method:
evaluative study with a qualitative approach conducted in health units with the Family Health Strategy, in a city of the metropolitan region of Curitiba, in the period from September to March, 2012. A total of 30 adults with hypertension and/or Diabetes mellitus were interviewed. Data were analyzed through content analysis.
Results:
Four categories were identified: Disease diagnosis; Reasons for the program need; Knowledge of the program, and program evaluation.
Conclusion:
there was the recognition of the orientations, and the monitoring of activities developed, with emphasis in cost reduction for users.
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01-01-2015
Violence in the eye of adolescents: education intervention with Culture Circles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):617-625
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Violence in the eye of adolescents: education intervention with Culture Circles
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):617-625
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680407i
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Objective:
to apply the methodology of Culture Circles on adolescents as a strategy for health education of nurses in the construction of the collective knowledge of the thematic violence.
Method:
action research type and qualitative study. Participants were 11 adolescents from a public school in Recife, PE, Brazil. Data production in Culture Circles included the participant observation with field diary, photographic recording and filming, as well as the photovoice technique. The analysis was performed by triangulating data in dialogue with the literature.
Results:
it was shown that the problematizing action provided by the Culture Circle made possible to create situations in which adolescents felt invited to critically refl ect on the phenomenon of violence in all its complexity.
Conclusion:
the health education intervention, performed by Culture Circles, added learning and mutual growth subsidizing nursing care actions that excel at leadership and autonomy of adolescents.
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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
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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01-01-2016
Clinical validation of nursing diagnosis “Willingness for improved infant development”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(5):855-863
Abstract
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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01-01-2016
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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