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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Assessing the adequacy of workload measurement tools using a quality-based methodology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):39-46
Abstract
RESEARCHAssessing the adequacy of workload measurement tools using a quality-based methodology
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):39-46
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0246
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Objective:
determine which tool (NEMS and NAS) is most suitable for use in intensive care units using a quality-based methodology.
Method:
after identifying the opportunity for improvement “Inadequacy of the NEMS for determining nursing workload in the intensive care unit (ICU)”, we assessed the NEMS and the NAS, as a proposed improvement to the NEMS, using quality improvement cycles methodology based on the following criteria: measurement of daily nursing workload on a daily and shift basis; the tool encompasses all nursing activities undertaken in the ICU; and workload assessed per patient and unit.
Results:
there was no significant difference in level of compliance for the NEMS (67%). The comparison NEMS-NAS showed that there was a statistically significant improvement for all criteria except criterion 1. The NEMS only assesses criterion 1 (64.22%); while the NAS assessed all four criteria, obtaining a compliance rate of 64.74% for criteria 1, 2, and 4, and 100% for criterion 3.
Conclusion:
the NAS is more suitable for measuring nursing workload in UCIs.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Educational nursing intervention to reduce the hyperphosphatemia in patients on hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):31-38
Abstract
RESEARCHEducational nursing intervention to reduce the hyperphosphatemia in patients on hemodialysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):31-38
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0015
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Objective:
to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational nursing intervention to reduce hyperphosphataemia in chronic renal patients on hemodialysis.
Method:
quasi-experimental study with 63 hyperphosphatemic patients on hemodialysis. The intervention consisted of developing and providing a printed and illustrated manual to patients containing information on disease control. The participant was asked to complete a daily checklist with the aim to reinforce aspects provided in the manual. Laboratory tests and itching intensity were analyzed at the beginning of the study, and at 30 and 60 days after the educational intervention.
Results:
the mean age of participants was 58±13.1 years, with a treatment time of 51.1±44.7 months. A reduction in serum phosphorus values of 7.06 ± 1.43 to 5.80 ± 1.53 (p <0.001) and the intensity of itching after the intervention was observed.
Conclusion:
the educational nursing intervention was effective in reducing phosphate and decreasing itching in hyperphosphatemic patients.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Filial care and the relationship with the elderly in families of different nationalities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):22-30
Abstract
RESEARCHFilial care and the relationship with the elderly in families of different nationalities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):22-30
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0050
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Objective:
identify how filial care and the relationship with the elderly occur in families of different nationalities.
Method:
qualitative study carried out in a town on the triple frontier of Paraná, comprising 33 elderly people of five different nationalities, adopting the Symbolic Interactionism and the Grounded Theory as theoretical-methodological strategy.
Results:
among Lebanese people, the Muslim religion teaches children to obey and respect parents; among French, distant family relationships and institutions for the elderly stand out. Paraguayans hold close family relationships; Chinese people consider filial care as a tacit obligation; Brazilians, in turn, tend to embrace and take care of their parents in old age.
Conclusion:
family care prevailed, but the traditions of each society lead the actions of that care, demanding health professionals’ capacity of recognizing in which context the elderly is inserted.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Excess fluid volume: sociodemographic and clinical analysis in haemodialysis patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):15-21
Abstract
RESEARCHExcess fluid volume: sociodemographic and clinical analysis in haemodialysis patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):15-21
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0138
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Objective:
To analyse the defining characteristics and related factors in the nursing diagnosis Excess fluid volume and its relationship to sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis patients.
Method:
Cross-sectional study, conducted using a form and physical examination, with a sample of 100 patients, between December 2012 and April 2013 at a university hospital and a dialysis clinic.
Results:
It was found 10 significant statistical associations between the defining characteristics/ related factors of Excess fluid volume and the sociodemographic and clinical variables.
Conclusion:
The defining characteristics and related factors of Excess fluid volume could be influenced by sociodemographic and clinical variables in haemodialysis clientele.
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RESEARCH01-01-2017
Excesso de volume de líquidos: análise clínica e sociodemográfica em pacientes de hemodiálise
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):15-21
Abstract
RESEARCHExcesso de volume de líquidos: análise clínica e sociodemográfica em pacientes de hemodiálise
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):15-21
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2015-0138
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Objetivo:
analizar las características definitorias y los factores relacionados con el diagnóstico enfermero de exceso de volumen líquido y su relación con variables sociodemográficas y clínicas en pacientes de hemodiálisis.
Método:
estudio transversal, realizado mediante un formulario y examen físico, con una muestra de 100 pacientes, entre diciembre de 2012 y abril de 2013 en un hospital universitario y una clínica de diálisis.
Resultados:
se encontraron 10 asociaciones estadísticamente significativas entre las características definitorias, factores relacionados de volumen de exceso de líquido y las variables sociodemográficas y clínicas.
Conclusión:
las características definitorias y los factores relacionados de exceso de volumen líquido podrían estar influenciados por variables sociodemográficas y clínicas en clientes de hemodiálisis.
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EDITORIAL01-01-2017
Enfrentando desafios em tempos de adversidades
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):1-2
Abstract
EDITORIALEnfrentando desafios em tempos de adversidades
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):1-2
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2017700101
Views0Na confluência da tradição, do respeito pela história e da abordagem crítica das questões inerentes ao desenvolvimento da profissão de enfermagem, a Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem (ABEn) vem consolidando uma trajetória exemplar na sociedade brasileira. Ao longo da sua história, as reflexões, discussões e decisões sobre assuntos pertinentes e prementes da profissão têm possibilitado intervenções […]See more -
EDITORIAL01-01-2017
Facing challenges in times of adversity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):1-2
Abstract
EDITORIALFacing challenges in times of adversity
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2017;70(1):1-2
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2017700101
Views0At the confluence of tradition, respect for history and a critical approach to the issues inherent to the development of the nursing profession, the Brazilian Nursing Association (ABEn) has been consolidating an exemplary trajectory in Brazilian society. Throughout its history, the reflections, discussions and decisions on pertinent and urgent subjects of the profession have made […]See more -
REFLECTION01-01-2016
Epistemology of nursing care: a reflection on its foundations
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1240-1245
Abstract
REFLECTIONEpistemology of nursing care: a reflection on its foundations
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2016;69(6):1240-1245
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0331
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Objective:
to reflect on nursing care and its epistemology from its historical, theoretical, philosophical, spiritual dimensions and as a social practice.
Method:
discussions originated in the discipline “Epistemology of caring”, from the graduate nursing program of the School of Nursing, Federal University of Minas Gerais, and in critical analysis of nursing literature together with the professional practice of the authors.
Results:
we identified the necessity of developing a critical conscience on health care provision, research, and teaching, as well as on challenges in maintaining high standards of working interpersonal relationships, which has a profound impact on population health.
Conclusion:
we suggest the rescue of integrality, humanization, unity, and spirituality in researches and practices of individual, familiar, and community care, as an advance in incorporating epistemology of caring in nursing.
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Nurse-midwives reconfiguring care in the scope of labor and births in COVID-19 times
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200863
Abstract
Nurse-midwives reconfiguring care in the scope of labor and births in COVID-19 times
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200863
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0863
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Objectives:
to analyze how the nurse-midwives of maternity wards that were fields of practice for an improvement course in obstetrics have reorganized care in the context of labor and birth amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
this is a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative study carried out with nine nurse-midwives who are preceptors and collaborators in maternity wards that were fields of practice for an improvement course, between February and April 2020, through a semi-structured interview through WhatsApp®. Content analysis was used to treat the information.
Results:
the pandemic brought the need to reorganize work, with a focus on service training and maintenance of good practices in labor and birth, whose movement was intensely experienced, interfering in nurse-midwives’ mental health.
Conclusion:
nurse-midwives have faced the pandemic with concerns about maintaining safe care, focused on practices based on updated scientific evidence.
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EDITORIAL07-28-2021
The era of precision medicine and its impact on nursing: paradigm shifts?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(5):e740501
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EDITORIALThe era of precision medicine and its impact on nursing: paradigm shifts?
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(5):e740501
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2021740501
Views0INTRODUCTIONThe large investment and development of research in genomics and molecular biology in the last two decades, especially after the conclusion of the Human Genome Project (HGP), has generated many expectations regarding its impact on the transformation from the conventional medicine paradigm to the precision medicine paradigm(–). The term precision medicine (PM) was used for […]See more -
ORIGINAL ARTICLE07-06-2020
Knowledge and health promotion practice of Family Health Strategy nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190362
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEKnowledge and health promotion practice of Family Health Strategy nurses
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73(5):e20190362
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0362
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Objectives:
to analyze the knowledge and health promotion practice carried out by Family Health Strategy nurses.
Methods:
a descriptive study and qualitative approach. The study was conducted with 18 Family Health Strategy nurses from the city of São Carlos. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through thematic analysis. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee.
Results:
the data revealed that nurses had difficulties to conceptualize health promotion, and it is common to describe the definition of disease prevention. Nurses also reported developing group activities for health promotion; however, individual actions and consultations were still predominant.
Final Considerations:
it is necessary to develop sustainable strategies for collective health-promoting activities, in addition to strengthening multidisciplinary work and Continuing Education actions.
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Quality of life and falls in elderly people: a mixed methods study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200400
Abstract
Quality of life and falls in elderly people: a mixed methods study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74:e20200400
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0400
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Objective:
to assess elderly people’s quality of life, understanding the social representations of falls.
Methods:
a convergent mixed methods research carried out at homes, with a sample of 134 elderly people. A structured questionnaire was used, covering sociodemographic variables and factors that indicated frailty and risk of falling. For quality of life assessment, Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 and Theory of Social Representations, Abric’s structural approach were used, with data treated by dictionary of equivalent terms, processed in Evoc 2000, converging analytically according to Neuman.
Results:
quality of life impairment was identified in terms of physical, emotional and functional capacity. The elements of the possible central nucleus were fall, fear, and bruised-broken-bone.
Final considerations:
quality of life impairment can contribute to increase the number of falls, which has been shown to be an event present in elderly people’s lives through evocations. Understanding elderly people’s individual demands allows planning actions.
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REFLECTION07-10-2020
In defense of the Unified Health System in the context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200247
Abstract
REFLECTIONIn defense of the Unified Health System in the context of SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200247
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0247
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Objective:
To discuss the political and structural conditions for establishing the Unified Health System (UHS – Sistema Único de Saúde, SUS) in coping with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
Methods:
Theoretical-reflection study.
Results:
At the first moment named “The global and the local in facing the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic” is presented the health crisis that took place worldwide and the government actions to combat COVID-19. A second moment named “Between dismantling actions and resistance, the UHS is the best way to face the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic”, reflects on the neoliberal attacks on the health system and how it resists, remaining the main pandemic response strategy.
Conclusion:
The strengthening of democracy and the defense of the UHS are the way out of the crisis. It is believed that this reflection generates – in everyone who deals with caretaking – the political action, the ethical attitude, the desire for valorization and the spirit of struggle in defense of the UHS and human life.
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Historicity of nursing graduate studies in Brazil: an analysis of the Sociology of the Professions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(6):e20190827
Abstract
Historicity of nursing graduate studies in Brazil: an analysis of the Sociology of the Professions
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2021;74(6):e20190827
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0827
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Objectives:
to analyze the scientific productions about the history of graduate studies in Brazilian nursing in the light of Eliot Freidson’s Sociology of the Professions.
Methods:
an integrative review, carried out in the databases indexed in Virtual Health Library. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses recommendations were followed. Thematic content analysis and Eliot Freidson’s concepts were adopted.
Results:
two categories emerged: “Institutionalization of graduate courses in Brazilian nursing”, highlighting the historical process of professionalization in nursing through transition from empirical to professional care, subsidized by the monopoly of the construction of one’s own knowledge; “The scientific production of graduate nursing in Brazil”, showing the strengthening of a new generation of nurse researchers, given the greater scientificity in teaching due to implementation of graduate studies.
Final Considerations:
the analyzes present the historicity of graduate studies’ institutionalization, supporting the understanding of professionalization outlines of Brazilian nursing.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE06-01-2020
Binge drinking and overweight in brazilian adults – CUME Project
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190316
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEBinge drinking and overweight in brazilian adults – CUME Project
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20190316
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2019-0316
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Objective:
To verify the association between heavy episodic alcohol consumption [binge drinking (BD)] and overweight in 2,909 adults from the Cohort of Universities of Minas Gerais (CUME Project) baseline, Brazil.
Method:
Cross-sectional study in which sociodemographic, anthropometric (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 = overweight) and dietary intake data were collected. This study evaluated the occurrence and monthly frequency of BD (≥ 4 drinks at one time for women; ≥ 5 drinks at one time for men, in the last 30 days).
Results:
The prevalence of BD and overweight were 41.3% and 40.8%, respectively. BD increased the prevalence of overweight by 19%, and, BD exposure by ≥ 5 days / month increased it by 31%.
Conclusion:
BD on a single or multiple occasion during the month was associated with a higher prevalence of overweight. Therefore, such a lifestyle should be considered in weight gain prevention strategies.
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REVIEW09-18-2020
Allocation of resources for health care in COVID-19 pandemic times: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200244
Abstract
REVIEWAllocation of resources for health care in COVID-19 pandemic times: integrative review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2020;73:e20200244
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0244
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Objective:
To analyze information on resource allocation in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, published in indexed scientific journals, from December 2019 to March 2020.
Methods:
This is an integrative literature review, which took place in March 2020. All databases were investigated and studies were found only in MEDLINE. After applying the established criteria, six articles were selected.
Results:
It was evident that the allocation of resources is carried out as the demands emerge. The fragility in presenting scientific-methodological evidence that can guide decision makers for assertive allocation of available resources is highlighted. The results showed that studies on this subject are incipient and need to be expanded.
Final considerations:
The need for health organizations and area authorities to be better prepared for the proper use of available resources, with allocation based on scientific evidence and maximization of resources is indicated.
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