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Elderly families of South of Brazil in the Health Strategy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):406-413
Abstract
Elderly families of South of Brazil in the Health Strategy
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):406-413
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680305i
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Objective:
to characterize families and health status of the elderly in the Family Health Strategy and to verify the association of family composition with sociodemographic characteristics and health of the elderly.
Method:
population-based study with 215 families and 266 elderly, linked to the Family Health Strategy from a city of Rio Grande do Sul state.
Results:
there was predominance of nuclear family composition, considered as the main source of informal support, families of female elderly (62.6%) and cardiovascular complication. The nuclear structure was signifi cantly associated with female gender (PR = 0.77; p = 0.025) and smoking (PR = 1.35; p = 0.009).
Conclusion:
the results reinforce the need to maintain a network of formal and informal support to the elderly and their families to preserve the independence or to postpone the decline in functional capacity.
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From real to ideal – the health (un)care of long-lived elders
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):398-405
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From real to ideal – the health (un)care of long-lived elders
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):398-405
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680304i
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Objective:
to analyze similarities and dissimilarities in the meanings assigned to health care by long-lived elders and nursing professionals in a healthcare setting.
Method:
ethnographic qualitative research, based on the Spradley-McCurdy method and the interpretive anthropology of Geertz and Kleinman. The sample consisted of 20 key informants. Data were collected through participatory observation and ethnographic interviews from March to October 2013 and analyzed in domains, taxonomies and cultural themes.
Results:
Six domains and cultural taxonomies emerged and revealed reasons, attributes, and resources in providing care in relationship to long-lived elders and nursing professionals; fi nally, the following cultural theme emerged: the real to the ideal – the health (un)care of long-lived elders.
Conclusion:
The study showed the distance between the desired and actual health care provided to aged people in the scenario studied.
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Rescuing the pleasure of playing of child with cancer in a hospital setting
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):391-397
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Rescuing the pleasure of playing of child with cancer in a hospital setting
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):391-397
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680303i
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Objective:
to dimension spaces and people that act on playing of children with cancer in outpatient treatment.
Method:
qualitative research developed with the creative sensitive method. A total of twenty two family members of seven children with cancer in outpatient treatment at a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro participated of this research. Data were generated in the family members’ homes, from September 2011 to May 2012.
Results:
after the diagnosis of childhood cancer, there was a change of scene and in the people who interact and play with children. Hospital has a central place for it, since children discover the pleasure of playing in this setting.
Conclusion:
the health care professional, especially nurses, who work on hospital care needs, should develop the ability of facilitate playing and therefore, enable care that promotes childhood development.
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Child Health Surveillance: nurses perspective
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):384-390
Abstract
Child Health Surveillance: nurses perspective
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):384-390
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680302i
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Objective:
to analyze conceptions of nurses on child health surveillance in family health units.
Method:
a qualitative study with thematic analysis of the data, based on the paradigm of Health Surveillance. Interviews were conducted with 13 nurses in a countryside city in the state of Sao Paulo.
Results:
nurses conceived child health surveillance as an active monitoring, which should be comprehensive, identifying risks/vulnerabilities, through multidisciplinary and intersectoral actions that are dependent on maternal involvement. We found partial development of these assumptions in practice, due to diffi culties such as lack of maternal involvement in the proposed actions, lack of time for discussion and adoption of measures in the units and disarticulation between levels and sectors of the city.
Conclusion:
a greater political and technical investment is needed to ensure the adoption of this model in different sectors and levels of care of the city.
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The many sides of Research Integrity: For Integrity in Nursing!
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):375-377
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The many sides of Research Integrity: For Integrity in Nursing!
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):375-377
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680301i
Views1We recently had the opportunity to participate in the 4th World Conference on Research Integrity in Rio de Janeiro. For us researchers, professors, authors, reviewers and scientific editors of nursing periodicals, the event was a watershed: From this point forward, we must step up our game and catch up with other areas that already discuss […]See more -
As diversas faces da Integridade em Pesquisa: por uma Enfermagem íntegra!
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):375-377
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As diversas faces da Integridade em Pesquisa: por uma Enfermagem íntegra!
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(3):375-377
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680301i
Views0Recentemente, tivemos oportunidade de participar da 4ª Conferência Mundial de Integridade em Pesquisa, no Rio de Janeiro. Para nós, pesquisadores, docentes, autores, pareceristas e editores científicos de periódicos de Enfermagem foi um evento divisor de águas: de ora em diante precisamos apertar o passo para alcançar as áreas que já têm as questões de Integridade […]See more -
Professional Master’s Degree: potential contribution to Advanced Practice Nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1186-1189
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Professional Master’s Degree: potential contribution to Advanced Practice Nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1186-1189
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680626i
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A reflection articleabout the contribution of Master’s Degree Programs in Advanced Practice Nursing and the Universal Health Coverage and the Universal Health Access, topicsthat have been discussed by the Pan American Health Organization, and which the Brazilian Nursingrequires not just appropriate, but further studyto reflect in order to define directions for our profession.
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Concept of family insufficiency in the aged: critical literature analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1176-1185
Abstract
Concept of family insufficiency in the aged: critical literature analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(6):1176-1185
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680625i
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Objective:
to identify the attributes of the “family insufficiency” concept of the aged in the literature.
Method:
critical literature analysis.
Results:
family insufficiency is characterized as a complex process of psychosocial interaction, founded mainly on low social support of the aged and impaired family ties. Its antecedents are found in contemporary transformations within the family system, intergenerational conflicts, impaired family relationships and social vulnerability of the family. The consequences of family insufficiency include social vulnerability of the aged, decline of psychological and functional health, lower quality of life and unsuccessful aging. An original theoretical proposal was elaborated for the concept of family insufficiency in the elderly, with the identification of its attributes, antecedents and consequences.
Conclusion:
the findings of this study constitute a theoretical advancement in the Family Insufficiency Syndrome in elderly people and provide data for future field research in developing the concept.
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
30-Year High Cardiovascular Risk Incidence and its Determinants: CUME Study
- Renata Soares Passinho
, - Josefina Bressan ,
- Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff ,
- Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira ,
- Adriano Marçal Pimenta
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE30-Year High Cardiovascular Risk Incidence and its Determinants: CUME Study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220544
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0544
- Renata Soares Passinho ,
- Josefina Bressan ,
- Helen Hermana Miranda Hermsdorff ,
- Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira ,
- Adriano Marçal Pimenta
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Objective:
Estimate the incidence of the 30-year high cardiovascular risk and its determinants among graduates of federal universities in Minas Gerais.
Methods:
This is a prospective cohort of 2,854 adults aged 20 to 59. The incidence of the outcome was calculated using the Framingham equation and its determinants were determined through multivariate Cox regression.
Results:
After an average of 2.62 years, the incidence of high cardiovascular risk was 8.09 and 20.1 cases per 1,000 person-years, for females and males respectively. Being male (HR: 2.34; 95% CI: 1.58 – 3.46), employment (HR: 2.13; 95% CI: 1.13 – 3.99), high consumption of processed foods (HR: 2.44; 95% CI: 1.21 – 4.90), and being physically active (HR: 0.63; 95% CI: 0.41 – 0.98) were associated with high cardiovascular risk.
Conclusions:
Among highly educated adults, being male, employment, and high consumption of processed foods are predictors of high cardiovascular risk, while being physically active acts as a protective factor.
- Renata Soares Passinho
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
“Fala-M@no-COVID-19”: technological development of a health navigation program for men during the pandemic
- Franciele Silva dos Santos ,
- Lorena de Cerqueira Andrade Braga ,
- Ramon Vinicius Peixoto da Silva Santos ,
- Mary Karolyna Tavares Santos de Santana ,
- Gildasio Souza Pereira , [ … ],
- Anderson Reis de Sousa
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLE“Fala-M@no-COVID-19”: technological development of a health navigation program for men during the pandemic
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220534
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0534
- Franciele Silva dos Santos ,
- Lorena de Cerqueira Andrade Braga ,
- Ramon Vinicius Peixoto da Silva Santos ,
- Mary Karolyna Tavares Santos de Santana ,
- Gildasio Souza Pereira ,
- Vinícius de Olivera Muniz ,
- Éric Santos Almeida ,
- Anderson Reis de Sousa
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Objective:
to develop a care-educational technology similar to a health navigation program for men during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Methods:
a methodological and qualitative study of a care-educational technology of health navigation program, structured by Program Development Cycle, with 16 patient navigators and 10 professional navigators. It used reflective thematic content analysis and an adaptation model for data processing.
Results:
the ; navigation program was developed by: I) Observation of reality, problem mapping, needs assessment: content selection, creation of domains and questions; II) Theoretical-conceptual and methodological definition, creation of product under the elaboration of care plans, based on theory, process and taxonomies by a flowchart of operationalization of actions; and III) Self-assessment: qualitative research with professional navigators.
Final considerations:
the technology developed, with theoretical and methodological support, allowed to derive a viable navigation program compatible with reality based on the audience’s needs.
- Franciele Silva dos Santos
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Social representation of young people in higher education about sexually transmitted infections
- Thelma Spindola ,
- Laércio Deleon de Melo ,
- Juliana de Lima Brandão ,
- Denize Cristina de Oliveira ,
- Sérgio Corrêa Marques , [ … ],
- Paulo Ferreira Pinto
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESocial representation of young people in higher education about sexually transmitted infections
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220406
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0406
- Thelma Spindola ,
- Laércio Deleon de Melo ,
- Juliana de Lima Brandão ,
- Denize Cristina de Oliveira ,
- Sérgio Corrêa Marques ,
- Cristina Arreguy-Sena ,
- Paulo Ferreira Pinto
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Objective:
to analyze the social representations about sexually transmitted infections elaborated by undergraduate students.
Methods:
a descriptive, qualitative study, in the light of the structural approach of Social Representation Theory, carried out with 160 young undergraduate students, in the second half of 2019, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected using a sociodemographic characterization questionnaire, knowledge and practices for preventing sexually transmitted infections, analyzed using descriptive statistics and a form of free evocations with the inducing term STD, analyzed using prototypical and similarity analysis.
Results:
the representation’s possible central nucleus is composed of lexicons aids, disease and HIV; the peripheral system by syphilis, sex, condoms, gonorrhea, prevention, infection, carelessness, HPV, herpes, ignorance, treatment, fear, unprotected-sex and danger.
Final considerations:
social thinking about sexually transmitted infections is characterized by their recognition as diseases, which require barrier prevention measures, associating with unsafe sexual practices that arouse fear.
- Thelma Spindola
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The Medical Healing of Souls: a strategy for welcoming post-pandemic mental health
- Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros ,
- Eliane Ramos Pereira ,
- Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva
Abstract
The Medical Healing of Souls: a strategy for welcoming post-pandemic mental health
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220331
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0331
- Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros ,
- Eliane Ramos Pereira ,
- Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade Silva
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Objective:
to reflect on the applicability of the Medical Healing of Souls (MHS) by health professionals as a welcoming strategy in post-pandemic mental health.
Methods:
a theoretical and reflective study, based on Viktor Frankl’s philosophy, based on the book “The Doctor and the Soul, From Psychotherapy to Logotherapy” and scientific literature.
Results:
the study was structured in two discursive approaches: MHS in the field of health; The applicability of MHS in post-pandemic mental health care.
Final considerations:
MHS can be used in mental health care, in health emergencies, promoting a more humane performance of health professionals, facilitating the integration of inevitable suffering into a meaningful life.
- Angelica Yolanda Bueno Bejarano Vale de Medeiros
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validity study of the “Play Nicely Program: The Healthy Discipline Handbook” for use in Brazil
- Janaina Recanello Begui ,
- Seth Scholer ,
- Naiara Barros Polita ,
- Maria Aparecida Baggio ,
- Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino , [ … ],
- Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLETranslation, cross-cultural adaptation and validity study of the “Play Nicely Program: The Healthy Discipline Handbook” for use in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20220281
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2022-0281
- Janaina Recanello Begui ,
- Seth Scholer ,
- Naiara Barros Polita ,
- Maria Aparecida Baggio ,
- Maria de Fátima Garcia Lopes Merino ,
- Adriana Valongo Zani ,
- Rosângela Aparecida Pimenta
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Objective:
to describe the translation, cross-cultural adaptation and validity process of the “Play Nicely Program: The Healthy Discipline Handbook” for use in Brazil.
Methods:
a methodological study that followed the translation, back-translation, expert committee assessment, and pre-test steps. The Content Validity Index (CVI) was calculated for both the judge population and the pre-test population. Four translators, seven expert judges in the field of child health and thirty participants in the pre-test, including parents, teachers and healthcare professionals, participated in the study.
Results:
in experts’ analysis (98.4%), a value of 100% of adequate assessments was obtained, and in the target population’s analysis (89.5%), there were 100% of adequate assessments. In both analyses, suggested adaptations were made.
Conclusios:
cross-cultural adaptation and content validity into Brazilian Portuguese of the “Play Nicely Program: The Healthy Discipline Handbook” were considered adequate for application in the target population.
- Janaina Recanello Begui
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE12-04-2023
Emergency units and COVID-19: Burnout, and empathy reported by nursing professionals and perceived by patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20210869
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEEmergency units and COVID-19: Burnout, and empathy reported by nursing professionals and perceived by patients
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(6):e20210869
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2021-0869
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Objective:
To investigate Burnout Syndrome and empathy self-reported by the nursing staff and empathy perceived by the patient.
Method:
Cross-sectional study in a public emergency unit in São Paulo (from October/2020 to March/2021). The nursing staff answered the Maslach Burnout Inventory and the Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure-Nurses (Brazilian version), whereas adult patients answered the Consultation and Relational Empathy Measure (Brazilian version). Descriptive and inferential analysis, with a 5% significance level.
Results:
A total of 92 professionals and 271 patients participated. Most professionals reported impact of COVID-19 (80; 86.96%) and, among them, increased Burnout Syndrome (93; 75%), but with low emotional exhaustion (71; 74%), low depersonalization (59; 78%) and high level of professional accomplishment (72; 83%). Most reported impact and increased empathy, and the results reported by professionals and patients (mean and standard deviation) were: 39.89 (6.44) and 38.25 (9.45), respectively.
Conclusion:
The professionals reported a low level of Burnout Syndrome and a high level of empathy in pandemic.
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ERRATUM11-27-2023
ERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(5):e2023n5e05
Abstract
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Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(5):e2023n5e05
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20237605e05
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE11-27-2023
Mental suffering in family daily life: a temporal journey according to Merleau-Ponty
- Patricia Anjos Lima de Carvalho ,
- Vanessa Thamyris Carvalho dos Santos ,
- Marlene Gomes Terra ,
- Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira ,
- Ricardo Henrique Soares , [ … ],
- Edite Lago da Silva Sena
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEMental suffering in family daily life: a temporal journey according to Merleau-Ponty
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2023;76(5):e20230258
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0258
- Patricia Anjos Lima de Carvalho ,
- Vanessa Thamyris Carvalho dos Santos ,
- Marlene Gomes Terra ,
- Márcia Aparecida Ferreira de Oliveira ,
- Ricardo Henrique Soares ,
- Edite Lago da Silva Sena
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Objectives:
to describe the family’s experience in relation to daily life with a family member experiencing mental suffering.
Methods:
a qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study grounded in Merleau-Ponty’s ontology of experience was conducted in ten households in a city in the state of Bahia, Brazil, where 24 participants of the Intersubjectivity Wheels reside. The descriptions produced were subjected to the Ambiguity Analytics technique.
Results:
the descriptions were categorized into: absence as a creative power of the sense of “being” and “not being a family”; and exclusion and acceptance as expressions of mental suffering in the family context.
Final Considerations:
the experience of mental suffering in the family’s daily life is marked by ambiguous feelings, such as joy and sadness, disappointment and satisfaction, lack of love and love. However, experiencing these feelings can mobilize the desire to “become” a family, increase the sense of autonomy and independence, and drive the formation of new family configurations.
- Patricia Anjos Lima de Carvalho
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A Pesquisa em Enfermagem e os novos rumos a partir do SENPE
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):571-572
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A Pesquisa em Enfermagem e os novos rumos a partir do SENPE
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(4):571-572
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680401i
Views0Após quase meio século do início da pesquisa em Enfermagem no Brasil, ainda há necessidade de investimentos para considerá-la consolidada. Os seminários nacionais que discutem a investigação nesta área demonstram esta afirmação ao longo de 17 eventos, por seus resultados e participação da categoria de pesquisadores e prestadores de serviço.O 18º Seminário Nacional de Pesquisa […]See more -
Comprehensive health care: dilemmas and challenges in nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):333-338
Abstract
Comprehensive health care: dilemmas and challenges in nursing
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):333-338
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680221i
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Objective:
this article discusses comprehensive care as a guiding tenet of the Brazilian Unifi ed Health System (SUS), outlining health care practices, especially nursing, and the relationships built by subjects in action by means of different knowledge.
Methods:
this is a theoretical refl ection that aims to propose dimensions of analysis (access to services, reception, links, lines of care, accountability, and responsiveness), with an emphasis on the dilemmas and challenges of nursing. The proposed dimensions analyze the production of care and its political and technical aspects.
Conclusion:
care should be the focus of all health care work, bearing in mind that intervention for technological action of each profession goes beyond the core of isolated knowledge, as is the case of nursing, which is connected to other professional practices, and can peruse other territories that operate through relational technologies, entering into the world of the needs of users and families.
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Gender and violence against women in nursing literature: a review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):325-332
Abstract
Gender and violence against women in nursing literature: a review
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):325-332
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680220i
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Objective:
considering the potential of nursing to expand understanding on this theme, this study aims to learn what is being published on gender and violence against women in the main Brazilian nursing journals.
Method:
an integrative review of online publications between 2000 and 2012 was conducted. Of the 138 articles selected, 25 addressed gender and violence against women as social constructs.
Results:
there was a predominance of qualitative approaches (60%), empirical research (60%), academic (100%), authors who were nurses (96%), spousal violence (32%) and domestic violence (20%). Violence against women in the light of gender was associated in only 32% of the articles.
Conclusion:
there is a need for increased studies in partnership with the public health care service, and to expand discussions on the dynamics of power and resistance, which are the basis of the concept of gender.
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Nasal colonization in nursing professionals from units specialized in HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):320-324
Abstract
Nasal colonization in nursing professionals from units specialized in HIV/AIDS
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):320-324
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680119i
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Objective:
to investigate the presence of microorganisms in the nostrils of the nursing professionals of a Brazilian teaching hospital.
Method:
cross-sectional study in two inpatient units specialized in HIV/AIDS. Nasal secretion samples of nursing professionals were collected in one month. The samples were processed at the microbiology laboratory of the institution and analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) software, version 19.0. Ethical aspects were abided.
Results:
from the 73 members of the nursing staff, samples of nasal secretions were collected from 61 (80.2%). Six types of microorganisms were isolated in 22 (41.0%) positive cultures. It is noteworthy that Staphylococcus aureus accounted for 22.9%, four of them oxacillin-resistant (MRSA).
Conclusion:
Staphylococcus aureus microorganism accounted for the largest prevalence in individuals of this study.
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Evaluation of nursing students about learning with clinical simulation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):311-319
Abstract
Evaluation of nursing students about learning with clinical simulation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):311-319
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680218i
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Objective:
to describe the contributions of clinical simulation for learning cognitive and procedural attributes through debriefi ng, from the perspective of nursing students.
Method:
descriptive exploratory study. Twenty nursing undergraduate students from a university in the interior of the state of São Paulo participated in this study. Data collection was performed at the debriefi ng stage. Student’s perceptions about the simulation, positive aspects and what they could have done differently were registered. The students’ statements were grouped according to the central themes and the framework of Bardin’s content analysis (2011) and were analyzed using descriptive statistics.
Results:
enhancement of active, critical and refl ective learning (47.5%) was identifi ed due to the closeness to reality in nursing care (20.3%), manifestation of feelings experienced during the simulation (15.3%) and composition of the scenario (15.3%).
Conclusion:
the clinical simulation followed by debriefi ng promotes the understanding of the link between action and achievements in learning.
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Risk assessment of patient falls while taking medications ordered in a teaching hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):305-310
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Risk assessment of patient falls while taking medications ordered in a teaching hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):305-310
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680217i
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Objective:
to stratify prescribed medication in a fall risk scale, identifying subgroups of drugs and inpatient units with higher risk of falls.
Method:
retrospective study on prescription order forms given by medical clinic, surgical clinic, and general intensive care unit. Risk factors under consideration: 1) orthostatic hypotension; 2) arterial hypotension; 3) arterial hypertension; 4) bradycardia; 5) psychomotor agitation; 6) mental confusion; 7) dizziness; 8) drowsiness/sedation; 9) reduced eyesight; 10) seizures; 11) atonia/dystonia/muscle weakness; 12) hypoglycemia; 13) urgent urination and 14) urgent defecation/diarrhea. Risk levels adopted: 0: 0 factor; I: 1-2 factors; II: 3-5 factors; III: 6-9 factors; IV: 10-14 factors.
Results:
3893 drugs were analyzed and stratifi ed in levels: 0 22.7%; I 33.5%; II 28%; III 15.1%; IV 0.7%. Levels III and IV more often refer to drugs for stomach acid disorders, 22.6%, and psycholeptics, 100%.
Conclusion:
knowing the risk factors associated with medication may help prevent and reduce falls, especially when therapeutic regimens cannot be modifi ed.
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Knowledge and practice of the nurse about leprosy: actions of control and elimination
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):297-304
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Knowledge and practice of the nurse about leprosy: actions of control and elimination
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):297-304
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680216i
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Objective:
to assess the knowledge and practice of primary health care nurses about control and elimination actions of leprosy.
Method:
evaluation study with qualitative approach, using the Discourse of the Collective Subject, data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with 16 nurses.
Results:
the data collected revealed that health professionals have suffi cient knowledge about the National Policy on Control and Elimination of Leprosy (NPCEL) and that the main actions preconized were applied, however, notifi cation of suspected or confi rmed cases and social reintegration of the patient were not mentioned.
Conclusion:
keeping patients in treatment, overload of work, lack of interdisciplinarity and treatment performed at other locations outside of the community were diffi culties reported by professionals. Nurses know the actions addressed at assistance of leprosy patients, however, the study points to the need for a practice which is more aligned to what advocates NPCEL.
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Weaknesses of vaccine storage in Primary Healthcare Centers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):291-296
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Weaknesses of vaccine storage in Primary Healthcare Centers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2015;68(2):291-296
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.2015680215i
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Objective:
assessment through qualitative approach of vaccine storage in Primary Healthcare Centers.
Method:
assessment study of qualitative approach in which 30 interviews were conducted with nurses, nursing technicians or assistants and technical reference in immunization, in 12 vaccine rooms that had 100% of the structural criteria evaluated. Recorded testimonials of the subjects were organized and analyzed using thematic Content Analysis.
Results:
the assessment pointed to absence of knowledge on the parts of nurses and nursing technicians and assistants with respect to the effects of low temperature on vaccines. Barriers were also encountered in relation to the supervision of nurses in the vaccine room activities and in relation to the knowledge needed by workers to care for preservation of vaccines.
Conclusion:
vaccine storage is inadequate and may compromise the quality of the immunobiologicals dispensed to the populace.
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