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Perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1998-2004
Abstract
Perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1998-2004
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0360
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Objective:
To understand the perception of cancer patients in palliative care about quality of life and identify propositions for its improvement.
Method:
This is a quantitative research carried out with 96 patients in palliative care, admitted in a public hospital from March 2015 to February 2015. The interviews were transcribed and analyzed by the methodology Discourse of the Collective Subject.
Results:
Quality of life was tied to meanings of health, well-being, happiness and spirituality; however, family and financial problems also had an impact on the perception of the construct. Interventions aimed at the relief of suffering, possibility of return to work and resolution of problems had suggestions for improvement.
Conclusion:
The results indicate that the concept of quality of life is subjective, tied to personal values and influenced by the repercussions of the health-disease process. In addition, they can guide actions based on interdisciplinary assistance aimed at the real needs of these patients.
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The impact of cancer on healthy siblings
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1992-1997
Abstract
The impact of cancer on healthy siblings
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1992-1997
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0449
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Objective:
The objective is to identify the variables that influence the impact of cancer on healthy siblings.
Method:
This is a quantitative, descriptive and correlational study with 83 families of children with cancer. We used the “Questionnaire to Assess the Impact of the Children’s Cancer on the Family”, “Social Support Satisfaction Scale”, “Graffar Scale” and “Apgar Scale”.
Results:
The results show a relation between social support (X²=5.031, gl=1, p=0.025), expenses (t=-2.009, gl=81, p=0.048), disease impact on family structure (t=-3.210, gl=81, p=0.002) and the impact of the disease on healthy siblings.
Conclusion:
Social support plays an important role in these families, especially in the impact of the disease on healthy siblings. Nurses should identify the support systems that families have available, as well as their family functionality and the implications for healthy siblings.
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Cardiovascular risk stratification among hypertensive patients: the influence of risk factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1985-1991
Abstract
Cardiovascular risk stratification among hypertensive patients: the influence of risk factors
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1985-1991
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0528
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Objective:
to assess the cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients and the influence of risk factors on the stratification scores.
Methods:
this is a cross-sectional study with hypertensive patients undergoing outpatient follow-up from November 2014 to February 2015. The Global Risk Score was used to assess cardiovascular risk. To assess the influence of the risk factors with the stratification of the cardiovascular risk score, the main components analysis was used.
Results:
57 patients participated in the study, and the majority (93.1%) was considered to be at high cardiovascular risk; the analysis of the main components identified five components that explain 85.2% of the total variation.
Conclusion:
the cardiovascular risk assessment demonstrated the importance of the identification of risk factors and, consequently, the need to implement actions aimed at controlling these factors, which constitutes a challenge in the adequate management of arterial hypertension.
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Cultural adaptation of the Pieper-Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test for use in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1977-1984
Abstract
Cultural adaptation of the Pieper-Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test for use in Brazil
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1977-1984
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0029
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Objective:
To carry out the cultural adaptation of the Pieper-Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PZ-PUKT) for use in Brazil and analyze the internal consistency of the adapted version.
Method:
This was a methodological study. The PZ-PUKT is a knowledge test consisting of 72 items, divided into: prevention, staging, and wound description. The present study was developed in two phases: (1) translation of the questionnaire from English to Brazilian Portuguese, back-translation, and assessment of equivalence between the original and back-translated version by an expert panel; (2) pre-testing with nurses.
Results:
The questionnaire showed face and content validity according to the opinions of the experts. Cronbach’s alpha for the total test score was higher than 0.70. The adapted version presented satisfactory internal consistency for the studied sample.
Conclusion:
The adapted version of the instrument for Portuguese can be used in intervention studies as a tool to measure “nursing knowledge about pressure injury/ulcers” as a dependent variable.
Keywords:Evidence-based NursingKnowledge, Health Attitudes and PracticesUlcer WoundsValidation StudiesWounds and InjuriesSee more -
Construction of assistive technology as online course for the blind about hypertension
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1970-1976
Abstract
Construction of assistive technology as online course for the blind about hypertension
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1970-1976
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0056
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Objective:
to develop affordable education course for the blind on the prevention of hypertension.
Method:
we used the Model of Development of Digital Educational Materials composed by the stages of analysis and planning; modeling; implementation; evaluation and maintenance; distribution.
Results:
we obtained fifteen pages divided into six learning units. The study followed the accessibility standards of national and international documents. Evaluation and maintenance phase occurred during preparation of the course.
Final considerations:
to elaborate a course as assistive technology for the visually-impaired is a feasible task, provides knowledge about hypertension prevention and equality of access to digital educational materials.
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Hands hygiene and the use of gloves by nursing team in hemodialysis service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1963-1969
Abstract
Hands hygiene and the use of gloves by nursing team in hemodialysis service
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1963-1969
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0476
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Objective:
to analyze the adhesion of the nursing team to the practice of hands hygiene (HH) and the use of latex gloves in a hemodialysis service.
Method:
this is a descriptive-exploratory study with a quantitative approach, performed between August and October 2016 in a hemodialysis service in the countryside of São Paulo State, Brazil, where the nursing team adhered to HH and the use of gloves. All ethical aspects have been contemplated.
Results:
there were 1090 opportunities for HH, with the adhesion rate being only 16.6%. Regarding the use of gloves, of the 510 opportunities observed, there was correct use in 45%, reuse in 25% and absence of latex gloves in 29% of the time.
Conclusion:
the rate of HH and adherence to gloves is far from ideal, contributing to the increased risk of infection for both the user and the professional.
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Project HOPE: American nurses in Brazil (1973)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1956-1962
Abstract
Project HOPE: American nurses in Brazil (1973)
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1956-1962
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0432
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Objective:
to describe the reality of nurses of Project HOPE and discuss the repercussion of their performance in relation to the reconfiguration of nursing in Alagoas State.
Method:
social-historical study, whose primary sources were documents filed in the Laboratory of Documentation and Research in History of Nursing, granted by this project; oral testimonies resulting from the transcription of interviews of US nurses and the VeNeta Masson’s’logbook, coordinator nurse of the ship. The discussion of the data was based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory. The project was submitted to the Ethics Committee and approved by it.
Results:
The actions of the American nurses exposed the shortage of this type of professional in the area, as well as the precarious health conditions in the region.
Conclusion:
the symbolic capital of these nurses has contributed to the reconfiguration of the nursing field in Alagoas State.
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Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and implications of establishing partnerships among Hornet® users
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1949-1955
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Knowledge about HIV/AIDS and implications of establishing partnerships among Hornet® users
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(4):1949-1955
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0409
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Objective:
To evaluate the knowledge of men, who have sex with men who use geolocation-based dating software, about HIV/AIDS, and the implications of establishing partnerships.
Method:
Descriptive study with 30 Hornet® users. The statements generated had statistical treatment in the IRaMuTeQ software, analyzed through the Descending Hierarchical Classification.
Results:
The sexual frequency in the last 30 days was 2.9 partners, of which 2.1 were found by the application, of which 63.3% reported having sex without condoms. There were four classes: Knowledge about HIV/AIDS prevention measures; PrEP/truvada as a measure of HIV/AIDS prevention; Risky behaviors in relation to HIV infection; Establishment of sexual partnerships through applications.
Conclusion:
Hornet users have insufficient knowledge about HIV prevention measures, especially when discarding the male condom. The relationships established through the application are permeated by high individual vulnerability and behaviors that have potential exposure to the risk of HIV infection.
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ERRATUM01-13-2024
ERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e2024n6e08
Abstract
ERRATUMERRATUM
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e2024n6e08
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20247706e08
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ERRATUM01-13-2024
ERRATA
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e2024n6e07
Abstract
ERRATUMERRATA
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e2024n6e07
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167.20247706e06pt
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-13-2024
Indicators associated with severity and mortality in hospitalized people with HIV: A retrospective cohort
- Jarbas da Silva Ziani
, - Jenifer Härter ,
- Francielle Liz Monteiro ,
- Camila Biazus Dalcin ,
- Stela Maris de Mello Padoin , [ … ],
- Cláudia Zamberlan
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEIndicators associated with severity and mortality in hospitalized people with HIV: A retrospective cohort
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20240204
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2024-0204
- Jarbas da Silva Ziani ,
- Jenifer Härter ,
- Francielle Liz Monteiro ,
- Camila Biazus Dalcin ,
- Stela Maris de Mello Padoin ,
- Marcelo Ribeiro Primeira ,
- Laís Mara Caetano da Silva Corcini ,
- Cláudia Zamberlan
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Objectives:
to compare the sociodemographic and clinical severity indicators of hospitalized people with HIV in relation to clinical outcomes and urgent hospital admission.
Methods:
a retrospective cohort study was conducted with 102 medical records of HIV-infected individuals hospitalized in a hospital in southern Brazil. In addition to descriptive analysis, Fisher’s exact test, Pearson’s Chi-square, and logistic regression were used.
Results:
the data showed a significant direct effect on severity indicators in the following variables: male sex (p=0.013), skin color (p=0.023), level of education (p=0.000), urgent admissions (p=0.000), late diagnosis (p=0.001), diabetes mellitus (p=0.001), hypertension (p=0.004), kidney disease (p=0.002), high viral load (p=0.006), CD4+ count below 200 (p=0.005), fever (p=0.016), weight loss (p=0.013), co-infection with hepatitis C (p=0.004), and mortality (p=0.007).
Conclusions:
three sociodemographic and thirteen clinical markers were identified as being associated with the risk of clinical deterioration in hospitalized people with HIV.
- Jarbas da Silva Ziani
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-13-2024
Nurses’ perspectives on the use of telemonitoring in the management of people with diabetes and hypertension
- Camila Wohlenberg Camparoto ,
- Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad ,
- Elen Ferraz Teston ,
- Pamela dos Reis ,
- Sonia Silva Marcon
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLENurses’ perspectives on the use of telemonitoring in the management of people with diabetes and hypertension
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230481
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0481
- Camila Wohlenberg Camparoto ,
- Maria do Carmo Fernandez Lourenço Haddad ,
- Elen Ferraz Teston ,
- Pamela dos Reis ,
- Sonia Silva Marcon
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Objectives:
to understand the perspective of nurses on the use of telemonitoring in the management of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension in primary care.
Methods:
this qualitative research involved sixteen nurses from eight municipalities in Paraná. Data were collected between November 2022 and January 2023 through inperson or remote interviews, which were audio-recorded and subjected to content analysis.
Results:
according to the nurses, telemonitoring enhances users’ knowledge about these conditions, communication and connection with the team, and productivity. However, the lack of electronic resources and equipment, high staff turnover, low user adherence, and the limited availability of professional time present significant challenges.
Final Considerations:
the effective implementation and operation of telemonitoring in the management of people with diabetes and hypertension involve both potential benefits and barriers. It is essential to have the availability of human and technological resources, managerial support, and the commitment of professionals and users.
- Camila Wohlenberg Camparoto
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-13-2024
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of nurses regarding blood culture collection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230424
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEKnowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of nurses regarding blood culture collection
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230424
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0424
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Objectives:
to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses regarding blood culture collection.
Methods:
a cross-sectional study was conducted in five Brazilian public hospitals with 112 nurses. Data were collected using an adapted questionnaire and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results:
nurses who did not consider themselves capable of collecting blood cultures had a 72% lower chance of performing the collection at the recommended site and an 83% lower chance of using the same needle for blood inoculation into the vials. Nurses working in the emergency department had a 75% lower chance of knowing the international benchmark for blood culture contamination rates, and those with less than 5 years in the position decreased their chance of accuracy in this matter by 79%.
Conclusions:
there are gaps in the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of nurses regarding blood culture collection. Standardization of the technique, periodic education, supervision and guidance of the collection team, and process auditing are recommended coping strategies.
Keywords:Blood CultureBlood Specimen CollectionHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeNursing CareQuality of Health CareSee more
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-13-2024
Social representations of oncologic surgery for patients with cancer
- Rômulo Frutuoso Antunes ,
- Rachel Verdan Dib ,
- Raquel de Souza Ramos ,
- Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes ,
- Manassés Moura dos Santos , [ … ],
- Karen Paula Damasceno dos Santos Souza
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLESocial representations of oncologic surgery for patients with cancer
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230273
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0273
- Rômulo Frutuoso Antunes ,
- Rachel Verdan Dib ,
- Raquel de Souza Ramos ,
- Antonio Marcos Tosoli Gomes ,
- Manassés Moura dos Santos ,
- Margarida Maria Rocha Bernardes ,
- Carolina Cristina Scrivano dos Santos ,
- Karen Paula Damasceno dos Santos Souza
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Objectives:
to analyze the social representations of patients with cancer regarding oncologic surgery.
Methods:
a qualitative study based on Social Representation Theory was conducted with 126 participants between October 2021 and May 2022 in a public hospital in Rio de Janeiro. A characterization questionnaire, free evocations of the inducing term “surgery”, and semi-structured interviews with 60 participants were applied. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel® and IRaMuTeQ.
Results:
the central core of the representation is composed of fear, cure, hope, and removing the disease. The analysis of interviews resulted in six classes that highlight the social changes caused by treatment as well as the need for a support network to cope with the surgical process.
Final Considerations:
the representations reflect fear and hope towards the procedure and the desire to remove the disease, thus translating the cure through surgery.
- Rômulo Frutuoso Antunes
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-13-2024
Evaluation of care for people with HIV in Primary Health Care: construct validation
- Clarissa Mourão Pinho ,
- Juliana da Rocha Cabral ,
- Morgana Cristina Leôncio de Lima ,
- Mônica Alice Santos da Silva ,
- Regina Celia de Oliveira , [ … ],
- Maria Sandra Andrade
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEEvaluation of care for people with HIV in Primary Health Care: construct validation
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77(6):e20230190
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0190
- Clarissa Mourão Pinho ,
- Juliana da Rocha Cabral ,
- Morgana Cristina Leôncio de Lima ,
- Mônica Alice Santos da Silva ,
- Regina Celia de Oliveira ,
- Jael Maria de Aquino ,
- Erika Simone Galvão Pinto ,
- Maria Sandra Andrade
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Objectives:
to verify the construct validation of an instrument for evaluating care for people living with HIV in Primary Health Care.
Methods:
methodological study carried out in 2021 with 260 health professionals in Recife, PE. Validation based on the internal structure was carried out at this stage using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and validity based on item response theory.
Results:
the validation determined the retention of five factors and 63 items. The instrument’s internal consistency and quality of fit was 0.90, the Tukey-Lewis index was 0.915 and the comparative fit index was 0.918 in the confirmatory factor analysis. The indication for the absolute majority of items is adequate fit.
Conclusions:
the instrument has construct validity, making it possible to use it to evaluate the decentralization process and care for People Living with HIV in Primary Health Care.
Keywords:Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeComprehensive Health CareHIVPrimary Health CareProgram EvaluationSee more
- Clarissa Mourão Pinho
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ORIGINAL ARTICLE01-10-2024
Inventory of ethical problems in mobile pre-hospital care
- Simone da Silva Oliveira ,
- Mariana Oliveira Antunes Ferraz ,
- Darci de Oliveira Santa Rosa ,
- Kátia Santana Freitas ,
- Elaine de Oliveira Souza , [ … ],
- Marisa Aparecida Amaro Malvestio
Abstract
ORIGINAL ARTICLEInventory of ethical problems in mobile pre-hospital care
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2024;77:e20230539
DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2023-0539
- Simone da Silva Oliveira ,
- Mariana Oliveira Antunes Ferraz ,
- Darci de Oliveira Santa Rosa ,
- Kátia Santana Freitas ,
- Elaine de Oliveira Souza ,
- Deisy Vital dos Santos ,
- Marisa Aparecida Amaro Malvestio
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Objective:
to construct and validate the content of an inventory of ethical problems experienced by nurses in mobile pre-hospital care.
Method:
a psychometric approach study, developed with the following stages: (1) instrument construction through a theoretical matrix based on deliberative bioethics, scoping review and online qualitative research; (2) content validity by judges; (3) pre-testing with Mobile Emergency Care Service nurses in various Brazilian states. For content validity analysis, the Content Validity Ratio was calculated (CVR>0.45 for judges and CVR>0.35 for the target population).
Results:
the instrument had 44 items, distributed across four dimensions.
Final considerations:
the constructed instrument presented sources of evidence of content validity, providing good psychometric measurements and constituting a useful tool for nurses’ practice in the pre-hospital setting.
- Simone da Silva Oliveira
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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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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
Abstract
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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