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RESEARCH
Evaluation of the risk of misidentification of women in a public maternity hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):120-125
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHEvaluation of the risk of misidentification of women in a public maternity hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):120-125
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0134
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Objective:
To determine the frequency of similar names and hospital records of women in a public teaching maternity hospital and the risk of misidentification resulting from the similarity in spelling and pronunciation of the names and in records.
Method:
Quantitative, documental and case study of 5,975 admissions that occurred between 2011 and 2014. The data name, admission and discharge date, date of birth, hospital record and bed number were collected from an electronic information system. Analysis encompassed descriptive statistics and design of an algorithm for comparison of text and sound.
Results:
Examination of the names revealed that 86% of the misidentification cases resulted from identical surnames and 96.5% from a sound similarity in the first names. There were patients with identical first and last names at least one day a week.
Conclusion:
The risk of misidentification of patients is a reality, which stresses the importance of checking and pronouncing the complete names correctly.
Keywords:Evaluation of Health ServicesMaternal-Child NursingPatient Identification SystemsPatient SafetyQuality of Health CareSee moreViews0
Abstract
RESEARCHEvaluation of the risk of misidentification of women in a public maternity hospital
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):120-125
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0134
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Objective:
To determine the frequency of similar names and hospital records of women in a public teaching maternity hospital and the risk of misidentification resulting from the similarity in spelling and pronunciation of the names and in records.
Method:
Quantitative, documental and case study of 5,975 admissions that occurred between 2011 and 2014. The data name, admission and discharge date, date of birth, hospital record and bed number were collected from an electronic information system. Analysis encompassed descriptive statistics and design of an algorithm for comparison of text and sound.
Results:
Examination of the names revealed that 86% of the misidentification cases resulted from identical surnames and 96.5% from a sound similarity in the first names. There were patients with identical first and last names at least one day a week.
Conclusion:
The risk of misidentification of patients is a reality, which stresses the importance of checking and pronouncing the complete names correctly.
Keywords:Evaluation of Health ServicesMaternal-Child NursingPatient Identification SystemsPatient SafetyQuality of Health CareSee more
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RESEARCH
Standard Operational Protocols in professional nursing practice: use, weaknesses and potentialities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):126-134
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHStandard Operational Protocols in professional nursing practice: use, weaknesses and potentialities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):126-134
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0621
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Objective:
to evaluate the use of Standard Operational Protocols (SOPs) in the professional practice of the nursing team based on the theoretical framework of Donabedian, as well as to identify the weaknesses and potentialities from its implementation.
Method:
Evaluative research, with quantitative approach performed with nursing professionals working in the Health Units of a city of São Paulo, composed of two stages: document analysis and subsequent application of a questionnaire to nursing professionals.
Results:
A total of 247 nursing professionals participated and reported changes in the way the interventions were performed. The main weaknesses were the small number of professionals, inadequate physical structure and lack of materials. Among the potentialities were: the standardization of materials and concern of the manager and professional related to patient safety.
Conclusion:
The reassessment of SOPs is necessary, as well as the adoption of a strategy of permanent education of professionals aiming at improving the quality of care provided.
Keywords:Clinical ProtocolsNursingQuality Assurance of Health CareQuality ManagementQuality of Health CareSee moreViews0Abstract
RESEARCHStandard Operational Protocols in professional nursing practice: use, weaknesses and potentialities
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):126-134
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0621
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Objective:
to evaluate the use of Standard Operational Protocols (SOPs) in the professional practice of the nursing team based on the theoretical framework of Donabedian, as well as to identify the weaknesses and potentialities from its implementation.
Method:
Evaluative research, with quantitative approach performed with nursing professionals working in the Health Units of a city of São Paulo, composed of two stages: document analysis and subsequent application of a questionnaire to nursing professionals.
Results:
A total of 247 nursing professionals participated and reported changes in the way the interventions were performed. The main weaknesses were the small number of professionals, inadequate physical structure and lack of materials. Among the potentialities were: the standardization of materials and concern of the manager and professional related to patient safety.
Conclusion:
The reassessment of SOPs is necessary, as well as the adoption of a strategy of permanent education of professionals aiming at improving the quality of care provided.
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Burnout and depressive symptoms in intensive care nurses: relationship analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):135-141
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHBurnout and depressive symptoms in intensive care nurses: relationship analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):135-141
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0019
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Objective:
To analyze the existence of a relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms among intensive care unit nursing staff.
Method:
A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with 91 intensive care nurses. Data collection used a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, and the Beck Depression Inventory - I. The Pearson test verified the correlation between the burnout dimension score and the total score from the Beck Depression Inventory. Fisher's exact test was used to analyze whether there is an association between the diseases.
Results:
Burnout was presented by 14.29% of the nurses and 10.98% had symptoms of depression. The higher the level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and the lower professional accomplishment, the greater the depressive symptoms. The association was significant between burnout and depressive symptoms.
Conclusion:
Nurses with burnout have a greater possibility of triggering depressive symptoms.
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RESEARCHBurnout and depressive symptoms in intensive care nurses: relationship analysis
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):135-141
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0019
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Objective:
To analyze the existence of a relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms among intensive care unit nursing staff.
Method:
A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with 91 intensive care nurses. Data collection used a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey, and the Beck Depression Inventory - I. The Pearson test verified the correlation between the burnout dimension score and the total score from the Beck Depression Inventory. Fisher's exact test was used to analyze whether there is an association between the diseases.
Results:
Burnout was presented by 14.29% of the nurses and 10.98% had symptoms of depression. The higher the level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and the lower professional accomplishment, the greater the depressive symptoms. The association was significant between burnout and depressive symptoms.
Conclusion:
Nurses with burnout have a greater possibility of triggering depressive symptoms.
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RESEARCH
Identity of primary health care nurses: perception of “doing everything”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):142-147
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHIdentity of primary health care nurses: perception of “doing everything”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):142-147
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0382
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Objective:
To analyze, in the speeches of nurses, the habitus that conforms their professional identity in the primary health care area.
Method:
Qualitative study, carried out from March to October 2015, with nurses of primary healthcare units in the cities of Cajazeiras, in the state of Paraíba, and Maracanaú, in the state of Ceará. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews, and analyzed through discourse analysis.
Results:
Nurses, in their practice and perception, perceive that professional identity is linked to the meaning that involves the word "everything". This situation constitutes a habitus that directs the range of daily actions, often distant from the profession's core of knowledge.
Final considerations:
Trying to be and do everything in primary health care involves negative repercussions in the professional identity of nurses. Strategic guidance is necessary in order to achieve and embrace elements that reflect the essence of this category.
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RESEARCHIdentity of primary health care nurses: perception of “doing everything”
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):142-147
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0382
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Objective:
To analyze, in the speeches of nurses, the habitus that conforms their professional identity in the primary health care area.
Method:
Qualitative study, carried out from March to October 2015, with nurses of primary healthcare units in the cities of Cajazeiras, in the state of Paraíba, and Maracanaú, in the state of Ceará. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews, and analyzed through discourse analysis.
Results:
Nurses, in their practice and perception, perceive that professional identity is linked to the meaning that involves the word "everything". This situation constitutes a habitus that directs the range of daily actions, often distant from the profession's core of knowledge.
Final considerations:
Trying to be and do everything in primary health care involves negative repercussions in the professional identity of nurses. Strategic guidance is necessary in order to achieve and embrace elements that reflect the essence of this category.
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RESEARCH
Trends in the job market of nurses in the view of managers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):148-155
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHTrends in the job market of nurses in the view of managers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):148-155
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0103
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Objective:
to identify and interpret the main trends of the labor market for nurses in Rio Grande do Norte, based on the opinion of managers of training institutions and employers.
Method:
Data were collected through interviews with key informants, organized using Atlas.ti software resources and examined under the thematic content review.
Results:
the study showed six trends in the labor market of nurses: availability of professionals to the market; worsening working conditions with precariousness; indication for insertion in employment; unemployment for nurses; shortage of nurses; and the existence of a cooperative of nursing professionals.
Final considerations:
the current scenario of growth in the number of registered nurses without the expansion of the job supply has remained, unemployment tends to increase and work conditions will worsen.
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RESEARCHTrends in the job market of nurses in the view of managers
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):148-155
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0103
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Objective:
to identify and interpret the main trends of the labor market for nurses in Rio Grande do Norte, based on the opinion of managers of training institutions and employers.
Method:
Data were collected through interviews with key informants, organized using Atlas.ti software resources and examined under the thematic content review.
Results:
the study showed six trends in the labor market of nurses: availability of professionals to the market; worsening working conditions with precariousness; indication for insertion in employment; unemployment for nurses; shortage of nurses; and the existence of a cooperative of nursing professionals.
Final considerations:
the current scenario of growth in the number of registered nurses without the expansion of the job supply has remained, unemployment tends to increase and work conditions will worsen.
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RESEARCH
Enhancing the process of teaching and learning homecare
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):156-162
01-01-2018
Abstract
RESEARCHEnhancing the process of teaching and learning homecare
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):156-162
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0541
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Objective:
to identify possibilities for improvement in the process of teaching and learning homecare in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, dentistry and occupational therapy courses.
Method:
qualitative research using the Grounded Theory approach. Sixty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with students, teachers and graduates of the six mentioned courses at a public university in the south of Brazil. Data analysis was performed through open, axial and selective coding.
Results:
the possibilities for improving the process of teaching and learning homecare included: scientific production in the area; use of different teaching techniques; development of extracurricular activities; extension projects; curricular reformulation; and laboratory simulation.
Final considerations:
the strategies cited in this study enable undergraduate courses in health to envisage the possibility of enhance the process of teaching and learning homecare.
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RESEARCHEnhancing the process of teaching and learning homecare
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):156-162
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0541
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Objective:
to identify possibilities for improvement in the process of teaching and learning homecare in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, dentistry and occupational therapy courses.
Method:
qualitative research using the Grounded Theory approach. Sixty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with students, teachers and graduates of the six mentioned courses at a public university in the south of Brazil. Data analysis was performed through open, axial and selective coding.
Results:
the possibilities for improving the process of teaching and learning homecare included: scientific production in the area; use of different teaching techniques; development of extracurricular activities; extension projects; curricular reformulation; and laboratory simulation.
Final considerations:
the strategies cited in this study enable undergraduate courses in health to envisage the possibility of enhance the process of teaching and learning homecare.
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RESEARCH
Surveillance of intradomiciliary contacts of leprosy cases: perspective of the client in a hyperendemic municipality
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):163-169
01-01-2018
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RESEARCHSurveillance of intradomiciliary contacts of leprosy cases: perspective of the client in a hyperendemic municipality
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):163-169
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0607
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Objective:
To characterize approach methods for intradomiciliary contacts (IdC) of leprosy cases resident in Northern Brazil, during 2001-2012.
Method:
A cross-sectional and descriptive study in the state of Rondônia. Included IdC of leprosy cases diagnosed/reported in SINAN-Ministry of Health (MS), 2001-2012. A semi-structured instrument was applied to the IdCs, with six interventions: complete dermatological examination; complete neurological examination; BCG vaccination; instructions for return to the health unit; BCG guidance; and guidance to mobilize other contacts.
Conclusion:
Despite the favorable indicators of IdC examination coverage in the state, the evaluation process presents patterns that indicate operational quality failures.
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RESEARCHSurveillance of intradomiciliary contacts of leprosy cases: perspective of the client in a hyperendemic municipality
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):163-169
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0607
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Objective:
To characterize approach methods for intradomiciliary contacts (IdC) of leprosy cases resident in Northern Brazil, during 2001-2012.
Method:
A cross-sectional and descriptive study in the state of Rondônia. Included IdC of leprosy cases diagnosed/reported in SINAN-Ministry of Health (MS), 2001-2012. A semi-structured instrument was applied to the IdCs, with six interventions: complete dermatological examination; complete neurological examination; BCG vaccination; instructions for return to the health unit; BCG guidance; and guidance to mobilize other contacts.
Conclusion:
Despite the favorable indicators of IdC examination coverage in the state, the evaluation process presents patterns that indicate operational quality failures.
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RESEARCH
Impact of critical illness news on the family: hermeneutic phenomenological study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):170-177
01-01-2018
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RESEARCHImpact of critical illness news on the family: hermeneutic phenomenological study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):170-177
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0163
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Objective:
Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an Intensive Care Unit.
Method:
Phenomenological approach according to Van Manen's method. Open interviews were held with 21 family members. From analysis and interpretation of the data, three essential themes were identified: the unexpected; the pronouncement of death; and the impact on self-caring within the family. The study complied with the ethical principles inherent to research involving humans.
Results:
The unexpected news and death of the sick person influence the well-being and self-care of family members, affecting their ability for analysis and decision making. It was observed that the family experiences the news with suffering, mainly due to the anticipation arising from the events.
Final considerations:
The humanity of nurses was revealed in response to the needs of the family. In view of the requirements for information, it was verified that the information transmitted allowed them to become aware of themselves, to become empowered in their daily lives and to alleviate the emotional burden experienced.
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RESEARCHImpact of critical illness news on the family: hermeneutic phenomenological study
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem. 2018;71(1):170-177
01-01-2018DOI 10.1590/0034-7167-2016-0163
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Objective:
Understand the impact of critical-illness news on the experience of family members at an Intensive Care Unit.
Method:
Phenomenological approach according to Van Manen's method. Open interviews were held with 21 family members. From analysis and interpretation of the data, three essential themes were identified: the unexpected; the pronouncement of death; and the impact on self-caring within the family. The study complied with the ethical principles inherent to research involving humans.
Results:
The unexpected news and death of the sick person influence the well-being and self-care of family members, affecting their ability for analysis and decision making. It was observed that the family experiences the news with suffering, mainly due to the anticipation arising from the events.
Final considerations:
The humanity of nurses was revealed in response to the needs of the family. In view of the requirements for information, it was verified that the information transmitted allowed them to become aware of themselves, to become empowered in their daily lives and to alleviate the emotional burden experienced.
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