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Pressure injury prevention in older people: construction and validation of an instrument for caregivers

ABSTRACT Objectives: to construct and validate an instrument to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to pressure injury prevention among caregivers of institutionalized older people. Methods: this is a three-stage methodological study that consisted of instrument construction, analysi...

Sexuality and its effects on older adults' depressive symptoms and quality of life

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the effects of sexuality on depressive symptoms and quality of life in older adults. Methods: a cross-sectional and analytical study, developed with 596 older adults, who completed four instruments for data collection. Data were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and...

Organizational politics and professional struggles in nursing

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the professional struggles between nursing organizational entities, in Rio de Janeiro, during the Regional Nursing Council's electoral process (1990-1993 administration). Method: historical study. We used journalistic articles, normative documents, legislation and semi-st...

Educational interventions in child development and health literacy assumptions: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze scientific evidence in the literature that addresses educational interventions conducted by health professionals on early childhood development in a community context and to identify which health literacy assumptions are present during the implementation of interventions....

Accuracy of the nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance in intensive care unit patients

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the accuracy of the clinical indicators of ineffective airway clearance in adult intensive care unit patients. Methods: diagnostic accuracy study, performed in the intensive care unit of a university hospital in northeastern Brazil. The sample consisted of 104 patients h...

Elements for assistance to patients with hematological malignancies to propose care lines: a scoping review

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify the elements for assistance to patients with hematological malignancies to propose a care line. Methods: this is a scoping review, anchored in the JBI theoretical framework, with searches carried out in April 2021, in eight electronic databases and 10 repositories of th...

Production and validation of an educational video on the use of the Z-Track Technique

ABSTRACT Objective: to create and validate an educational video on intramuscular drug administration using the Z-track technique. Methods: the Delphi Technique was used to validate the script. PhDs in Nursing and PhDs in Social Communication with experience in the production of educational videos parti...

Spatial modeling of homicide mortality in the Northeast region of Brazil

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the spatiotemporal distribution of homicide mortality and association with social determinants of health in the Northeast Region of Brazil. Methods: Ecological study with spatiotemporal modeling of homicide deaths between 2000 and 2019. Temporal trends were analyzed by se...

Features of the triggering of the yellow code and factors associated with the occurrence of adverse events

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the characteristics of the activation of the yellow code in wards and identify the factors associated with adverse events after the Rapid Response Team. Methods: a cross-sectional study with retrospective analysis of medical records of adults admitted to medical or surgic...

Perceptions about exposure to pesticides among rural school students: identified controversies

ABSTRACT Objectives: to identify, according to students' perception, controversies related to the term "pesticide" and its influence on health. Methods: field research, with qualitative analysis via discursive textual analysis. Collective interviews were carried out with students of ninth grade of elem...