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Self-care of elderly people with diabetes mellitus and the nurse-patient interpersonal relationship

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the self-care activities of elderly people with diabetes mellitus and its correlation with the nurse-patient interpersonal relationship. Methods: Cross-sectional quantitative study, with 144 elderly people followed up in Family Health Units, with data collected by the Di...

Hand hygiene determinants of informal caregivers in hospitals under Pender's perspective

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze hand hygiene determinants of informal caregivers in a hospital environment. Methods: qualitative study conducted with 55 caregivers at a university hospital in the Northeast of Brazil. A semi-structured instrument was used, adapted from Nola Pender's Health Promotion Mod...

Benchmarking of mobile apps on heart failure

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the mobile apps on heart failure available in the main operating systems and their usability. Methods: benchmarking of mobile applications, systematic research, comprising 38 mobile applications for analysis of general information, functionalities and usability. Usabili...

Clinical simulation as a Nursing Fundamentals teaching method: a quasi-experimental study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate students' knowledge gain after the implementation of clinical simulation in Nursing Fundamentals disciplines. Methods: a quasi-experimental intervention was carried out with 60 students, distributed in comparison and intervention groups, who underwent traditional teach...

Adherence to antiretroviral therapy by adults living with HIV/aids: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT Objective: To verify the association between adherence to antiretroviral treatment by adults with HIV/AIDS and sociodemographic factors, social and clinical support. Methods: Cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach. Participation of 230 patients. Questionnaires of sociodemographic ...

The act of playing as a signifier for the application of the dramatic Therapeutic Toy performed by the nurse: theoretical reflection

ABSTRACT Objective: To reflect on the possible contributions of the act of playing as a signifier in the use of dramatic Therapeutic Toy performed by the nurse. Methods: Theoretical-reflexive study, based on three moments: The language of the unconscious that emerges as a signifier when playing; How th...

Health education for hospitalized patient in nursing care: a conceptual analysis

ABSTRACT Objectives: to define the concept of Health Education of Hospitalized Patient. Methods: the study used the conceptual analysis based on Walker and Avant strategies: Derivation, Synthesis, and Analysis of the concept. Researchers conducted 35 interviews with nurses who worked in direct care t...

Improvement of Educational Products Validation form in professional postgraduate programs

ABSTRACT Educational Product and Technical-Technological Product constitute a specificity of postgraduate programs in the professional modality, a product that must be carefully evaluated by the programs and recorded on platforms of evaluating bodies. In 2019, a working group from the teaching area was a...

Care related to peripheral intravenous catheterism in pediatrics performed by nursing technicians

ABSTRACT Objectives: to evaluate the care practice adopted by nursing technicians before, during and after peripheral intravenous catheterization performed in hospitalized children. Methods: cross-sectional and descriptive research, carried out in a pediatric hospital in Bahia through non-participator...

Methods for measuring venous peripherally inserted central catheters in newborns

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the results of insertion procedures of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters in newborns using two measurement methods. Methods: this is a randomized clinical trial, presenting descriptive and exploratory results of variables. It was held at a Neonatal Intensive Care Un...