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Comparison of nursing workload in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit estimated by three instruments

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the nursing workload using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS), Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System-28 (TISS-28) and Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower Use Score (NEMS) instruments in children admitted to a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit in a university hospital. Meth...

Educational actions on first aid for early childhood education teachers: a quasi-experimental study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the early childhood education teachers' knowledge about first aid before and after the participation in an educational action. Method: Quantitative research with a quasi-experimental pre- and post-test design, carried out with 45 teachers from four early childhood educatio...

Association between spirituality and quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To verify whether there is an association between spirituality/religiosity and quality of life of women with breast cancer undergoing radiotherapy. Method: Cross-sectional, quantitative study performed between May and July 2019 in an Oncology Hospital of Porto Alegre state, Brazil. ...

Environment, workload, and nurse burnout in public hospitals in Chile

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze, from an organizational perspective, the problem of nurse burnout in highly complex public hospitals in Chile. Method: Multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study. According to established inclusion criteria, the universe of hospitals and nurses was the object of wo...

Cognitive impairment and physical frailty in older adults in secondary health care

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the association between cognitive impairment and physical frailty in older adults in secondary health care. Method: This is a cross-sectional study carried out with people aged ≥ 60 years, assisted at a geriatric and gerontology outpatient clinic. For cognitive scre...

Perception of post-stroke patients on case management conducted by nurses

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the perception of post-stroke patients on the case management conducted by nurses. Method: Qualitative descriptive study with 13 post-stroke patients, followed-up with case management conducted by a nurse for six months, and interviewed at home one month after the end of...

Prevalence of skin tears in hospitalized adults and older adults

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To identify the prevalence, related factors and to classify Skin Tears in hospitalized adults and older adults. Method: Prevalence study with adults and older adults in inpatient and intensive care units of a hospital in the South Region of Brazil. The STAR Skin Tear Classification ...

Comunicação interprofissional em unidade de emergência: estudo de caso

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
RESUMO Objetivo: Mapear fatores internos e externos em uma unidade de emergência que interferem na prática comunicativa interprofissional. Método: Estudo de caso único realizado na unidade de emergência de um hospital geral. Os dados foram coletados por meio de observação participante, análise ...

Adaptation of an instrument to classify neonatal patients into care categories

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To adapt and validate a patient classification instrument for neonatal units. Method: Methodological study, with adaptation of the Pediatric Patients Classification Instrument for neonatal patients. After content validation by judges, the instrument was tested for reliability, app...

Patient safety in a general hospital's psychiatric hospitalization unit: a phenomenological study

Rev. Esc. Enferm. USP; 55 (), 2021
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the meaning of patient safety for a multiprofessional team in a psychiatric unit of a general hospital. Method: Qualitative study adopting the social phenomenological framework, employing open-ended interviews whose content was analyzed and discussed based on the liter...