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Estilo de vida sedentário em indivíduos com hipertensão arterial

Rev. bras. enferm; 68 (6), 2015
RESUMO Objetivo: identificar a prevalência do diagnóstico de enfermagem Estilo de Vida Sedentário (EVS) e analisar sua associação com os indicadores clínicos (IC) e fatores relacionados (FR) em indivíduos com hipertensão arterial (HA). Método: estudo transversal com 285 pacientes com HAS em um c...

Systemic Arterial Hypertension in the Emergency Service: medication adherence and understanding of this disease

Objective: to identify the epidemiological profile of hypertension patients, how much they understand about the disease and the rate of adherence to treatment by these patients who had been hospitalized in the Brazilian emergency service. Methods: this cross-sectional study was performed with 116 patient...

Hypertension and diabetes-related morbidity and mortality trends in a municipality in the countryside of São Paulo

Objectives: to identify the main causes for hospital admissions and deaths related to systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM), and to analyze morbidity and mortality trends, in a municipality in São Paulo's countryside, by comparing two three-years periods, 2002 to 2004 and 2010 to 201...

A content validity study of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS

Objectives: to validate the content of signs, symptoms and diseases/health problems expressed in LIBRAS for people with deafness Method: methodological development study, which involved 36 people with deafness and three LIBRAS specialists. The study was conducted in three stages: investigation of the sig...

Diagnostic accuracy of the defining characteristics of the excessive fluid volume diagnosis in hemodialysis patients

Objective: to evaluate the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the excess fluid volume nursing diagnosis of NANDA International, in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Method: this was a study of diagnostic accuracy, with a cross-sectional design, performed in two stages. The first, involving 100 p...

Ethical problems experienced by oncology nurses

Objective: to know the ethical problems experienced by oncology nurses. Method: descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, performed in inpatient units and in chemotherapy out-patients units that provide assistance to oncological patients in two capitals in the South region of Brazil....

Prescriptive Authority and Nursing: a comparative analysis of Brazil and Canada

Objective: to analyse the differences between medication prescriptions by nurses in Brazil and Ontario, Canada. Methods: a comparative study between two different scenarios; this comparison was not performed between the two countries because Canada does not standardize this practice, which is legally est...

Use of Balanced Indicators as a Management Tool in Nursing

Objective: to develop a proposal for a nursing panel of indicators based on the guiding principles of Balanced Scorecard. Method: a single case study that ranked 200 medical records of patients, management reports and protocols, which are capable of generating indicators. Results: we identified 163 varia...

Drug use, mental health and problems related to crime and violence: cross-sectional study

Objective: to investigate the correlation between disorders related to the use of alcohol and other drugs and symptoms of mental disorders, problems related to crime and violence and to age and gender. Methods: cross-sectional descriptive study carried out with 128 users of a Psychosocial Care Center for...

Governance of professional nursing practice in a hospital setting: a mixed methods study

Objective: to elaborate an interpretative model for the governance of professional nursing practice in a hospital setting. Method: a mixed methods study with concurrent triangulation strategy, using data from a cross-sectional study with 106 nurses and a Grounded Theory study with 63 participants. The qu...