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Safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital in the perception of healthcare professionals

Objective: to evaluate the perception of healthcare professionals about the safety culture in the operating room of a public hospital, large-sized, according to the domains of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ). Method: descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative research, with the application of...

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...

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...

Evaluation of self-esteem in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment

Objective: to evaluate the self-esteem of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Method: descriptive analytical cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach. Around 156 patients that attended an oncology unit of a mid-sized hospital participated in the study. Results: we found a higher frequency ...

Pain, health perception and sleep: impact on the quality of life of firefighters/rescue professionals

Objective: to evaluate the quality of life of firefighters and rescue professionals, and characterize their socio-demographic, health, work and lifestyle profile. Methods: cross-sectional study that used a socio-demographic, lifestyle, health, work data questionnaire and the WHOQOL-BREF quality of life a...

Association of socioeconomic and clinical variables with the state of frailty among older inpatients

Objectives: to identify the prevalence of frailty among inpatient older adults in a clinical hospital and check the association of the socioeconomic and clinical characteristics with the state of frailty. Method: observational, cross-sectional and analytical study, conducted with 255 hospitalized patient...

Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward dementia: An Indian perspective

Invest. educ. enferm; 33 (3), 2015
Objective.This work evaluated nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward individuals with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Methodology. This was a transversal, descriptive study carried out with a randomly selected group of nursing students (N = 122) from Bangalore, India, in 2013. The study used ...

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...

Subnotificacao de acidentes biológicos pela enfermagem de um hospital universitário

Cienc. enferm; 21 (2), 2015
Objetivo: Identificar a taxa de subnotificação de acidentes com material biológico pela equipe de enfermagem de um hospital universitário e os motivos referidos para a subnotificação. Material e método: Pesquisa de corte transversal. Foram entrevistados individualmente todos os profissionais de en...