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Nursing activities and quality of care: French perspectives and leadership challenges

ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess nurses' perceptions of nursing activities that contribute to quality of care in France. Methods: descriptive cross-sectional study, between February and August 2020 in France. Sociodemographic characteristics were recorded, and nurses' perceptions were assessed using F-EP...

National Primary Care Policy (2017) and the roles of community health workers

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the new roles of community health workers as outlined in the 2017 National Primary Care Policy (PNAB) from the perspectives of both nurses and community health workers. Methods: This qualitative study involved nurses and community health workers from Family Health teams, ...

Clinical validation of terminological subsets of the international classification for nursing practice: a scoping review

ABSTRACT Objectives: to map the scientific evidence on the clinical validation of terminological subsets of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®). Methods: a scoping review was conducted between January and February 2024 across nine databases. The review adhered to the guidelin...

The usability of bedside ultrasound in nursing practice for critically ill patients

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the usability of bedside ultrasound (POCUS) as perceived by nurses working in emergency, urgent care, and intensive care units. Methods: We conducted an exploratory study using a mixed-methods approach with nurses in the critical care sectors of a university hospital in ...

Outcome measures reported by cancer patients treated with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: a methodological study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to validate the content of an outcome measurement instrument with expert judges and to assess the understandability and suitability of this validated instrument with cancer patients undergoing tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) therapy. Methods: a methodological study, which included ...

Strategies for the development of moral resilience: voices of oncology nurses

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the strategies used by nurses in a hemato-oncology service for the development of moral resilience. Methods: A qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study was conducted with nurses from the hemato-oncology department of a public hospital in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data...

Symbolic violence experienced by frontline healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze how symbolic relationships established by healthcare professionals were expressed in their work during the pandemic. Methods: This qualitative study was conducted through an online survey. Participants were healthcare professionals working in the state of Rio de Janeiro,...

Cancer symptom cluster in hospitalized women with breast cancer: a descriptive observational study

ABSTRACT Objectives: to describe and analyze the most prevalent cancer symptom clusters as well as their intensity, discomfort and clustering in hospitalized women with non-metastatic malignant breast cancer. Methods: a descriptive observational study, with 100 women hospitalized with non-metastatic br...

Nursing care for hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in light of Fundamental Care

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the Fundamental Care provided by nurses to hospitalized patients in a public hospital. Methods: qualitative, descriptive, exploratory research. Twenty-four nurses were interviewed who cared for patients with COVID-19 in a public hospita...