Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 9 (3), 2010

Evaluating clinical practice based on standard language has become a necessity. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to map nursing interventions according to the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC), identifying the most prevalent Nursing Diagnoses in an intensive care unit within the first 24 hours of hosp...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 12 (2), 2013

Aim: To assess the knowledge of patients hospitalized for cardiovascular co-morbidities in diabetes mellitus (DM), and its relationship to the confrontation and attitudes towards the disease. Method: This was a prospective cross-sectional study, conducted in the inpatient unit with cardiac patients affec...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 11 (3), 2012

Objective: Evaluate the quality of life (QL) of patients with implanted cardiac devices and describe the recognition of electromagnetic sources, and symptoms, in the event of failure of the device. Methods: This is a transversal study that used the SF-36 questionnaire and an instrument developed to obser...

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Online braz. j. nurs. (Online); 11 (3), 2012

Aim: To assess the knowledge about the disease and their self-care of patients with heart failure (IC) before and after monitoring nursing care at home. Methods: A before and after experimental study was performed with patients who were hospitalized for IC decompensation. Two home visits (VD) were undert...

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