Resultados: 3

Health literacy of individuals undergoing dialysis therapy

ABSTRACT Objective: to assess the functional levels of health literacy in individuals undergoing dialysis. Method: a cross-sectional study with 42 patients of the Nephrology Unit of a public hospital in Recife, Brazil, from May to August 2016. Data were collected through scripted interviews and chart a...

Incidents related to the Hickman® catheter: identification of damages

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify damages resulting from incidents with the Hickman® catheter. Method: descriptive, retrospective, qualitative approach. The source of data were the notifications of incidents that occurred between January 2012 and May 2015, as well as the information available on the med...

Narratives of women on hemodialysis: waiting for a kidney transplant

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (3), 2014
The objective of this study was to understand the meanings of waiting for a kidney transplant for women on hemodialysis. This is a qualitative, interpretive study, conducted with 12 women on hemodialysis in the metropolitan region of Florianópolis. Data were collected through in-depth interviews at the ...