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Relatório de Outono 2023: impacto COVID-19 nas equipas de cuidados paliativos

The economic cost of nursing care of palliative patient in the emergency depart...

(1) Background: The economic cost of nursing care to palliative patients in avoidable hospital admission is unknown. (2) Methods: An observational, retrospective, and analytical study was used encompassing the economic cost of nursing care in a general hospital emergency department that uses descriptive and inferential statistical analysis. (3) Results: We have a sample of 273 palliative patients in preventable...

Ser doutor em enfermagem: um percurso a partilhar

Introdução: Quando se aborda a perspetiva de um doutoramento em Enfermagem é frequente a ideia de que tal representa a aspiração a uma mudança de carreira ou o início de uma vida profissional na academia. Simultaneamente, subsiste o desconhecimento, a ideia de que esta formação se dirige apenas a enfermeiros-chefes ou diretores, a falta de acessibilidade e mesmo a noção de distanciamento do que é a realidade do...

Doctorate in nursing: a path to share

Introduction: When approaching the perspective of a PhD in Nursing, there is an archaic idea that such representation is an aspiration for a career change or the beginning of professional life in the academy. At the same time, ignorance remains, the idea that this training is only for head nurses or directors, the lack of accessibility and even the notion of distancing from what is the reality of care cont...

Rethinking palliative care in a public health context: addressing the needs of ...

Rethinking palliative care in a public health context: addressing the needs of ...

Non-communicable chronic diseases (NCCDs) are the main cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Demographic aging has resulted in older populations with more complex healthcare needs. This necessitates a multilevel rethinking of healthcare policies, health education and community support systems with digitalization of technologies playing a central role. The European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healt...

Palliative care: what do the Portuguese know and prefer?

Introduction: The development and accessibility of healthcare depend on the direct involvement of the citizens and patients for whom it is intended. However, they do not always have adequate knowledge to take advantage of this care, with palliative care being one of those examples. The low level of knowledge can generate myths and prejudices about this care, reduce equity in access and decrease the quality of c...

Nursing strategies to reduce the risk of therapeutic obstinacy in artificial nu...

Background: Nurses have an important role in maintaining a patient's nutrition near the end of life. Aims: To define nursing nutrition strategies with the person near the end of life and their families; systematise the elements to be considered in artificial nutrition decision-making and evaluate the nursing interventions' influence on therapeutic obstinacy risk. Methods: A sample of 11 articles were selected a...

Cuidados paliativos: o que sabem e preferem os portugueses?

Introdução: O desenvolvimento e acessibilidade dos cuidados de saúde dependem do envolvimento direto dos cidadãos e doentes aos quais se destinam. Contudo, nem sempre estes têm o conhecimento adequado para usufruir desses cuidados, configurando-se os cuidados paliativos como um desses exemplos. O baixo nível de conhecimentos pode gerar mitos e preconceitos sobre estes cuidados, reduzir a equidade no acesso e di...

Priority quality indicators for palliative care services in Portugal

Introduction: The determination of basic and priority quality indicators for Palliative Care services in Portugal was understood as an important field of study. Quality emerges in the health landscape due to the intrinsic relationship with the response to the needs of patients and families; It is quality health care that ensures the best health coverage and, at the same time, encompasses the strategies nee...