Introduction: Nursing students are exposed to increased risks of developing foot and ankle disorders due to prolonged standing and walking positions during clinical settings. This can lead to high dropout rates from nursing degree, thus contributing to a future shortage in nursing professionals. This protocol aims to develop a study to understand the influence of prolonged standing and walking positions on nurs...
Parenting a child with Down syndrome can sometimes present certain difficulties and, thus, spirituality may function as a dimension related to finding meaning in life and as a coping resource. Spirituality is a critical dimension of nursing care, but scarce knowledge is available to specifically inform family nursing practice. The aim of this study was to explore the spiritual aspects of parenting a child with ...
Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:15:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-01; Objective This study aimed to investigate the association between professional characteristics and the prevalence of advance directives among palliative care professionals. Methods This is a descriptive cross-sectional study. A diverse sample of 327 healthcare professionals completed an online survey in...
As quedas e o risco de quedas aumentam com a idade e com o nível de fragilidade associada ao envelhecimento, daí o risco de quedas ser um fenómeno de interesse para os enfermeiros. Em Portugal, a Direção Geral de Saúde recomenda testes de avaliação da mobilidade, aptidão física efuncional.Objetivo:Identificar os testes e instrumentos utilizados para avaliar o risco de queda no idoso que resida na comunidade. Mé...
Introduction: The concept analysis is an important research method for the development of the nursing knowledge and it is suggested to be the first phase of the nursing diagnoses validation(1). The taxonomy II of NANDA-I integrates nursing diagnoses based on analysis and development of the concept, as well as label, defining characteristics, related factors and references(2). Objective: Characterize the attribu...
OBJECTIVE: this article describes the assessment of the spiritual wellbeing of elderly patients with cancer submitted to chemotherapy and possible predictive factors of the spiritual distress diagnosis. METHODOLOGY: this is a methodological study for clinical validation of a nursing diagnosis, using interviews to assist in completing the form. RESULTS: 45 elderly patients participated in this study, Catholics, ...
Pretende-se desenvolver um estudo relacionado com a espiritualidade e os cuidados de enfermagem referentes à dimensão espiritual do ser humano no curso de licenciatura em enfermagem nas Escolas Portuguesas. Este estudo tem como objetivo: identificar os conteúdos relacionados com o ensino da espiritualidade nos currículos dos cursos de 1º ciclo das escolas de enfermagem portuguesas. Num primeiro momento são soli...