Objective: to develop and validate a protocol for enteral nutrition therapy for adult patients on enteral tube. Method: this descriptive study involved a literature review on the subject in order to construct the instrument and for its subsequent validation by experts. Fifteen experts participated in the validation, and data were collected between June and September 2012 using a form containing data on the expe...
This is a qualitative study whose aim was to describe the perception of an oncologic patient regarding the use of a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent. It was carried out with eight patients, through a semi-structured interview with this guiding question: “How do you feel about using a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent?”. Three categories emerged: avoiding hospit...
The objective was to identify the knowledge of professionals regarding the surgical management of solid waste in health. This is a study of quantitative approach, descriptive cross-sectional KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice). The study was performed in a surgical ward at a public hospital in the city of Fortaleza, under the Ministry of Education. Data collection took place in the months of September and Oc...
This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which aimed at describing the use of central venous catheters for a short period in an intensive care unit regarding their insertion, maintenance, and removal, and at identifying the profile of patients who received the catheter in the period from June to December 2012, in a private hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data were collected thr...
Objetivou-se descrever a utilização do cateter venoso central de curta permanência em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva quanto à inserção, manutenção e remoção, e identificar o perfil dos pacientes que receberam o cateter de junho a dezembro/2012 em hospital da rede privada de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Estudo exploratório, descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, cujos dados foram coletados por questionário preenchido co...
This is an exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach, which aimed at describing the use of central venous catheters for a short period in an intensive care unit regarding their insertion, maintenance, and removal, and at identifying the profile of patients who received the catheter in the period from June to December 2012, in a private hospital in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. Data were collected thr...
Estudo qualitativo cujo objetivo foi descrever a percepção do paciente oncológico em relação à utilização de um dispositivo para infusão contínua de quimioterápico, realizado com oito pacientes, por meio de entrevista semiestruturada com a questão norteadora: “Como você se sente utilizando dispositivo para infusão contínua de quimioterápico?”. Três categorias emergiram: evitando a hospitalização; desvendando o ...
This is a qualitative study whose aim was to describe the perception of an oncologic patient regarding the use of a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent. It was carried out with eight patients, through a semi-structured interview with this guiding question: “How do you feel about using a device for continuous infusion of a chemotherapeutic agent?”. Three categories emerged: avoiding hospit...
Este estudo trata da construção e validação de um protocolo de terapia de nutrição enteral para pacientes adultos em uso de sonda enteral. É um estudo metodológico, em que, na sua primeira fase, realizou-se a revisão integrativa da literatura a respeito da atuação do enfermeiro frente a um paciente adulto com indicação de terapia de nutrição enteral. Para tanto, se procedeu à busca de estudos em bases de dados ...