ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the incidence and means of elderly suicide in Brazil. Method: Epidemiologic, cross-sectional, quantitative, and retrospective study. The data were obtained in a platform maintained by the Ministry of Health and analyzed. The mortality rate was calculated and means and percentages regarding the employed means of suicide were obtained. Results: In this period, 8,977 suicides took pl...
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the practices developed by hospital nurses for continuity of care for Primary Care. Method: this is an exploratory, qualitative research conducted in university hospitals in São Paulo and Curitiba, Brazil. For data collection, a semi-structured interview was conducted with the Director of Nursing and an online questionnaire through open-ended and closed-ended questions, with nurses b...
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand discharge plan and the facilities and difficulties for continuity of care in Primary Health Care. Method: a qualitative and exploratory study carried out in Madrid, Barcelona, Murcia, Seville and Granada, with 29 hospital liaison nurses working in university hospitals, between 2016 and 2018. For data collection, an online questionnaire was used with open and closed questions ab...
ABSTRACT Objective: To discuss the potentialities of using the concept of vulnerability to support measures for preventing and controlling healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Methods: This theoretical study was conducted in steps: 1) presentation of markers that frame the concept of vulnerability; 2) presentation of the characteristics of the health events to which the concept of vulnerability is intended ...
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the experience of clinical teaching on dengue and the practice of epidemiological surveillance using problematization methodology. Method: report of experience on educational activity with undergraduate nursing students, held in March 2016, at a public university in the city of São Paulo, conceived in four stages: dialogic lecture, active search of Aedes aegypti, case study and s...
ABSTRACT Objective: to describe the development of a device to prevent falling for seniors when using the toilet. Method: we sought in literature and in the hospital market for a device to prevent falling, without success. Geriatric nurses, in partnership with the hospital engineering team, elaborated a prototype and, after several analysis, looked for a partner for its production. Results: the device, named "S...
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar a ocorrência de Evento Adverso Pós-Vacinação (EAPV) decorrente de erro de imunização, no Paraná, de 2003 a 2013. Método: pesquisa descritiva documental, retrospectiva, quantitativa, utilizando dados secundários do Sistema de Informação de Evento Adverso Pós-Vacinação e do Sistema de Avaliação do Programa de Imunizações. Foram incluídos casos confirmados e/ou associados a outras vacinas...
RESUMO Objetivo: investigar entre os idosos vivendo com HIV/Aids e os profissionais de saúde, quais são os motivos que levam ao diagnóstico tardio da infecção pelo HIV nos idosos. Método: estudo prospectivo, qualitativo, realizado em ambulatório especializado com idosos vivendo com HIV/aids, diagnosticados com idade igual ou superior a 60 anos e nas Unidades com Estratégia Saúde da Família com enfermeiros e méd...
OBJECTIVE To identify vulnerabilities of elderly people with HIV/AIDS and the trajectory that they follow until reaching the diagnosis of the disease. METHOD Qualitative research conducted in specialized clinics in the state of São Paulo, from January to June 2011. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 11 elderly people who were found to be infected with the virus at the age of 60 years or older. The i...
Objective To describe the profile of Hospitalizations by Amulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (HACSC), in the Municipality of Cotia, from 2008 to 2012. Method ecological, exploratory, longitudinal study with a quantitative approach. Data on HACSC, by age group and sex, were obtained from the Department of the Unified Health System. For data analysis descriptive statistics were used. Results During the period, th...