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Sleep-promoting non-pharmacological interventions to prevent delirium in the cr...

Barata, Catarina; Arsénio, Marta; Deodato, Sérgio; Veludo, Filipa

Introduction: Delirium is a syndrome characterised by an acute onset, with signs of acute brain dysfunction and fluctuations in the state of consciousness. The initial approach is based on the use of non-pharmacological measures to prevent the onset of symptoms. Impaired sleep is recognised as a potentially modifiable risk factor, influencing the recovery of the person in critical condition. Objective: To map s...



Futile therapeutic nursing interventions in adult intensive care: a descriptive...

Vieira, João Vitor; Oliveira, Henrique; Deodato, Sérgio; Mendes, Felismina

Background: Despite the progress made in recent decades on the phenomenon of futility in adult intensive care, recognizing it during clinical care practice remains a complex and sensitive process, during which questions are often raised for which concrete answers are difficult to find. Aims: To analyze the frequency with which futile nursing interventions are implemented in critically ill patients admitted to a...




Nurse managers' ethical problems in hospital settings: an analysis from the mac...

Cunha, Simone Graziele Silva; Deodato, Sérgio; Ramos, Flávia Regina Souza; Caram, Carolina da Silva; Brito, Maria José Menezes

Objective: to understand hospital nurse managers’ ethical problems from the perspective of Macintyre’s virtue ethics. Method: qualitative research of the single case study type, encompassed by Alasdair Macintyre’s theoretical framework of virtue ethics. Sixteen nurses in management positions participated in the study for a minimum period of six months. The setting was a university hospital in Belo Horizonte, Br...



Families’ situation of caring for a child with a chronic condition: a mixed met...

Macêdo, Maísa Mara Lopes; Felizardo, Melissa Joice de Abreu; Henriques, Nayara Luiza; Deodato, Sérgio; Duarte, Elysângela Dittz

Objective: To analyze the meanings attributed by family members to the situation of caring for a child with a chronic condition (CCC), in the light of the Family Management Style Framework (FMSF). Method: A mixed-methods, parallel-convergent study, guided by the FMSF theoretical framework, using the conceptual component “Definition of the Situation”. Fifty-three CCC families took part. Data was collected using ...


Futile therapeutic nursing interventions in adult intensive care: A descriptive...

Deodato, Sérgio; Mendes, Felismina; Vieira, João; Oliveira, Henrique

Background: Despite the progress made in recent decades on the phenomenon of futility in adult intensive care, recognizing it during clinical care practice remains a complex and sensitive process, during which questions are often raised for which concrete answers are difficult to find. Aims: To analyze the frequency with which futile nursing interventions are implemented in critically ill patients admitted to a...



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