Objective: to understand the management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in pal...
Objective: to understand the management of pressure ul-cers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nur-ses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in p...
Objective: to analyze the effect of reading an educational booklet about sickle cell disease related to family members’ knowledge. Methods: quasi-experimental study, with 20 children ́s family members with sickle cell disease. A form was used before and 30 days after medical consulta-tion (pre- and post-test). The booklet was given to the fa-mily member on the day of the consultation. Analysis was performed usi...
This descriptive study aimed to analyze the process of communicating adverse events in the hospital context, from the nurses’ perspective. Data was collected in January 2013 in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. A semi-structured interview was held with 37 nurses, covering guiding questions regarding the communication/recording of adverse events. It was found that communication of adverse events exi...
Estudo descritivo que objetivou analisar o processo de comunicação de eventos adversos no contexto hospitalar, sob a perspectiva de enfermeiros assistenciais. Os dados foram coletados em janeiro de 2013 em hospital público de Fortaleza-CE, Brasil. Aplicou-se entrevista semiestruturada a 37 enfermeiros, abrangendo questões norteadoras sobre comunicação/registro de eventos adversos. Constatou-se que existe comuni...
This descriptive study aimed to analyze the process of communicating adverse events in the hospital context, from the nurses’ perspective. Data was collected in January 2013 in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. A semi-structured interview was held with 37 nurses, covering guiding questions regarding the communication/recording of adverse events. It was found that communication of adverse events exi...