Background: emotional Intelligence in the clinical practice of intensive care nurses has an impact on their ability to regulate their own emotional responses and the critically ill. Objective: understand the relationship between emotional intelligence and the impact on the performance of intensive care nurses, through an integrative literature review. Methodology: an integrative literature review was conducted ...
Women undergoing breast surgery with axillary lymph node dissection continue to experience complications in the ipsilateral upper limb, impacting their daily lives and quality of life. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between quality of life (overall and specific) and the functional capacity of patients undergoing breast surgery with lymph node clearance before and after implementing a rehabilitatio...
ntroduction For most of history, the majority of people died at home surrounded by family. However, the global scenario has progressively changed towards hospital death and more recently in some countries back again towards home, with indication that COVID-19 may have further increased the number of home deaths. It is therefore timely to establish the state-of-the-art about people’s preferences for place of end...
17th World Congress on Public Health, 2023 May 2-6, Rome, Italy; Background and objective: During the pandemic, health systems had to respond to the needs of COVID-19 patients, while caring for patients with other conditions, including cancer. Hospitals/health institutions and home are relevant places of death (PoD) globally. We aim to examine changes in PoD trends for cancer patients, comparing pre- and pandem...
Introduction For most of history, the majority of people died at home surrounded by family. However, the global scenario has progressively changed towards hospital death and more recently in some countries back again towards home, with indication that COVID-19 may have further increased the number of home deaths. It is therefore timely to establish the state-of-the-art about people’s preferences for place of en...
Background: Burn units are intensive care facilities specialized in the treatment of patients with severe burns. As burn injuries have a major impact in physical, psychosocial, and spiritual health, palliative care can be a strengthening component of integrated care. Aim: To review and appraise the existing evidence about the integration of palliative care in burn intensive care units with respect to (1) the co...