ABSTRACT Objectives: to assess the patient safety culture of the health team working in three maternity hospitals. Methods: observational, cross-sectional, comparative study. 301 professionals participated in the study. The Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture questionnaire validated in Brazil was used. For data analysis, it was considered a strong area in the patient safety culture when positive responses...
ABSTRACT Objective: to present the theoretical perspective of Imre Lakatos, from its Methodology of Scientific Research Programs, and its epistemological evaluation of the Brazilian Postgraduate Nursing Program. Method: It is a reflexive analysis, organized into three sections, with the following question: Can the theoretical-philosophical proposition by Imre Lakatos contribute to assess to the Brazilian Postgr...
RESUMO Objetivo: compreender a influência da participação da família na segurança do paciente em unidades neonatais na perspectiva de enfermeiros. Método: estudo descritivo de abordagem qualitativa, realizado na unidade de cuidados intermediários e na unidade de cuidados intensivos Neonatais de uma maternidade pública de Belo Horizonte-MG, tendo 14 enfermeiros como participantes do estudo. Os dados foram coleta...
ABSTRACT The study aimed to identify and understand, in the student's discourse, the social value and discuss it in the light of some of Max Scheler's assumptions. The senior students in Nursing take an existential place in the world, giving it meaning and sense through their opinion. The research is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. The subjects were 10 senior students from the Nursing course in Be...
Abstract OBJECTIVE To investigate endotoxins in sterilized surgical instruments used in hip arthroplasties. METHOD A descriptive exploratory study conducted in a public teaching hospital. Six types of surgical instruments were selected, namely: acetabulum rasp, femoral rasp, femoral head remover, chisel box, flexible bone reamer and femoral head test. The selection was based on the analysis of the difficulty in...
OBJECTIVE: to characterize the epidemiological profile of patients undergoing hip replacement, primary or revisional. METHODS: we conducted a retrospective, descriptive study, including hip arthroplasties performed from January 2009 to June 2012 in a Belo Horizonte teaching hospital, Minas Gerais State - MG, Brazil. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. RESULTS: orthopedic procedures represented 45% ...
This study aimed to identify the values of modern nursing in the writings of Florence Nightingale entitled Notes on Nursing: What it Is, and What it Is Not, and justify them through some of the assumptions of Max Scheler's axiology. For this, we used Wilhelm Dilthey's hermeneutics as an instrument to unveil the Nightingale axiological field. From the effort undertaken in the search for the interpretation of the...
OBJETIVO: Avaliar o risco de contaminação operatória pela ventilação do motor de furadeiras elétricas (FE) durante a perfuração óssea em cirurgias ortopédicas. MATERIAIS E MÉTODOS: estudo experimental, laboratorial, randomizado analisou FE da prática clínica e FE novas (limpas e esterilizadas) submetidas à contaminação com esporos de Bacillus atrophaeus na concentração 84 x 10(6) UFC. O ar gerado pelo acionamen...
It is estimated that electric drills (ED) have been used in orthopaedic surgeries for bone drilling for more than 50 years in Brazilian hospitals. It is an electric, thermosensitive equipment, not indicated for surgical use, which has not been previously evaluated regarding the sterilization efficacy, being suspect of infection risk. This study evaluated the efficacy of sterilization by ethylene oxide (EtO) of ...
As furadeiras elétricas domésticas tem sido empregadas em cirurgias ortopédicas nos Hospitais Brasileiros, para a perfuração óssea. Entretanto, trata-se de um equipamento elétrico, termossensível, não específico para uso cirúrgico, não avaliado quanto à eficácia da esterilização e não investigada a ocorrência de infecções cirúrgicas relacionadas ao seu uso. O objetivo dessa revisão foi descrever o estado da art...