Objective: to identify through the Beers criterion the prevalence of inappropriate medication use by elderly people, and the associated factors. Method: cross-sectional study with 350 people aged 60 years or over, from a municipality in the extreme south of Brazil. Result: the prevalence of drug use potentially inappropriate for age was 57.1% and was associated with the presence of potential drug interaction, t...
This article aims to analyze the trends of Brazilian scientific nursing productions regarding pre-hospital care and first aid. It is a narrative review of literature, developed through access to the research available in the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations of the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel. The systematic search for studies was carried out in June 2020, with the strategie...
The objective was to identify the most frequent causes and threats to nursing professionals in the hospital sector, with regard to occupational health risk. This is a narrative review of the literature, the search took place in June/2019, and digital materials were evaluated in the database of the Occupational Safety and Health Observatory, such as: documents from the Ministry of Economy, Secretary and Inspecti...
This article aimed to describe the contributions of awareness workshops for the knowledge of academics from health care courses about Alzheimer's disease in the elderly/family. A semi-structured interview was carried out, before and after awareness-raising workshops with 12 academics from the health courses of a University of Rio Grande do Sul. There were findings about the academics' perception about Alzheimer...
This article aims to characterize the socioeconomic profile of a group of elderly people who care for the elderly in the city of Santa Maria / RS and to analyze how these caregivers perceive their quality of life. The snowball technique was used to find the participants, with seven caregivers taking part in the research. There were findings regarding satisfaction with the caregiver occupation, the influence of ...
Objetivo: compreender o significado de cuidado integral para docentes e discentes de enfermagem. Métodos: pesquisa qualitativa, realizada com sete docentes e seis discentes do curso de enfermagem de uma instituição de ensino superior. Os dados foram coletados, por meio da técnica de Grupo Focal e submetidos à análise de conteúdo, na modalidade temática. Para esse artigo utilizou-se o construto cuidado integral,...
Objective: to understand the meaning of comprehensive care in the view of teachers and nursing students. Methods: qualitative research conducted with seven teachers and six students of the nursing course of a higher education institution. Data were collected using the Focal Group technique and subjected to thematic content analysis. The comprehensive care construct was used for this article as based on authors ...
Objective : to understand the meaning of comprehensive care in the view of teachers and nursing students. Methods : qualitative research conducted with seven teachers and six students of the nursing course of a higher education institution. Data were collected using the Focal Group technique and subjected to thematic content analysis . The comprehensive care construct was used for this article as based on autho...
Objetivo: validar categorias da Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde direcionadas às pessoas idosas. Métodos: estudo metodológico realizado com 13 enfermeiras brasileiras gerontólogas. Utilizou-se um formulário eletrônico, subsidiado na Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde, composto por 107 itens (45 relacionados às Funções do corpo; 38 à Participaçã...
Objective: to validate categories of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health directed to the elderly. Methods: methodological study of 13 Brazilian gerontologist nurses. We used an electronic form based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, composed of 107 items (45 related to Body functions, 38 to Participation and Activity; 24 to Environment)...