Introduction: Pressure injuries are common adverse events in intensive care units, impacting individuals’ quality of life and increasing healthcare costs. Traditional risk assessment scales have significant limitations in the context of critically ill patients. Artificial intelligence has emerged as a promising approach for early risk identification, offering greater sensitivity and the ability to integrate com...
Background/Objetives: Pressure injuries pose a significant challenge in healthcare, adversely impacting individuals’ quality of life and healthcare systems, particularly in intensive care units. The effective identification of at-risk individuals is crucial, but traditional scales have limitations, prompting the development of new tools. Artificial intelligence offers a promising approach to identifying and pre...
Introduction: As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly explored in healthcare, its potential to influence nurses’ cognitive processes—including assessment, reasoning, and decision-making—has garnered growing attention. Nevertheless, the extent to which these technologies effectively support clinical judgment in nursing remains insufficiently understood, particularly regarding epistemological alignment, p...
Introdução: As lesões por pressão são eventos adversos frequentes em unidades de cuidados intensivos, com impacto na qualidade de vida das pessoas e nos custos em saúde. As escalas tradicionais de avaliação de risco apresentam limitações no contexto do doente crítico. A inteligência artificial tem vindo a afirmar-se como uma abordagem promissora na identificação precoce do risco, com maior sensibilidade e capac...
Background: Artificial intelligence is transforming healthcare education, offering innovative teaching and skill development approaches. However, its implementation and effectiveness in wound care education remain unclear. Objective: To map and analyze the available evidence on the potential impact of artificial intelligence in wound care education, identify knowledge gaps, and provide recommendations for futur...
Introduction: Pressure ulcers remain a persistent and significant clinical problem, with a substantial impact on the well-being and quality of life of affected individuals. Prevention in healthcare settings, particularly in intensive care units, is a complex process influenced not only by nurses’ knowledge and attitudes but also by multiple environmental and organizational factors. Understanding the barriers th...
Introduction: As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly explored in healthcare, its potential to influence nurses’ cognitive processes—including assessment, reasoning, and decision-making—has garnered growing attention. Nevertheless, the extent to which these technologies effectively support clinical judgment in nursing remains insufficiently understood, particularly regarding epistemological alignment, p...
Entering Higher Education is characterized by being one of the stages of life with high stress levels, impacting your mental health. Promoting mindfulness and self-compassion has been shown to have positive results in regulating psychological difficulties, chronic stress, and levels of well-being. The present study aimed to explore the role of mindfulness and self-compassion in stress levels and well-being in c...
A entrada no Ensino Superior caracteriza-se por ser uma das fases de vida com altos níveis de stresse, com impacto na sua saúde mental. A promoção do mindfulness e autocompaixão tem demonstrado resultados positivos na regulação de dificuldades psicológicas, do stresse crónico e dos níveis de bem-estar. O presente estudo pretendeu explorar o papel do mindfulness e da autocompaixão nos níveis de stresse e de bem-...
Pain is an entity that has accompanied human beings since the beginning of their existence. Neuropathic pain, induced by alterations in the somatosensory system, has its own characteristics and treatment. Gabapentinoids are antiepileptic drugs that show marked similarities to gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), one of the main inhibitory neurotransmitters in the central nervous system (CNS). Since the discovery of ...