ABSTRACT Teleconsultation can be classified as an advanced practice nursing that requires nurses’ clinical reasoning based on a consistent theoretical framework to use in the nursing process. Our study conducted a theoretical-reflective analysis, based on Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Chick-Meleis’ Transition Theory, about the contribution of teleconsultation as an advanced practice nursing in ...
ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the average direct cost of PICC insertion by nurses. Methods: this is a unique case study with a quantitative approach. The observation took place in a public hospital, collecting information on inputs used and procedure length. For the calculation of costs, time was multiplied by nurses’ costs plus supplies. The US dollar was used to present the calculations. In the analysis, de...