ABSTRACT Objective: Describe the construct validation process of the instrument “Nursing care for the assessment, prevention and treatment of cutaneous xerosis in the elderly”. Method: Methodological study carried out with 101 nurses in four hospitals in the great João Pessoa, between July and September 2018. Construct validation was performed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, in addition to...
ABSTRACT Objective: To reveal the Comfort needs as perceived by hospitalized elders, using Kolcaba’s theory. Methods: Descriptive and qualitative study, with 11 elders hospitalized in a university hospital, aiming to identify their needs for Comfort. Results: Discourses were categorized in four thematic units: Physical, Environmental, Sociocultural, and Psychospiritual. In the Physical context, several subcateg...
O exame físico constitui-se numa importante etapa dentro do processo de avaliação à criança, através do qual o enfermeiro enriquece as informações obtidas durante a entrevista e fundamenta a assistência de enfermagem. Na atualidade, mediante o crescente interesse dos enfermeiros em aplicar o processo de enfermagem em todas as suas etapas, o exame físico tem ocupado lugar de destaque, por permitir que os enferme...