Introdução: Os benefícios da nutrição entérica na pessoa doente estão amplamente descritos, sendo a sua influência no conforto de carácter multidimensional. Para além da importância fulcral que assume na dimensão física do conforto e na recuperação da pessoa doente, a sua influência nas restantes dimensões pode ter um papel preponderante, contribuindo para atingir objetivos terapêuticos e promover a qualidade d...
Introduction: Nurse interventions in clinical management can take different forms, and there is a connection between management and care provision. Despite the recognised importance of clinical management for the quality of care, there are still gaps in knowledge about the most effective and efficient interventions in this field. Objective: Map the available scientific evidence about nurse interventions in clin...
Introduction: Intuition plays a crucial role in nursing decision making, particularly in high-pressure environments such as emergency departments and intensive care units. Nursing decision making, especially in highly complex contexts, such as caring for patients in critical care, may involve intuition as a form of aesthetic knowledge that complements logical reasoning. Intuition enables the recognition of patt...
Introduction: The process of organ and tissue transplantation has achieved success through its remarkable and swift advances, given that the technical and scientific progress recorded in the last decades in the field of medicine has made it possible to improve significantly the therapeutic possibilities and quality of life of the organ recipient. During the donation process, the organ donor’s family experiences...
Introdução: O processo de transplante de órgãos e tecidos é um processo de sucesso pelo tanto que evoluiu em tão pouco tempo, sendo que os progressos técnicos e científicos registados nas últimas décadas na área da medicina permitiram melhorar as possibilidades terapêuticas e a qualidade de vida do recetor de órgãos. Durante o processo de doação, a família do dador experiencia diversos desafios relacionados com...
Background: Surgical site infection preventions bundles have been used to reduce infection rate in most types of surgery. In colorectal surgery they have been used with success as well, with tailored care bundles designed for that purpose. Aim: To identify and review the individual interventions that constitute each infection prevention care bundle in colorectal surgery, and the surgical site infection rate red...
Aim: Musculoskeletal conditions impact our society owing to the associated burden, with significant implications for health systems and people’s quality of life. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used to optimize the results of rehabilitation programs. The study aims to identify the PROMs used in rehabilitation programs after knee surgery. Subject and methods: This rapid systematic review was conduc...