ABSTRACT Objective: to report the transformation process of a surgical inpatient unit into a coronavirus patient care unit and the impact on the health of nursing professionals and users of this service, in the opinion of nurses who experienced the process. Method: this is an experience report of nurses of a surgical inpatient unit of a Federal Teaching Hospital in the Midwest region of Brazil. The experience w...
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the factors associated with quality of life of the older adults with chronic pain. Method: Cross-sectional study conducted with 239 older adults in outpatient care in the state of Goiás, Brazil. The World Health Organization Quality of Life–Old (WHOQOL-OLD) instrument contains six domains and was applied to assess quality of life. Simple and multiple linear regressions were used i...
ABSTRACT The objectives of this study were to identify the types of gloves the nursing team uses for the manual cleaning of health products and to identify the perforation rates in procedure/surgical gloves used for this purpose. Cross-sectional and descriptive, descriptive study with quantitative approach was developed at a large hospital in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. In total, 300 procedure/surgical gloves (Grou...