Objectives: to describe the health control habits that influence the daily life of celiac patients and to analyze the practice of actions related to health control and its determinants, from the perspective of the first component of the Pender Health Promotion Model. Method: a cross-sectional study conducted through interviews with instrument with 83 individuals from Ceará and diagnosed with celiac disease. Dat...
Objective: to compare the knowledge of intensive care nurses about pressure injuries before and after an educational intervention. Methods: longitudinal study before and after intervention, conducted with nine intensive care nurses target of an online educational intervention on pressure injuries. Knowledge was investigated through an instrument with items on prevention, staging and evaluation of pressure injur...
Objective: to validate clinically the factors associated with nursing diagnosis sedentary lifestyle in adolescents. Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed with 158 adolescent students. The chi-square test was used to identify the association between the presence of sedentary lifestyle and associated factors. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results: the prevalence of sedentary lifestyle was 68....
Objective: to evaluate the contribution of educational technology on pressure injury regarding assistance quality indicators. Methods: a quasi-experimental study, with the design before and after the educational intervention, related to an online course on pressure injury. Data collection was done in three phases: the gathering of pressure injury indicators; implementation of the educational intervention; and p...
Objetivo: verificar a habilidade de acadêmicos de enfermagem e medicina relacionados à técnica da higienização das mãos. Métodos: estudo transversal realizado com 61 acadêmicos. Utilizou-se a higienização das mãos com álcool gel a 70,0%, no qual foi adicionado o corante fluorescente Visirub®, que permitiu observar áreas não contempladas durante a higienização das mãos e investigação dos oito passos recomendados...
Objective: to verify the ability of nursing and medical academics related to hand hygiene technique. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study carried out with 61 academics. Hands hygiene with 70.0% alcohol gel was used, in which Visirub® fluorescent dye was added, which allowed observing areas not contemplated during hand hygiene and investigation of the eight steps recommended by the World Health Organization....
Objective: to verify the ability of nursing and medical academics related to hand hygiene technique. Methods: this is a cross-sectional study carried out with 61 academics. Hands hygiene with 70.0% alcohol gel was used, in which Visirub® fluorescent dye was added, which allowed observing areas not contemplated during hand hygiene and investigation of the eight steps recommended by the World Health Organization....
Introduction: The kangaroo-mother care method is an approach adopted in Brazil as a public police, which has helped in the reduction of neonatal mortality rate. Premature birth and its vulnerabilities can trigger, especially in mothers, feelings of fear and insecurity related to taking care of newborns. Objective: Investigate care continuity of preterm newborns from a kangaroo-mother care method unit in primary...
Early guidance emphasizes the provision of information to families about growth and normal development in childhood such as specific information about security at home. This research aimed to analyze mothers' knowledge about the prevention of accidents in childhood before and after an educational intervention. It was conducted as a quasi-experimental study with 155 mothers in a Basic Health Unit in northeastern...
Objective: To assess the effect of an educational intervention on the knowledge of Intensive Care Unit professionals regarding medical waste. Methods: Experimental study conducted in 2015 at a public hospital of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, with 41 healthcare professionals who were submitted to an educational strategy that used a flipchart on solid waste, comparing their knowledge before and after a test using a f...