To analyze the validity based on the internal structure and reliability of the Brazilian version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment (CRA) applied to informal caregivers of dependent elderly. Method: A methodological study with 120 informal caregivers of the elderly. Validity based on the internal structure evaluated by exploratory factorial analysis, with extraction of main factorial axes, varimax orthogonal ...
The aim was to describe the use of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) in dissertations and theses developed in Brazilian Postgraduate Programs (Master and PhD). Documentary and quantitative study conducted from theses and dissertations published between 2000 and 2018 in the catalogs of the Center for Studies and Research in Nursing of the Brazilian Nursing Association and in the porta...
Objective: To identify nursing diagnoses in caregivers of institutionalized elderly and to associate them with stressors, according to the Betty Neuman Model. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study with 41 formal caregivers of institutionalized elderly. The data were collected using a structured form according to the Betty Neuman Systems Model. Subsequently, the diagnoses w...
Estudo descritivo observacional, desenvolvido em um hospital público de Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, com 12 técnicos de enfermagem, que objetivou identificar as ações realizadas pela equipe de enfermagem durante o preparo e administração de medicamentos em idosos hospitalizados. As observações possibilitaram a identificação de falhas ou problemas no processo de preparo e administração de medicamentos, revelando, p...
O presente relato de experiência procura apresentar os princípios políticos pedagógicos e as estruturas organizacionais dos Cursinhos Populares da Zona da Mata mineira. Estes Cursinhos fazem parte de uma Articulação de Cursinhos (ACP-ZM) e estão ligados a projetos de extensão da Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV). Tais cursinhos possuem princípios, estruturas organizacionais, desafios e perspectivas que se ap...
Objective: to reflect about the clinical practice of nurses in the care of frail elderly. Method: this is a theoretical reflection supported in the literature. Results: the fragility syndrome has reached worldwide repercussions; even so the frail elderly still lacks many strategies to maintain their autonomy and independence. To promote clinical appropriate practice to the frail elderly, nurses must be knowledg...
The aim of this methodological research was to build a database of terms for clinical nursing practice with elderly followed by the Family Health Strategy teams based on official documents on elderly published in Brazil, and the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®), and validate it with specialist nurses in the area. It was performed from 2013 until 2014, based on document analysis, identif...
This study aimed to evaluate the adaptation of elderly individuals voluntarily reside in Institution for the Aged (LTCF) in the city of Fortaleza-CE, based on the theoretical model of Roy. Descriptive study, in a IPLI involving thirteen elderly residents. Data collect was through interviews in the months of October and December 2011 and organized by thematic content analysis. The following themes has emerged: I...
Study aimed to identify diagnoses and plan outcomes and interventions based on the CIPE® nomenclature and on the theory of adaptation to hypertensive patients with associated diseases. It is a multiple case study conducted with 45 users of the Family Health Strategy and registered in HIPERDIA. The most frequent diagnoses identified were partial self-care (93.3%), decreased exercise pattern (84.4%), impaired den...
One aimed to identify the risk factors associated to falls in the elderly, which reflect on their quality of life. This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was used to collect data from older adults of an active living group from Russas-CE during the period from August to December 2011. The data were inserted in electronic spreadsheets, analyzed by the descriptive statistics and submitted t...