Objective: to understand the management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nurses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in pal...
Objective: to understand the management of pressure ul-cers in palliative care patients from the perspective of nur-ses. Methods: qualitative study, in which 17 care nurses participated through semi-structured interviews. Data were submitted to thematic categorical analysis. Results: two categories were listed: Nursing management of pressure ulcers in palliative care patients and Outcome of pressure ulcers in p...
Objetivo: construir e validar o conteúdo da Escala de Avaliação do Autocuidado de Pacientes com Insuficiência Cardíaca. Métodos: estudo metodológico segundo a psicometria. Realizou-se busca em cinco bases de dados, que resultou em 63 artigos que nortearam a construção de um instrumento preliminar. Procedeu-se a validação de conteúdo por oito juízes que opinaram sobre a adequação de cada item segundo os critério...
Objective: to build and validate the content of the Self-Care Assessment Scale for Heart Failure Patients. Methods: methodological study based on psychometry. A search was carried out in five databases resulting in 63 articles that guided the preparation of a preliminary instrument. Content was validated by eight judges who assessed the adequacy of each item according to the criteria: clarity, precision and rel...
Objective: to build and validate the content of the Self-Care Assessment Scale for Heart Failure Patients. Methods: methodological study based on psychometry. A search was carried out in five databases resulting in 63 articles that guided the preparation of a preliminary instrument. Content was validated by eight judges who assessed the adequacy of each item according to the criteria: clarity, precision and rel...
This study aimed to identify the conditioning factors to self-care practice of ostomy patients, and verify knowledge and practices on stoma care. Descriptive and qualitative study, referencing the Orem’s Self-Care Theory, carried out at the Ostomy Association of Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, in June and July 2007. We identified as the main conditioning factors for self-care: male, aged over 51 years, low education, fro...
The objective was to determine the frequency of risk factors of coronary disease in patients who undergo myocardial revascularization. Descriptive study, developed in the Cardiology clinic of a public hospital, which is a reference in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. The samples were collected from 78 patients who have undergone myocardial revascularization. Data were collected in records and assessments of the patien...
Self - care should be performed by patients with heart failure (HF) to prevent complications and health promotion. The objective was to validate the Rating Scale of Self Care of Patients with Heart Failure (RSSCPHF ). Methodological study, developed in three stages, which followed as a reference of the Psychometric Pasquali model. In the first stage was carried out a pre - test with application of the second ve...
As they perform and record data on the water balance, nurses must be aware of the results, to interfere whenever necessary. The objective of this study was to understand the significance of hydric balance for nurses working in an intensive care coronary unit and to verify the use of results from hydric balance in nursing care. It is a descriptive study, conducted in a public hospital, located in Fortaleza. The ...
O objetivo foi verificar a frequência dos fatores de risco da doença coronariana em pacientes que realizaram revascularização do miocárdio. Estudo descritivo, desenvolvido no ambulatório de um hospital público, referência em cardiologia, Fortaleza-Ceará, Brasil. A amostra foi composta por 78 pacientes que se submeteram à cirurgia de revascularização do miocárdio. Os dados foram coletados nos prontuários e por a...