This study approaches nursing care as related to the aged. The studied situation involved health care needs of hospitalized persons, using the following central question: which is the meaning of nurses' actions when attending hospitalized aged patients without expectation of recovery and when technology is no longer that important? We aimed to reflect about hospitalized elders' needs in nursing reality. Comprehensive Sociology was used as a theoretical-methodological framework. The study was carried out at an Intensive Care Service of a Municipal Hospital in the city of Rio de Janeiro-Brazil. The subjects were nurses who attend hospitalized aged persons without any expectation of recovery, who were approached through a phenomenological interview. Through a comprehensive analysis, we identified care by being together, providing at the same time physical comfort and well-being to cope with the situation as typical of nursing actions. This study indicates some contributions for nursing care, assistance, teaching and research, aimed at strengthening nurses' attitude as an action tool in care for aged patients.
This is an experience report on the PRÓ-CUIDEM project, in meetings coordinated by nurse teachers in Niterói-RJ, Brazil. The results are focused on caregivers who need guidance, expressed during the group meetings, where their doubts are clarified, making them feel less anxious and more willing to take care of the elderly, with understanding of the elderly's health problem and, especially, to take care of their own health. One conclude that caring for the elderly with dementia is a difficult task when there is no support and guidance, being of fundamental importance the nursing care aiming to improve the caregivers' quality of life and, in consequence, the quality of life of the elderly with dementia.
This article originated from the second category that emerged on the professional master's dissertation entitled "Educational technology as a strategy for the use of gloves by nursing professionals aiming the contact precaution", presented to the Review Board of the nursing school Aurora de Afonso Costa, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF – Fluminense Federal University). Aim: to identify the factors that interfere in the adhesion and/or adequacy of the precautionary contact measures in the use of procedure sterile gloves by the nursing team. Method: this is a methodological study using a quantitative approach, with a total of 66 participants distributed in four stages. In the first stage, 45 nursing professionals from the surgical clinics were interviewed in a university hospital between January and March 2014. Results: 93% of the professionals report a failure in the use of gloves and only 7% do not observe failures. Conclusion: the suitability of gloves is crucial for the safety of patients, professionals, society and the environment.
Objetivo: Levantar as produções científicas sobre prevenção de queda em paciente hospitalizado e a segurança dopaciente. Método: revisão integrativa realizada em 2014, na Biblioteca Virtual de Saúde, utilizando os descritores“Segurança do Paciente”, “Acidentes por Quedas” e “Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à Saúde”, cruzando-oscom o descritor “Gestão de qualidade em Saúde”. Buscou-se artigos publicados entre 2009 e 2014 que vertessemsobre o tema do estudo. Os dados foram coletados por meio de instrumento previamente elaborado. Os artigosselecionados foram analisados, gerando a síntese do conhecimento sobre o assunto. Resultados: Foram selecionados12 artigos, organizados em duas categorias para análise: 1) A segurança do paciente, em que se abordam conceitosrelacionados; 2) Prevenção de queda em pacientes hospitalizados. Conclusão: Na busca da melhor evidência emrelação à prevenção de queda em paciente hospitalizado e à segurança do paciente, ficou evidenciada a grandeimportância da vigilância aos pacientes, da identificação dos riscos aos quais estão submetidos e do ambiente emque estão, já que contribuem para a ocorrência do evento queda.Palavras-chave: Segurança do Paciente; Acidentes por Quedas; Indicadores de Qualidade em Assistência à Saúde. ABSTRACTObjective: To identify the scientific productions on the prevention of falls in patients hospitalized as a qualityindicator. Method: integrative review conducted in 2014, in the Virtual Health Library, using the descriptors:“Patient Safety”, “Accidental Falls” and “Quality Indicators, Health Care”, crossing them with the descriptor “QualityManagement”. It sought to articles published between 2009 and 2014 that address on the need to study. Data werecollected through a previously designed instrument. Selected articles were analyzed, generating the synthesis ofknowledge on the subject. Results: 12 articles were selected, organized in two categories for analysis: 1) Patientsafety, which discusses related concepts; 2) Fall prevention in hospitalized patients. Conclusion: In search of thebest evidence in relation to the fall in hospitalized patients as a quality indicator, it was evidenced the importanceof surveillance of patients, identifying the risks they face and the environment they are in, that contribute to theoccurrence fall event.Keywords: Patient Safety; Accidental Falls; Quality Indicators, Health Care.
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