Objective: to create and validate an educational video for teaching deaf students about cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Method: methodological study consisting in the creation of an educational video, validation of its content by 22 nurses with expertise in cardiorespiratory arrest, and evaluation by 16 deaf students. For data collection, the following validated instruments were used: the Instrument for Validation of Educational Content used for the validation by nurses and the Assistive Technology Assessment Questionnaire for the evaluation by deaf students. The criterion for validation was concordance higher than 80%, analyzed through the content validation index and binomial test. Results: the final version of the video lasted seven minutes and thirty seconds, covered the steps that should be performed by a lay person to help a victim of cardiorespiratory arrest, presented animations and the narration in the Brazilian sign language. All the items obtained agreement among nurses and of among deaf students equal or superior to 80%. Conclusion: the video was considered to present valid content by the judges and comprehensible content by deaf students. Thus the video represents an inclusive technology for health education of deaf people about cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

The purpose of this study was to identify the problematic aspects of the families of people who were hospitalized because of strokes, and discuss the difficulties of the family caregiver toward household care. The sample consisted of 154 families of patients admitted in a public hospital in Fortaleza, Ceará state, Brazil. The results showed that most caregivers are women, 104 (67.5%); 122 cases (79.2%) showed family commitment and changes in the daily life of 115 accompanying partners (74.7%); 150 (97.4%) were not instructed about the care, but 143 (92.9%) felt safe to provide care. The predominant feeling was sadness, in 125 (81.2%) of the subjects, and the main doubts were: eating habits, 64 (41.6%); administering medication, 49 (29.9%); and possible clinical complications after discharge, 49 (29.9%). These results are worth noting for the nurse's role as an educator, not only regarding the prevention of chronic-degenerative diseases, but also concerning delivering instructions to family caregivers about providing care after hospital discharge.

Objective:to evaluate the therapeutic effect of music on anxiety and vital parameters in patients with chronic kidney disease when compared to patients receiving conventional care in hemodialysis clinics. Method:randomized clinical trial conducted in three renal replacement therapy clinics. Sixty people with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis were randomly allocated to an experimental group and a control group, 30 persons per group). State anxiety was evaluated in both groups by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory. A t-test was used to verify the effect of the experimental manipulation on the variables. Results:we found a statistically significant difference between the groups regarding the degree of anxiety experienced during hemodialysis sessions. The experimental group presented a statistically significant reduction of anxiety scores (p = 0.03), systolic blood pressure (p < 0.002), diastolic blood pressure (p < 0.002), heart rate (p < 0.01) and respiratory rate (p < 0.006) after listening to music. Conclusion:music represents a potential resource for nursing intervention to reduce state anxiety during hemodialysis sessions. Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials: .

Estudo descritivo, com abordagem quantitativa, cujo objetivo foi investigar os fatores de risco relacionados com as alterações cardiovasculares em idosos, atendidos numa instituição pública de Fortaleza - CE, no ano de 2006. Para coleta de dados foram entrevistados 145 idosos. Os achados foram organizados em tabelas e analisados em percentuais descritivos. Os resultados mostraram, 43,4% da população encontra-se na faixa etária acima de 70 anos, predomina o sexo feminino e a renda familiar incide em um ou menos de um salário mínimo. Além disso, 52% não são alfabetizados, maioria é casada e reside com familiares, 59,3% têm antecedentes de hipertensão e 41%, são sedentários. Entre os fatores de risco citados sobressaem consumo de café, sal e gordura. As afecções crônico-degenerativas estão presentes na maioria dos idosos. Considera-se, portanto, necessário se intensificar programas de educação em saúde com vistas a se manter o padrão de qualidade de vida do idoso.

Objective: To compare the Norton, Braden and Waterlow scales of risk for pressure ulcer in critically ill patients. Methods: An exploratory and longitudinal study covering 42 patients who were evaluated for 15 days or at least 10 consecutive days, in three intensive care units within Fortaleza, Brazil, from March to July 2009. Each patient was evaluated, simultaneously, by three nurses, each of whom was responsible for the application of only one of the scales. Results: There was a 59.5% incidence of ulcers and an increase in score of Norton (p = 0.028) and Braden (p = 0.004) scales, between the 1 st -15 th day, and the Waterlow (p = 0.005) between the 1 st -10 th . When compared to Norton and Braden, the Waterlow scores steadily increased (p <0.001). Patients with high and very high risk, 2% and 92%, respectively, developed ulcers (p = 0.005). Conclusion: The Waterlow scale showed higher scores in the risk assessment for pressure ulcers in relation to the Norton and Braden scales. Descriptors: Pressure ulcer; Risk assessment; Scales RESUMOObjetivo: Comparar as escalas de risco para úlcera por pressão de Norton, Braden e Waterlow entre pacientes em estado crítico. Métodos: Estudo exploratório e longitudial abrangendo 42 pacientesque foram avaliados, por 15 dias ou pelo menos 10 dias consecutivos, em três Unidades de Terapia Intensiva de Fortaleza-Brasil, no período de março a julho de 2009. Cada paciente foi avaliado, simultaneamente, por três enfermeiros, sendo cada um responsável pela aplicação de apenas uma das escalas. Resultados: Houve uma incidência de 59,5% de lesões e um aumento na pontuação das escalas de Norton (p=0,028) e Braden (p=0,004), entre os 1º-15º dias, e de Waterlow (p=0,005) entre os 1º-10º. Quando comparadas a Norton e Braden, os escores de Waterlow aumentaram constantemente (p<0,001). Os pacientes com alto e altíssimo risco, 2% e 92%, respectivamente, desenvolveram lesões (p=0,005). Conclusão: A escala de Waterlow apresentou maiores escores na avaliação do risco para úlcera por pressão em relação às escalas de Norton e Braden. Descritores: Úlcera por pressão; Medição de risco; Escalas RESUMENObjetivo: Comparar las escalas de riesgo para úlcera por presión de Norton, Braden y Waterlow entre pacientes en estado crítico. Métodos: Estudio exploratorio y longitudinal que abarcó a 42 pacientes que fueron evaluados, por 15 días o por lo menos 10 días consecutivos, en tres Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos de Fortaleza-Brasil, en el período de marzo a julio del 2009. Cada paciente fue evaluado, simultáneamente, por tres enfermeros, siendo cada uno responsable por la aplicación de apenas una de las escalas. Resultados: Hubo una incidencia del 59,5% de lesiones y un aumento en la puntuación de las escalas de Norton (p=0,028) y Braden (p=0,004), entre los 1º-15º días, y de Waterlow (p=0,005) entre los 1º-10º. Cuando fueron comparadas la Norton y Braden, los scores de Waterlow aumentaron constantemente (p<0,001). Los pacientes con alto y altísimo riesgo, 2% y 92%, respectivamente, desarrollaron ...

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Objetivo: establecer el concepto de tecnología blanda-dura en las prácticas de enfermería. Materiales y métodos: estudio reflexivo, con aplicación del método de análisis conceptual de Walker e Avant, que utiliza los siguientes pasos: selección de un concepto; determinación de los objetivos de análisis, de los atributos definidores; identificación de un caso modelo y contrario, e identificación de los antecedentes y las consecuencias. El estudio se llevó a cabo desde la búsqueda en bases de datos de las producciones científicas disponibles en ambiente virtual, en el periodo de abril y mayo de 2014. Resultados y discusión: inicialmente, el concepto de tecnología estaba relacionado al de técnica; con el del tiempo, sufrió cambios y pasó a relacionarse con los aspectos subjetivos y objetivos del cuidador. La tecnología blanda-dura sobrepasa los conocimientos tecnológicos estructurados y presenta libertad que les permite a los profesionales diversas posibilidades de acción. El uso de tecnologías en el cuidado de la enfermería es capaz de promover la salud e intensificar el vínculo entre profesional y cliente. Conclusión: el método de Walker e Avant posibilita demarcar los aspectos y la formación de un concepto desde atributos, antecedentes y consecuentes, además de analizar la utilización de los términos en la práctica.

Care protocols are important technological resources in health practice and should be validated for the sake of scientific credibility in professional practice. This research aimed to validate the items of the proposed standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to access, heparinization and dressing of totally implanted catheters, using concept analysis as proposed by Hoskins. The study involved two phases. In the first, a form was elaborated to validate the SOPs. In the second, the SOPs contents were subject to expert validation. Suggestions addressed aspects like reformulations, adding actions to make them clearer and more comprehensive, the order of procedure steps and the material to adapt the instrument. Further research is needed to orient professionals, mainly regarding the heparinization of catheters and the first dressing change after the access, with a view to standardizing conducts based on safe scientific evidence.