Objective Describe the terms used in written records of patients' progress by nurses. Methods Descriptive research with a quantitative method that used a software to extract terms related to 148,200 nursing documentations of patient's progress, from 2010 to 2012, in a university hospital in Curitiba - Paraná. The terms were normalized, if appropriate, in spelling, gender, number and tense; then corpus of 2.638 terms was classified for analysis. Results There were problems related to the identification of the records; the use of trade names for designating artifacts used in the nursing practice; unconventional acronyms and abbreviations; and colloquial terms. Records of terms contained in standardized language of nursing diagnoses were found. Conclusion The language used by nurses is heterogeneous. There is a tendency to use terms of specialized language, even when there is no formal terminology standardization in the institution.

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Computer-generated guidelines are a valuable qualitative support tool for nurses.

Virtual Organizations are aggregations of independent organizations or individuals aiming to contribute to a common goal. Two basic steps are needed to assemble a virtual organization: (i) a business process partitioning, and (ii) a partners' selection process. Broadly speaking, in this paper we present a computational approach to model organizations based on Distributed Artificial Intelligence-Multiagent Systems (DAl-MAS) as well as Symbolic Learning (SL) paradigms. Each organization, which is seen as an agent, is provided with the needed observation, planning, coordination, execution, communication and leaming capabilities to perform its social roles. In particular, we present a specific inter-organization relationship: the selection process that leads to the automatic establishment of contracts between organizations. This selection process is composed of a bid evaluation phase followed by a negotiation phase as a mean for agents conflicts resolution. Through negotiation interactions, a set of offer and counter-offer values which are 'seen as instances (positives and negatives) are supplied for further analysis in order to support the learning activities. The contribution of our work lies, not only, on the computational model proposed for the society of organizations, but also in some extent, on the leaming methodologies applied to the established partnerships, in particular, and to the community, in general.

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Introduction: Pressure ulcers (PU) are defined as an injury to the skin and / or underlying tissue, resulting of pressure or combination of pressure and torsional strength. Its occurrence can be prevented by establishing protocols with risk assessment and preventive measures. The Braden Scale is a tool for assessing risk of developing PU. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), in turn, provides a scientific basis for the study of health and conditions related to it, as well as be used to guide the creation and the use of outcome measures in rehabilitation. Objective: List the contents of the Braden Scale with the contents of CIF. Method: The present study was exploratory descriptive. The content of the Braden Scale was linked to the content of the ICF, using rules proposed in the literature. Four health professionals participated in the linking process. Results: Twenty-nine meaningful concepts were identified in the Braden Scale. From this total, 21 were linked to 17 ICF categories, 6 were classified as nd (not definable) and 2 were classified as nc (not covered by ICF). None of the significant concepts of the Braden Scale was related to some category of the component Body Structures of ICF. Conclusion: The content of the Braden Scale showed a moderate convergence with the contents of the ICF, being possible to consider that this scale is within the biopsychosocial model of health. These results place the Braden Scale as a possible tool to be used to assist in the implementation of the ICF in patients at risk of developing PU.

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