Health literacy, a more complex concept than knowledge, is a required capacity to obtain, understand, integrate and act on health information [1], in order to enhance individual and community health, which is defined by different levels, according to the autonomy and personal capacitation in decision making [2]. Medium levels of Health literacy in an adolescent population were found in a study conducted in 2013/2014, being higher in sexual and reproductive health and lower in substance use. It was also noticed that the higher levels of health literacy were in the area adolescents refer to have receipt more health information. The health literacy competence with higher scores was communication skills, and the lower scores were in the capacity to analyze factors that influence health. Higher levels were also found in younger teenagers, but in a higher school level, confirming the importance of health education in these age and development stage. Adolescents seek more information in health professionals and parents, being friends more valued as a source information in older adolescents, which enhance the importance of peer education mainly in older adolescents [3]. As a set of competences based on knowledge, health literacy should be developed through education interventions, encompassing the cultural and social context of individuals, since the society, culture and education system where the individual is inserted can define the way the development and enforcement of the health literacy competences [4]. The valued sources of information should be taken into account, as well as needs of information in some topics referred by adolescents in an efficient health education. Schizophrenia is a serious and chronic mental illness which has a profound effect on the health and well-being related with the well-known nature of psychotic symptoms. The exercise has the potential to improve the life of people with schizophrenia improving physical health and alleviating psychiatric symptoms. However, most people with schizophrenia remains sedentary and lack of access to exercise programs are barriers to achieve health benefits. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of exercise on I) the type of intervention in mental health, II) in salivary levels of alpha-amylase and cortisol and serum levels of S100B and BDNF, and on III) the quality of life and selfperception of the physical domain of people with schizophrenia. The sample consisted of 31 females in long-term institutions in the Casa de Saúde Rainha Santa Isabel, with age between 25 and 63, and with diagnosis of schizophrenia according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR). Physical fitness was assessed by the six-minute walk distance test (6MWD). Biological variables were determined by ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). Psychological variables were assessed using SF-36, PSPP-SCV, RSES and SWLS tests. Walking exercise has a positive impact on physical fitness (6MWD -p = 0.001) and physical components of the psychological test...

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Nurses should use Braden Scale assessment and consider patients' characteristics and diagnoses to plan more focused preventive interventions and improve nursing care. This study could be the first step to create a preventive protocol based on institutional reality, patients' characteristics, level of risk and affected sub-scales.

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Pesquisa-ação que objetivou estabelecer os parâmetros de avaliação clínica necessários ao paciente submetido à monitorização hemodinâmica pelo Cateter de Artéria Pulmonar (CAP) e construir um Protocolo de Cuidados de Enfermagem ao paciente grave e de risco em uso do cateter com os enfermeiros da UTI geral de um hospital público de Santa Catarina. A população se constituiu em uma amostra não probabilística intencional de 5 enfermeiros e utilizou para coleta de dados reuniões de grupo e questionário. O estudo é apresentado mediante estatística descritiva e análises qualitativas das questões subjetivas. Conclui-se que os critérios de avaliação clínica necessários ao paciente submetido à monitorização hemodinâmica se constituem em parâmetros invasivos e não invasivos e que o protocolo fundamenta a tomada de decisão clínica para o cuidado do paciente em uso do Cateter de Artéria Pulmonar.

RESUMOEste é um estudo descritivo e exploratório, que objetivou desenvolver uma prática educativa de Aprendizagem Baseada em Problemas em RCP/SBV com 24 acadêmi-cos da 3ª Fase do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem de uma Universidade da Região Sul do Brasil. O estudo utilizou a metodologia de ABP enfocando situações problemas de PCP e foi aprovado pelo CONEP. As estratégias metodológicas de coleta de dados, como a observação participante e os questionários para avaliação da aprendizagem, da prática educativa e da sua metodologia permitiram agrupar os resultados em: expectativas dos acadêmicos; atividades de grupo; atividades individuais; atividades práticas; avaliação dos encontros e da sua metodologia. O estudo evidenciou que a ABP permite ao educador avaliar o processo de aprendizagem do acadêmico em várias dimensões, e funciona como um fator motivacional tanto do educador quanto do educando porque permite a integração teórico-prática num processo integrado de aprendizagem. DESCRITORES ABSTRACTDescriptive and exploratory study, aimed to develop an educational practice of Problem-Based Learning in CPR/BLS with 24 students in the third stage of the Nursing Undergraduate Course in a University in the Southern region of Brazil. The study used the PBL methodology, focused on problem situations of cardiopulmonary arrest, and was approved by the CONEP. The methodological strategies for data collection, such as participative observation and questionnaires to evaluate the learning, the educational practices and their methodology, allowed for grouping the results in: students' expectations; group activities; individual activities; practical activities; evaluation of the meetings and their methodology. The study showed that PBL allows the educator to evaluate the academic learning process in several dimensions, functioning as a motivating factor for both the educator and the student, because it allows the theoretical-practical integration in an integrated learning process. KEY WORDSProblem-based learning. Education, nursing. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Students, nursing. RESUMENEstudio descriptivo y exploratorio, que objetivo realizar una práctica educativa de Aprendizaje Basado en Problemas RCP/SBV con 24 estudiantes del 3er año del Curso de Pre-grado en Enfermería de una Universidad de la Región Sur del Brasil. El estudio aprobado por el CONEP utilizó la metodología del ABP enfocando situaciones problemas de RCP. La recolección de datos realizada a través de observación participativa y cuestionarios para evaluación del aprendizaje, de la práctica educativa y de su metodología, permitieron de esta forma agrupar los resultados en: expectativas de los estudiantes, actividades de grupo, actividades individuales, actividades prácticas, evaluación de las reuniones y de su metodología. El estudio mostró que el ABP permite al educador evaluar el proceso de aprendizaje del alumno en varias dimensiones y funciona como un factor motivador tanto del educador como del educando, pues permite la integración teórico-práctica en un p...