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The nurse in front of cardiorespiratory arrest in the pre-hospital environment: domain over the recommendations of the American heart association

The aim of the study was to enunciate the knowledge of nurses who work in pre-hospital care in the actions taken in the face of CPA. It is a field research with a quantitative approach of exploratory descriptive character. A pre-Hospital Urgency and Emergency company in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro was sought as a setting. Twenty nurses with specific contracts who received periodic training in ACLS and 20 nurses who work in the operation where they do not have training in ACLS were interviewed.

Profile of active adult students in higher education in a federal institution

The admission to Higher Education represents an important stage for the personal, social and professional evolution of the human being. The objective was to evaluate the specificities of the sociodemographic profile of adult students enrolled at the institution. It is about a quantitative, cross-sectional study and questions that include qualitative aspects. The study was carried out with 103 active adults in higher education, belonging to undergraduate courses. The collections of the data occurred through a sociodemographic form.

O processo de morte e morrer para profissionais de enfermagem da uti: revisão bibliográfica

A equipe de enfermagem que atua em UTI possui uma rotina ligada diretamente com pacientes graves, podendo observar, constantemente, situações da morte. Consequentemente, a isto podem apresentar diversos sentimento em relação às perdas. Nesse contexto, o presente estudo tem como objetivo realizar um levantamento sobre a percepção de profissionais de enfermagem, a respeito da morte, no contexto da UTI. Para tanto, utilizou-se como método, um estudo descritivo e exploratório com abordagem qualitativa de dados.

Comparative analysis of different instrumentation types and adhesive systems in fiberglass pin retention in flattened channels

The objective of this work was to compare the adhesive strength of the prefabricated fiberglass pin in flat channels by means of the tensile removal force. For this, 48 extracted human inferior incisors were selected and randomly divided into four experimental groups of 12 samples each. All teeth were sectioned horizontally, leaving 2 millimeters of dental remnant, so that an average length of 16 millimeters was obtained.

Atuação do fisioterapeuta no controle da dor em pacientes em cuidado paliativo: uma revisão integrativa

Objetivo: sumarizar artigos disponíveis em periódicos acerca da atuação do fisioterapeuta no controle da dor em cuidados paliativos e caracterizar as técnicas mais utilizadas. Método: Revisão Integrativa realizada nas bases de dados: CINAHL, PubMed, Scielo e LILACS. Descritores utilizados: “cuidados paliativos”, “fisioterapia” e “dor” e operador boleano “AND”. Critérios de inclusão: artigos completos, publicados entre 2011 e 2020, em português, inglês e espanhol. 20 artigos foram incluídos na análise quantitativa final.

Comparative study of conventional tympanoplasty versus endoscopic tympanoplasty

Introduction: Conventional microscopic Tympanoplasty with a Postauricular incision is a procedure for patients with chronic otitis media safe type. In our study unsafe chronic otitis media in not included. Minimally invasive otologic surgery has recently been developed along with endoscopic techniques. Endoscopic ear surgery, first tried in the 1990s3 has become popular with anatomic and physiologic concepts4. Endoscopically, the typical transcanal approach. This avoids other unnecessary incisions and soft tissue dissections.

A importância do autocuidado do cuidador familiar no processo de cuidar do idoso com Parkinson

Descrever a importância do autocuidado do cuidador familiar durante o processo de cuidar do idoso com Parkinson. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, com abordagem qualitativa realizado no Programa de Extensão Pró-Parkinson, com uma amostra de 20 cuidadores familiares obtida de forma aleatória e conveniente, os quais tiveram suas identidades preservadas através da utilização decodinomes, mais precisamente nomes de pedras.

Factors associated with underreporting of work accidents in the information system on notifiable diseases (sinan): scope review

This is a scope review that aims to map the underreporting of Work Accidents in the Information System on Notifiable Diseases. A search was performed in the databases: CAPES Thesis and Dissertations Catalog; Science Direct; Virtual Health Library and in the Cochhrane Lybrary and Embase databases, with thefollowing eligibility criteria: studies evaluating the notification of work accidents from 2017 to 2021. Mostof the studies found presented a quantitative methodology, with only one being nationwide.

Meanings of life by the elderly terminally ill: an integrative review

Objective: To identify the existing knowledge about the meanings attributed to life by the elderly at the end of life. Method: Integrative literature review based on searches on the PubMed, Age Line, and the Virtual Library on Health (Bireme-VLH) databases, with a sample composed of at least 50% of the elderly, with progressive and life-threatening diseases refractory to treatment. Results: The study selected a total of 596 articles.

Nursing care for patients on mechanical ventilation: an integrative Review

Objective: To identify in the scientific literature the main nursing care for patients on mechanical ventilation. Methods: This was an integrative review carried out in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), allowing simultaneous access to the following databases: Base de dados de enfermagem (BDENF), Índice Bibliográfico EspanholemCiências da Saúde (IBECS) and Literatura Latino-Americana e Caribenhaem Ciências da Saúde (LILACS). The descriptors "mechanical ventilation", "artificial respiration", "nursing care", "nursing" and "critical care" were used.