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Aims: To identify changes in mental health status among nursing professionals in a Brazilian municipality during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Design: An observational and longitudinal study. Methods: Using the Patient Health Questionnaire‐9, the presence of depressive symptoms was evaluated among 690 nursing professionals in the city of Pelotas, Brazil, at two moments: June/July 2020 and June/July 2021. Results: 13.0% incidence of depressive symptoms was identified; as well as 12.2% remission; 24.1% persistence and 50.7% absence. Among the factors associated with the worst prognoses we can mention female gender, greater workload, feeling of overload, illness of family members or friends due to COVID‐19 and use of psychotropic drugs Conclusions: There was significant mobility in the diagnosis of depression among the professionals studied during the period analysed, with incidence of new cases of significant depression and greater than the number of remissions. In addition to sociodemographic aspects, traumatic experiences and exposure to continuous overload were associated with persistence and incidence of new cases. Implications for the profession and/or patient care: With the advent of the COVID‐19 pandemic, several studies have shown an increase in depressive symptoms among nursing professionals; however, understanding the long‐term effects of this scenario is still a challenge. Impact: What problem did the study address? This study investigates changes in the mental health status of nursing professionals working at different care levels, taking the prevalence of screening for depression as a proxy, during a period of a year during the COVID‐19 pandemic. What were the main findings? Between both data collection moments, 2020 e 2021, there was a significant percentage of professionals with persistent depression, in addition to a significant proportion of incident cases that slightly exceeded the number of remissions and the factors associated with the worst prognoses were sociodemographic aspects such as gender and emotional stressors like illness of family members or close friends due to COVID‐19, in addition to those related to the organisation and support provided by the services, such as workload and feeling of overload. Where and on whom will the research have an impact? This study will impact the nursing professionals and in role of the health services in order to establishing actions that contribute to minimising the deleterious effects of the pandemic on the mental health of their Nursing teams. Reporting method: The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines were adopted in this study. Patient or public contribution: No Patient or Public Contribution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To discuss complications and preventive measures, as well as the removal conditions associated with the use of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters, in the intra-hospital context from the perspective of the nursing team's knowledge. Methods: Exploratory-descriptive investigation, mixed-method research, carried out in a private hospital (MG-Brazil), from March to May/2021, with 114 nursing professionals, using Google Forms. The following data were collected: Professional's characterization, knowledge's profile and evaluation of complications, preventive measures and removal conditions associated with the use of the catheter. Results: The professional profile reveals signs of how nursing job is precarious and the participants' knowledge demonstrates access to the main complications of using the device, prevention measures, as well as the conditions that justify its removal. Conclusion: There is evidence of the needed educational interventions, aiming an improvement of the safe practice to the professional and to the patient, care quality and excellence of care in the health institution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the experiences of presenteeism in nursing professionals from hospital services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: qualitative study, anchored in historical-dialectical materialism. Thirty nursing workers participated in the research, divided into six online focus groups, analyzed based on Hermeneutics-Dialectics. Results: three categories of analysis emerged: "Worsening presenteeism in the pandemic context"; "Why did I go to work sick: the worker's decision or precarious work?"; "Old problems, permanent struggle". Despite the illness of professionals by COVID-19, presenteeism in the pandemic was marked by institutional pressure to return to work, mental suffering and lack of recognition and humanization. Among the factors that led to presenteeism, the lack of testing for COVID-19, concern for patients, co-workers and managers, as well as fear of losing their job and/or financial benefits, stood out. Faced with this scenario, workers called for a new reality in which rights such as decent wages and safe working conditions are guaranteed. Conclusion: the pandemic context revealed a worsening of presenteeism among nursing professionals. The results pointed to the importance of concretely valuing nursing in legal terms and beyond honors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The nursing team plays an important role in the healthcare context, in which it is necessary to align high-cost control with safety and quality of care, which can contribute to management decisions and to the design of public policies capable of influencing outcomes for professionals, patients, and healthcare services. Objective: To evaluate working conditions, quality of nursing care, job satisfaction, and intention to remain in the current job and in the profession from the perspective of nursing professionals. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study carried out in three general hospitals in Brazil. Data were collected with the support of a form containing personal and professional characterization and evaluation of care, organizational and work aspects. Results: A total of 452 nursing professionals participated. The nursing professionals are satisfied with their work, reported their intention to remain in their current job and in the profession for the next 12 months and reported good working conditions. Conclusion: The institution that had hospital accreditation showed better results, suggesting that quality certifications may favor the perception of nursing professionals regarding the evaluation of care, organizational and work aspects. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to investigate the percentage of professionals with an intention to leave Nursing during the COVID-10 pandemic, as well as the factors associated with this outcome. Method: a crosssectional study conducted by applying questionnaires to 890 Nursing professionals from the municipality of Pelotas (RS). The outcome was identified by means of self-reports obtained from the question itself. Relative Risks, as well as their Confidence Intervals (95%), were calculated for the independent variables by means of unadjusted and adjusted Poisson regression. Results: the percentage of professionals who stated their intention to leave Nursing was 24.6% (n=219). There was a positive association between the outcome and higher schooling levels, negative evaluation of institutional support, moderate or intense overload, and skin lesions. A negative association was also observed between the outcome and individuals aged 51 years old or more. Conclusion: except for skin lesions, aspects such as lack of support and overload, although they may have been intensified during the pandemic, do not represent a new fact in the health services. In this sense, the associations found in the study reflect the need for cross-sectional actions to promote retention of professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to analyze the strategies of symbolic struggles undertaken by the nurse officers of the first class of the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro, allocated in the Central Hospital of the Military Police, to obtain professional recognition. Method: Historical study. Written and oral sources belonging to the hospital's collection, produced through 19 interviews. The analysis was substantiated by Bourdieu's concepts of symbolic power and capital. Results: the nurse officers allocated in the referred hospital started a health management work, including strategic planning, training and qualification of the team. Conclusion: the entry of the nurse officers in the Military Police of the State of Rio de Janeiro, with the majority of women, represented the conquest of an important space for the profession. The strategies undertaken were successful, as nurses accumulated symbolic capital in and through the countryside, unheard of for the profession, at the Rio de Janeiro State Military Police. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To evaluate the knowledge of nursing professionals about the upper peripheral veins (hand, forearm and arms) to choose the puncture site and the new Brazilian recommendations on infusion therapy by peripheral catheter. Methods: Quantitative, cross-sectional, prospective study carried out in three inpatient units of a university hospital in northern Brazil. Professionals from the nursing team were approached. The data were described by absolute and relative frequency, standard deviation and arithmetic mean. For statistical analysis, the EpiInfo™ software, version 7.2.2.6 was used using the G Test, with p value <0.005. Results: It was observed that the percentage of correct answers in the analyzed categories was mostly acceptable, mainly those related to hand hygiene, catheter selection and care with the insertion site. However, there was a lack of knowledge in items related to catheter coverage and evaluation of peripheral catheters in all professionals. Additionally, there was a divergence of knowledge between the professional categories in the items referring to stabilization (p = 0.005) and removal of the peripheral device (p = 0.002), with a higher level of correct answers among professionals with a higher level of education. Conclusion: It is noted that there are still gaps in the knowledge of professionals, indicating the need for continuing education to improve care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to evaluate the quality of nursing records carried out in patients' records in a municipal public hospital in the northern region of Brazil. Method: quantitative study, documentary type in medical records of patients who remained hospitalized at least 48 hours. The collection instrument evaluated the quality of the records, as defined by the Federal Nursing Council. Descriptive analyzes were carried out using Stata®13.0. Results: Of the total of 248 medical records, 25.9% were considered complete, 67.1% were incomplete, 6.7% were incorrect and 0.3% were not filled. In more than 90% of the studied registers it was verified that there was no sequential and concise writing, use of technical terminologies and description of the care provided. Conclusions: Nursing records were considered of unsatisfactory quality. As possible ways to be tried it is suggested the use of specific forms for the Systematization of the Nursing Assistance, implantation of the electronic medical record and standardization of acronyms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To analyse the sociodemographic, occupational and health profile of nursing professionals working in university outpatient services and their relationship with absenteeism. Background: The organisation and working conditions in outpatient services may be directly related to the illness and absenteeism in the nursing profession. Method: Analytical cross‐sectional study was conducted in 11 outpatient clinics in the city of Rio de Janeiro/Brazil with nursing professionals. A self‐applicable data collection tool was used for sociodemographic, occupational and health characterization. The analyses were performed using chi‐square tests, odds ratio calculation and a 95% confidence interval. Results: Absenteeism due to illness in the previous 12 months was reported by 35.9% of workers. Sociodemographic and occupational characteristics were not significantly associated with absenteeism, having a positive association only among workers who had two or more jobs. In health‐related variables, self‐rated health was significantly associated with long absenteeism. Individuals with four or more chronic diseases had a 187% higher chance of being absent for more days. Conclusion: The analysis of factors associated with absenteeism must take into account the context of outpatient nursing work and its consequences for the health‐disease process. Implications for nursing management: This allows for rethinking proposals for interventions based on the reality of workers' health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to evaluate the public vaccination rooms of the municipality of Aracaju according to the National Immunization Program. Methodology: evaluative, cross-sectional study conducted in 42 public health units in 2018 through semi-structured interviews with approaches related to structure, process. Results: all rooms stored immunobiologicals in household refrigerators and more than 60% did not maintain the room's adequate temperature; 45% had decorative objects on their walls, 50% of the daily syringes and needles were not properly packed and 73% did not treat vaccines composed with living microorganisms before disposal and 69% did not use the Cards controls as a way of monitoring to perform active search. Conclusion: It is concluded that the vaccination rooms of the municipality presents a regular general index and there is a growing need of the municipality to institute the practice of evaluation in the service for better planning and monitoring of activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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To explore the perceptions of nursing students from Brazilian universities about the interpersonal relationship of the nursing team in the work environment. Healthcare institutions are complex entities where diverse professionals from different educational backgrounds work together to provide high-quality care to the population. The effective coordination of services within these institutions is closely linked to the interpersonal relationships among these different healthcare professionals. Nurses play a crucial role as members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team, acting as fundamental links between other professionals and patients. This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. An online, open-ended questionnaire was used. A total of 30 nursing students participated in the study. Data were organized in two themes: (1) Interpersonal relationships of the nursing team and (2) Improving interpersonal relationships of the nursing team. Also, eight sub-themes were identified: Conflict dynamics within the nursing team, Hierarchical issues, Lack of communication, Impact of workplace interpersonal relationships on nursing students, Valuing the profession, Understanding role boundaries, Training in effective communication and conflict management, and Curricular reform. Blurred boundaries between professional roles, lack of respect, ineffective communication, hierarchical issues, and conflicts, were identified. Of particular concern was the limited interaction observed between the nursing team and multidisciplinary/support teams. Inadequate interpersonal relationships between members of the health team reflect negatively on nursing students during their clinical placements. These findings underscore the urgent need for interventions aimed at improving interpersonal relationships within nursing teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objectives: Identify and analyse the factors that influence the participation of nursing professionals in Permanent Education actions. Methodology: quantitative and observational analysis carried out with 275 nursing professionals from Hospital de Ensino no Sudeste do Brasil. Gathering was made in June, 2016, using structured instrument. Results: 97 nurses and 177 nursing technicians partook the analysis, 80% of them being female, with age between 21-65 years old. The difficulting factors related to the participation in PE: the size of the nursing staff (56,4%) and the schedule (52,7%). Easing factors: interaction with the work team (85,1%) and content (85%). Pearson's chisquared test showed the existence of significant association between the professionals' level of education and the professional category with participation in PE. Conclusion: the factors that have a negative influence in the participation of nursing professionals in PE are the size of the nursing staff and the schedule of activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aim: To evaluate the psychometric properties of the Psychological Empowerment Instrument among Brazilian nurses. Background: The Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil is a structured questionnaire that aims to measure the psychological empowerment in the work environment. Method: A methodological study involving 219 nurses. Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted to evaluate the factor structure validity of the Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil. Model fit indices and saliences of factor loadings were assessed. The convergent validity was estimated using the average variance extracted and composite reliability. The correlational analysis was verified using the Spearman Correlation between the Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil and other specific tools. Discriminant validity, internal consistency, test–retest and floor/ceiling effects were also assessed. Results: Factor structure indices of the second‐order hierarchical model were [λ = 0.47–0.84; χ2/df = 1.84, GFI = 0.93, CFI = 0.96, TLI = 0.94, RMSEA = 0.06 (90% CI = 0.04–0.08)]. Model refinement was not required. All subscales presented suitable average variance extracted, composite reliability and Cronbach's alpha, except the Impact subscale (0.39; composite reliability = 0.65, α = 0.63). All correlations between Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil and the other questionnaires were significant. Conclusion: Psychometric properties of the Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil were suitable when applied to Brazilian nurses. Implications for nursing management.: Psychological Empowerment Instrument‐Brazil supports the evaluation of the empowerment level, as well as the applicability of the psychological empowerment in the work environment of Brazilian nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to translate, adapt and test the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Nurse-Work Instability Scale. Method: this was a methodological study following the translation steps: synthesis, back-translation, specialist´s committee, semantics analysis, pretest, and psychometric tests. The committee was composed of 5 specialists. For the semantics analysis, 18 nursing workers evaluated the instrument and 30 pretested it. For the psychometric tests, the sample size was 214 nursing workers. The internal construct validity was analyzed by the Rasch model. Reliability was assessed using internal consistency, and concurrent validity with Pearson's correlation between the Nurse-Work Instability Scale, and the Work Ability Index, Job Stress Scale. Results: a Nurse-Work Instability Scale in Brazilian Portuguese with 20 items showed an adequate reliability (0.831), stability (p <0.0001), and an expected correlation with Work Ability Index (r = -0.526; P<0.0001) and Job Stress Scale (r = 0.352; p <0.0001). Conclusion: the instrument is appropriated to detect work instability in Brazilian nursing workers with musculoskeletal disorders. Its application is fundamental to avoid long-term withdrawal from work by early identification of the work instability. Furthermore, the scale can assist the development of actions and strategies to prevent the abandonment of the profession of nursing workers affected by musculoskeletal disorders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Abstract The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of visits to the emergency department (ED) by children and adolescents with substance-related disorders, between 2009 and 2011, to compare them to adults and to analyze how the nursing team perceived the health care for this population. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on qualitative and quantitative data collected in a Brazilian ED. The quantitative data were obtained from records of a hospital's information system, and the qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with nursing professionals from the ED. During the period analyzed, 7.3% of visits to the ED by patients with substance-related disorders corresponded to children or adolescents. Summarily, we found that, from the participants' perspectives, the nursing care provided in the ED to patients with substance-related disorders was strongly framed on the primary role of this setting (i.e., to stabilize acute symptoms and provide security for patients); however the particularities related to the development stages were not emphasized by the participants. Improving clinical knowledge and understanding the emotional dimension of emergency psychiatric care could enhance the capacity of the nursing teams working in this context. Issues related to structure and the politics that framed teaching and assessing mental health are important considerations to further improve the assistance given to patients with substance-related disorders, especially children and adolescents. Highlights • Substance-related disorders among children and adolescents generate complex demands of care. • The professionals perceive many challenges that require special attention from the institution's managers. • Participants mentioned interventions and skills specific to assisting this group. • Introducing evidence-based, systematic protocols governing the provision of care should be a priority. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: investigate the factors associated with appropriate Health-Care Waste (HCW) management among Nursing professionals. Method: cross-sectional, analytic study involving 461 professionals at a public, state-owned hospital in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil, between June 2014 and January 2016. Results: 40.13% were between 30 and 39 years, 92.84% were women, 63.99% had <12 years of education, 50,3% possessed 1-5 years of experience on the job, 63.99% performed the HCW management appropriately, 27.99% used all Personal Protective Equipment during the waste segregation. Improper HCW management was associated with ages between 30 and 39 years (p=0.010), the category nursing technician (p=0.013) and the inappropriate definition of HCW (p<0.001). Conclusion: professionals between 30 and 39 years of age, nursing technicians and professionals unable to define HCW were associated with inappropriate HCW management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze the combined use of models for the evaluation of work-related psychosocial aspects and their association with the prevalence of Minor Psychics Disorders among nursing workers. Method: cross-sectional study with a sample of 285 nursing workers. Data collection was performed through the application of a structured sociodemographic and occupational questionnaire and the Demand-Control-Support, Effort-Reward Imbalance and Self-Reporting Questionnaire. Descriptive analysis and a multiple logistic regression were performed. Results: the prevalence of suspicion of minor psychics disorders was 32.6%. The dimensions of both models were associated with mental health. The full Effort-Reward Imbalance and Demand- Control and Social Support models predict Minor Psychics Disorders to a greater extent than the combined use of partial models. Conclusion: it was found that the Effort-Reward Imbalance model captured better the magnitude of the Minor Psychics Disorders in this sample of workers compared to the Demand-Control and Social Support model. However, the concomitant use of the theoretical models revealed unique contributions in the evaluation of Minor Psychics Disorders. Considering the complexity of mental illnesses, it is important that different factors be evaluated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Hands constitute an important source of microorganism transmission; thus, this study sought to investigate adherence to hand hygiene by the nursing staff in Pediatric Intensive Care Units. Materials and Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study, conducted in three public general hospitals in the Southern region of Brazil. Data was collected between February and March of 2015, during 10 consecutive and random days, through systematic observation technique. Two hours of effective work of the nursing professionals were observed, as opportunities lost and used for hand hygiene. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics. Results: Fortytwo observations were obtained, resulting in 642 opportunities, of which hand hygiene practice was performed in 360 (56%) of the opportunities. Discussion: Thus, it is verified that the nursing staff professionals often neglect the hand hygiene practice, which may be related not directly to the lack of knowledge, but to non-adherence of knowledge to the daily practice, in addition to work overload, number of patients under their care, and the procedures performed. Conclusions: Adhesion to hand hygiene by the staff investigated was unsatisfactory and technical nursing professionals were less compliant than nurses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: Healthcare-associated infections are concerning adverse events and hand hygiene is considered an essential preventive measure. The objective of the present study was to assess the effect of a correct 3-step hand hygiene technique on reducing of potentially pathogenic microorganisms on hands related to the WHO five moments for hand hygiene., Methodology: A cross-sectional study was performed by means of direct observation involving 60 Intensive Care Units (ICU) and clinical nursing professionals in a Brazilian hospital. Observations were performed in order to ascertain the adherence rate and the correct technique during health assistance. Additionally, microbiological analysis of material collected from the nursing professional's hands was carried out. Exploratory and inferential analyses were performed on R software and binomial analysis was carried out by using the Z-test. The study was approved by the research ethics committee and covered all the legal principles for the protection of human subjects., Results: Hand hygiene adherence rate was 63.3%. However, only 13.3% of the professionals performed the correct 3-step hand hygiene technique regarding steps and time. Sixty-five microorganisms were isolated, among which 56.9% were coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, 26.2% were Gram-negative bacilli, 7.7% were Enterococcus faecalis, and 6.2% were Candida parapsilosis. There was no presence of potentially pathogenic microorganisms on the nursing professional's hands who performed the correct three-step technique., Conclusions: Overall correct hand hygiene technique was poor. The results indicated the presence of potentially pathogenic microorganisms at moments in which hand hygiene was mandatory but was not executed or was executed incorrectly. The 3-step hand hygiene technique proved to be effective when correctly performed since there were no microorganism growth. Larger studies are needed to test if these results can be replicated at a larger scale, since streamlining hand hygiene technique yielded encouraging results., Competing Interests: No Conflict of Interest is declared, (Copyright (c) 2023 Marília Duarte Valim, Emanuelle Righetto Corrêa, Alexandre Paulo Machado, Liliana Victorino Alves Corrêa, Richarlisson Borges de Morais, Raoni Florentino da Silva Teixeira, Gerard Lacey.)

Background: The occupational activities carried out in hospital environments pose occupational risks to professionals. In psychiatric hospitals, due to the characteristics of the patients treated, professionals are also subjected to other risks, such as physical aggression., Objective: This research aimed to identify the systemic context, highlighting the cause-and-effect relationships that culminate in occupational accidents that occurred with the nursing staff in a psychiatric hospital in Brazil., Methods: The current study is an applied research and was divided into three stages. First, the collection of data related to the case study was made and accidents were analyzed and occupational hazards were identified. In the second stage, from the collected information, occupational safety indicators were defined. Lastly, in the third stage, the qualitative aspect of System Dynamics was applied to perform the systemic analysis and to identify how the different variables were related., Results: The results showed that physical aggression was the main cause of accidents. Regarding safety indicators, while both the level of use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) by professionals and the high level of PPE protection were positive aspects, the level of training of professionals to use PPE was a negative aspect. The Causal Link Diagram (CLD) showed that the perception of risk influenced the level of use of PPE and those organizational measures influenced the accident rate., Conclusion: In conclusion, the systemic analysis of the system dynamics can optimize the diagnostic process of occupational accidents in psychiatric hospitals, and especially help to identify the cause and effect among the variables involved., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no competing interest., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)

Objective: to verify the knowledge and practices of a nursing team from an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) regarding the care to elderly patients in order to prevent and monitor delirium episodes. Method: this is an action-research, with a sample of nine nurses and one nurse technician. The data was collected in a pedagogical workshop, and the analysis of content was used. Results: the interviewees demonstrated superficial understanding regarding the events of delirium, which can be observed by moments of excitement, disconnected discourse, hallucinations, and sudden memory loss. They only informed the necessity to take action to bring the patient back to his normal state in order to prevent further events, and the use of antipsychotics/sedatives and immobilization in bed to control the event. Under the practices described, the authors detected a dysfunction exclusively on the clinical signs, which they prevent in re-orientations and in the promotion of sleep, and control the event by physically restraining the patient and by administrating the prescribed medication. Conclusion: the participants demonstrated an incipient understanding on the topic, which reflects directly in the practices performed to prevent and monitor the delirium in the studied location. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to estimate the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome among the nursing workers of the primary health care in the municipality of Pojuca, Bahia, Brazil. Method: cross-sectional descriptive study, linked to a multicenter project conducted in 12 Family Health Units, with 11 (39.3%) nurses and 17 (60.7%) technicians and nursing assistants. We used the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Results: 28.6% of participants had high levels of emotional exhaustion; high level of depersonalization was presented by 21.5%; 46.4% expressed a high level of Reduced Professional Accomplishment. The prevalence of the syndrome showed a significant percentage (7.1%), considering that this diagnosis can be prevented. Conclusions: the prevalence of relevant percentage of the Burnout Syndrome among nursing workers in the city studied requires the implementation of measures for prevention in the workplace, with an occupational health program to encourage the promotion and monitoring of the health status of these professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to describe the knowledge of the nursing staffs on the Nursing Care Systematization (NCS) and the Nursing Process (NP). Methodology: this is an exploratory and descriptive research, accomplished in 2013, with 32 nursing professionals from a public hospital North of Bahia. To collect data, we used the semi-structured interviews and data were treated with the technique Bardin's content analysis. Results: three thematic categories: 1) NCS and NP: what are we talking about? 2) Difficulty factors in the operationalization of the N P: with the word nurses 3) The formation of secondary level nursing: competences and skills to the development of N P. Conclusion: there is a deficit related to the knowledge of the NCS and the application of the nursing process as a practical tool to systematize nursing care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This work aimed to describe the nursing team's view of mothers in the care of newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit. An exploratory, descriptive study, with qualitative approach. The interview was the instrument used to collect the data, in accordance with the criteria of resolution CNS 196/1996. The data were analyzed through content analysis, which originated three categories: problems experienced by the nursing team; the recovery of the newborn: the mother-nursing team integrated care; lack of knowledge of the mothers perceived by the nursing team, which provided the understanding that the nursing team has in relation to the mothers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A qualitative research, which aims to analyze the relation between the nursing team and family of inpatients being treated in a Palliative Care Center (NCP), in the perspective of their relatives and identify their understanding on the welcoming as one of the activities developed by the nursing team. The data were collected through semi-structured interview with thirteen relatives of adult inpatients being treaded at a NCP and analyzed by Theme Analysis. The contribution of the nursing team by providing quality to people with terminal disease and minimizing the suffering experienced by the family was identified. Support, care, and kindness are determinant factors in the welcoming by and relationship of the team. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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