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Background: Nurses should implement actions that promote comfort in elderly patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Objective: To identify nursing diagnoses (NDs) in hospitalized elderly patients in an ICU; to categorize diagnoses according to the dimensions of comfort (physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural, and environmental) in Kolcaba's theory. Methodology: Cross-sectional study. Analysis of the 103 clinical records of elderly patients admitted to an ICU of a hospital located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 1 January and 31 December 2019. Results: The median age was 82 years, and 58.25% of elderly patients were women. A total of 1,140 NDs were identified and distributed across 26 titles and six domains of NANDA-I Taxonomy. Of the 26 titles, 80.77% were categorized as belonging to the dimension of physical comfort, 11.54% to sociocultural comfort, 3.58% to environmental comfort, and 3.58% to psychospiritual comfort. Conclusion: The integration of a theory into the nursing process may assist nurses in identifying and implementing comfort measures in all dimensions for hospitalized elderly patients. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The work will be based on a theory of Callista Roy and applicability of the nursing process with subsidy on the Edmonton/Edmonton Symptom Assesment System (ESAS) Scale. This adaptation theory is under the supervision of the professional nurse, who will supply significant information about the patient and requires dedication and skill so that his actions effectively influence the individual's adaptation. This study aims to identify nursing diagnoses for cancer patients related to the Edmonton Scale by applying the adaptation theory. It is a descriptive bibliographic research with a qualitative approach. For this, articles published in scientific journals, books and practical manuals relevant to the subject were used. It was observed that patients with terminal cancer have presented themselves significantly in recent years, with this, there was a need for the nursing professional to improve their knowledge, skills and techniques, due to the continuous assistance provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: To discuss social representations of psychosocial stress in hypertensive patients in light of Neuman's stressors. Method: Qualitative research outlined in the procedural approach of the Theory of Social Representations, conducted in a Basic Health Unit in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with 30 hypertensive participants. Collected characterization data and individual interviews recorded from guiding questions. Data analysis with content analysis supported by SPSS version 24 and NVivo Pro11. Met all ethical and legal aspects of research. Results: Two categories are listed: 1) Perceptions of daily stress in work activities and daily relationships; 2) Coping with psychosocial stressors and their repercussions on cardiovascular health. Conclusion: the social representations of psychosocial stress were recognized as influential on hypertension and derived from stressors identified daily which should be controlled by nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The making of an intestinal ostomy leads to physical changes that can affect all dimensions of human life. It is believed that through the Nursing Theory of Self-Care Deficit it is possible to promote nursing care to people with intestinal ostomy. Thus, the aim of this study was to reflect on the applicability of Dorothea Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory in nursing care for people with intestinal ostomy. It is a theoreticalreflective study and for that, a narrative review was carried out with search for the material in the LILACS, Pubmed and Google Scholar databases and a qualitative synthesis of the analyzed works. In view of the changes caused by the presence of the ostomy, the person needs to perform important care for their self-care. The planning of nursing care based on the Theory of Self-Care Deficit contributes to the return to activities of daily living, social reintegration, care with the ostomy and collection equipment and preventing complications. Thus, the applicability of this theory demonstrates its potential to support the planning and implementation of assistance to people with ostomy in order to promote their autonomy and independence to perform their self-care, in addition to subsidizing Advanced Nursing Practice in the national scenario. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective will be to understand the relationship between the body and corporeity in the social and health spheres, according to some attributes of transpersonal and transcultural care. Reflected on the body and state power, media and institutions; on the rescue of the ontological dimension of the Being - the corporeality itself - supported by the transpersonal and transcultural care, making the isolated expectation of healing only a point in the face of affective and sociocultural relations; in addition of the sickness that provokes a rediscussion between the corporal existence of sick people and professionals and careful models that take into account the circumstances that "mark" the corporeity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The theory of transpersonal caring is useful in understanding critical moments in the health-disease process such as the experience of major surgery. This study aims to evaluate the religiousness and spiritual well-being of patients hospitalized in the preoperative period of heart surgery from the perspective of Jean Watson’s transpersonal caring. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January and June 2017 at the surgical wards of a university cardiology hospital in northeastern Brazil. 174 participants were evaluated in the preoperative period of cardiac surgery using the Duke University Religion Index and the Spiritual Well Being Scale. Results: The results showed that patients made significant use of religion to maintain their spiritual well-being in the preoperative period. The analysis of the results found was carried out based on Jean Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring. Discussion and conclusion: Existential crisis experienced by patients in the face of cardiac surgery, which involves restrictions, imposed changes and uncertainty, has an impact on the maintenance of well-being and its spiritual dimension which, in a transpersonal analysis, is a dimension of the individual’s integral health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem that causes biopsychosocial conditions among individuals with this disease, leading to the need to assess the different aspects that can affect their compensation such as patient self-efficacy and satisfaction. Materials and Methods: A quantitative descriptive correlational study was developed using the Health Promotion Model as a reference and including 86 individuals (56 women and 30 men) with diabetes mellitus type 2 using simple random sampling, from whom it was possible to identify their profile and perception of patient self-efficacy and satisfaction through the instruments for assessing self-efficacy in type 2 diabetes management (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.85) and the Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.88). Results: Most of the users are women (65%) in their adulthood (65.1%) who perceived themselves as self-efficient (82.6%) and show satisfaction with the service offered (76.7%) but showed metabolic decompensation (57%). There was an association between self-efficacy and age group (p=0.002), having a partner (p=0.029), glycosylated hemoglobin (p=0.007) and cognitive status in older adults (p=0.017), as well as between satisfaction and age group (p=0.033), gender (<0.001), and employment situation (p=0.005). Discussion: The established profile is consistent with that reported in other publications. Patient self-efficacy and satisfaction are aspects related to patient compensation. Conclusions: Patient self-efficacy and satisfaction need to be enhanced, as well as the application of the Health Promotion Model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to reflect on the contributions of Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory and bring them closer to the prevention and control recommendations to Covid-19. Method: theoretical-reflective essay, developed in May and June 2020, in the light of Florence Nightingale's Environmental Theory. Results: two thematic axes were unveiled, namely: Approximations between the Environmental Theory and the Organization of Care for Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19; and, Approximations between Environmental Theory and Covid-19 Prevention and Control Measures in the Community. Conclusions: in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, Florence's postulates in relation to healthy, light, airy environments and the need for hygiene, separation of the most sick and care organization reinforce the importance of their contributions to the science of nursing, for disease prevention and for adequate and comprehensive care for the sick. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Describe the development of a participatory research methodology based on Action Research and the Theory of Practical Intervention of Collective Health Nursing with nurses from the Family Health Strategy of a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Exploratory-descriptive study through the report of the fieldwork phases of the research: characterization of practices, interpretation of objective reality, construction of intervention proposal and dissemination of results. The experience allowed us to broaden knowledge about the value of the methodology as a research proposal in participatory processes and construction of intervention projects in the transformation of reality. The positive points were: problematization, exchange of experiences, shared construction of knowledge and achievement of the value of participation among the subjects. The study describes an innovative methodology and consistent with the methodological assumptions of collective health, in the production of qualitative data for use in investigations in Nursing and Family Health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Travelbee's theoretical model has significantly influenced the palliative care movement. According to Travelbee, the Human-to-Human Relationship is the means through which the purpose of nursing is fulfilled. Thus, nurses are challenged to implement a more reflective practice based on compassion and sympathy. Objective: To describe Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Model and provide an adequate conceptual framework for palliative nursing care. Main topics under analysis: To frame Travelbee's theory. To describe the suitability of the theory for palliative care. To reflect on Travelbee's view of nursing. To analyze its relevance in the nursing context. Conclusion: Travelbee's Human-to-Human Relationship Model is in line with the philosophy of palliative care, being an interpersonal process in which nurses intervene in the suffering process but also in its prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PURPOSE: To describe an educational technology to be applied to the teaching and learning of diagnostic judgment based on nursing theories. METHODS: A methodological study with 10 stages for the development of educational technology. FINDINGS: An innovative educational technology is proposed to incorporate theoretical and methodological domains in a V‐shaped diagram for the diagnosis judgment. CONCLUSIONS: The technology is innovative in integrating theory and method in a more comprehensive and original way, considering the philosophies and world views of students throughout the reasoning process. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: T‐NDx Diagram may be useful in enhancing the integration of philosophical and theoretical knowledge and diagnostic judgment, especially for nursing undergraduate students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aims: to analyze the meanings attributed to the Nurse Consultation in childcare in Primary Health Care in the light of the Theory of Wanda Horta and to know the experiences of these professionals regarding its operation. Method: action research with 15 nurses working in Primary Health Care. Data collected through semi-structured interviews, organized, considering content analysis and interpreted in the light of Theory. Results: three categories emerged: Past and current history of the child and his family; Steps for the implementation of systematic care and Difficulties to carry out the Consultation of Nurses in childcare in Primary Health Care. Conclusion: in their experiences, nurses report difficulties that culminate in the fragmentation of the consultation, however, they mean it as an opportunity to get to know the child and family in their entirety. Systematic operationalization of the Consultation in childcare provides professional empowerment, qualification of assistance and strengthening of the profession as a science of care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: To reflect on the application of the Nursing Process in the organization of professional care in coping with COVID-19 in Brazil. Method: Theoretical reflection study supported by Resolution COFEN nº 358/2009, which provides for the Nursing Process. Results: Considerations are presented about the applicability of the Nursing Process guided by the professional knowledge/practice of the nursing team under the leadership of the nurse. Conclusion: The Nursing Process proves to be essential in the organization of professional nursing practice, making it possible to systematize actions in the fight against COVID-19in the national scenario, to subsidize the registration of clinical nursing findings, which will make it possible to generate epidemiological data, in addition to reflecting the thinking critical-reflective of the nurse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction. Knowing and duly attending to the needs of a human being in the midst of his vulnerability, continues to be an ongoing challenge. Objective. Describe the transformation of "Attention to basic needs" in a moment of nursing care to favor the adaptation of the patient and their family caregiver during hospitalization, Universidad de La Sabana Clinic, 2018-2019. Method. This is a Nursing Methodology Research under the guidelines of the University of La Sabana Nursing Model that included four phases. Results. It is necessary that the attention to basic needs is supported by the best available evidence and in the human care. The description of this process helped the researchers to measure and improve it. Conclusions. To give humane and safe care, good intention is not enough, it is necessary to guarantee two conditions; the commitment required to support it in the best available evidence, improving the quality of care and the warmth or human tone; with respect and recognition of the dignity of people, favoring the bond with them, such as their autonomy, which in turn has a positive impact on the development of nursing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to describe and analyze the theoretical approaches to nursing that have been used for research on adherence to treatment in people with cardiovascular diseases. For this, a descriptive integrative review is carried out between the years 2005 - 2018 in which 27 original articles are included, review, master's thesis and doctorate in nursing taking into account the descriptors adherence to treatment, nursing theories and cardiovascular health. As a result, 4 nursing theories that have been worked on in relation to adherence to treatment were identified: Deliberative Nursing Process Theory, Theory of Self-efficacy, Theory of Self-Care and Theory of Self-Care in Cardiac Failure; evidencing in literature the predominance of descriptive, methodological and intervention studies using these theoretical approaches. It can be concluded that the theoretical frameworks of nursing have allowed the investigative advance in the adherence of this population, however, with the evolution of knowledge it is required to explore other situational theoretical approaches or derived from the practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Aim: to report the experience of the application of nursing care systematization, based on the therapeutic self-care demands according to the concept formulated by Orem, in the health care of an inmate in a Prison Unit. Method: report of experience of the application of the assistance systematization in an intern of a Prison Unit on the countryside of Piauí, in 2014. Results: it is possible to develop nursing diagnoses related to the areas of health promotion, nutrition activity /rest, perception/cognition, self-perception and roles/relationships, with prescriptions built by considering the local reality. The major difficulties were: poor infrastructure and dangerousness, context and safety logistics of the prison environment. Conclusion: the study made it possible to understand the reality experienced by the nurse in the prison environment and to reflect on the importance of the implementation of care systematization in the quality and organization of the nursing team.

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Objetivo: elaborar um protocolo para a assistência à mulher em processo de lactação contendo diagnósticos, resultados e intervenções de enfermagem. Método: Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, desenvolvido com base nos termos do Modelo de Sete Eixos da Classificação Internacional para a Prática de Enfermagem, complementados com os da literatura da área. Resultado: Elaborou-se sete diagnósticos: “lactação adequada, lactação diminuída, lactação aumentada, lactação ausente, risco para lactação diminuída, risco para lactação aumentada, risco para lactação ausente”, e 87 intervenções de enfermagem referentes a esses diagnósticos. Conclusão: Conclui-se que o protocolo de diagnósticos, resultados e intervenções apresenta um alcance amplo do papel da enfermagem junto à mulher no período da lactação, sendo compatível com a visão integral e interativa da Teoria Interativa de Amamentação e o enfermeiro tem multidimensões para o seu agir.

This study focus on a descriptive work by a qualitative approach in order to analyze the perception of the academics in Magalhães Barata Nursing School (MBNS) over systematization of nursing assistance (SNA). This research took place at Magalhães Barata Nursing School of Pará State University. Twenty nursing graduates were subject of this research. Collection of data was made by an interview composed of five open questions. There are four categories which emerged through the process: Defining SNA; The SNA teaching in MBNS and its trainee area difficulties; The importance of SNA to professional development and SNA:Reality or utopia?. It becomes evident the need for association between the academy and the health service so that the difficulties will be overcome in both.

Objetivo descrever o nível de incerteza dos cuidadores familiares na doença de pacientes sob cuidados paliativos e descobrir associações entre o perfil do cuidador e os níveis de incerteza. Método estudo correlacional descritivo, realizado com 300 cuidadores familiares de pacientes hospitalizados. A caracterização sociodemográfica do cuidador e do paciente foram utilizadas para avaliar o perfil do cuidador, assim como a escala Incerteza na Doença do cuidador familiar. O teste de correlação Rô de Spearman foi aplicado para detectar associações. Resultados a média encontrada para o nível de incerteza da doença foi de 91,7 pontos. As análises revelaram correlações significativas entre o nível de incerteza e a dependência do paciente (r=0,18; p=0,001), avaliação dos sintomas (r=0,312; p

Enquadramento: Complicações verificadas no pós-operatório podem ser compreendidas como respostas ineficazes do modelo de adaptação de Roy frente à estratégia de coping gerada pela cirurgia cardíaca eletiva. Objetivos: Identificar as complicações do pós-operatório imediato de adultos e idosos submetidos a cirurgias cardíacas eletivas com uso de circulação extracorpórea; Categorizar as complicações do pós-operatório imediato identificadas como respostas ineficazes do modo fisiológico do sistema adaptativo humano. Metodologia: Estudo do tipo observacional retrospetivo, transversal, de objetivo exploratório e descritivo. Foram analisados os registos do período pós-operatório imediato de 230 pessoas submetidas à cirurgia cardíaca eletiva com uso de circulação extracorpórea no período de janeiro de 2013 a dezembro de 2015. Resultados: Foram identificadas 423 complicações no pós-operatório imediato, estando relacionadas, na sua maioria, com o equilíbrio de fluidos, eletrólitos e ácido-base e função endócrina. Conclusão: A leitura das complicações pós-operatórias como respostas ineficazes amplia a participação avaliativa e de intervenção da equipa de enfermagem durante o período pós-operatório, garantindo uma direção disciplinar singular.

RESUMO: Objetivo: analisar o perfil diagnóstico de usuários acometidos pela hanseníase, levantando diagnósticos de enfermagem, com foco no problema conforme a taxonomia II da NANDA-I 2015-2017, à luz do construto do autocuidado de Orem. Método: Estudo descritivo, quantitativo de delineamento transversal, realizado entre os meses de janeiro a março de 2016, e contemplou uma amostra por conveniência de 40 indivíduos acometidos pela hanseníase atendidos em um ambulatório especializado em hanseníase. Resultados: evidenciados os diagnósticos de Enfermagem com foco no problema, a saber: Dor crônica, Proteção ineficaz, Estilo de vida sedentário, Atividade de recreação deficiente e Fadiga. Conclusão: Em suma evidenciou-se a relevância dos diagnósticos de enfermagem para o planejamento, implementação e avaliação do processo de cuidar em enfermagem à luz da Teoria do Autocuidado de Orem em indivíduos acometidos pela hanseníase.

Objetivo: Descrever interação estabelecida entre enfermeira e paciente baseado na Teoria de Imogene King dirigida às pessoas com úlcera venosa. Métodos: Pesquisa-ação realizada em hospital de atenção secundária em Fortaleza-CE. Os dados foram coletados mediante entrevistas individuais e encontros de maio a setembro de 2015. Oito pacientes compuseram a amostra. Adotou-se análise de conteúdo para as entrevistas. Resultados: Emergiram três categorias e nove subcategorias baseadas nos sistemas interatuantes de King: sistema pessoal, com 61,2% das unidades de registro; sistema interpessoal, com 21,6%; e sistema social, com 16,2%. Obteve-se, mediante interação proporcionada em encontros, 59,2% de metas totalmente atingidas e 31,3% de metas parcialmente atingidas. Conclusão: O uso da pesquisa-ação articulado à King é relevante para o paciente com úlcera venosa por poder alcançar metas, não somente relacionadas à doença e à ferida, mas por proporcionar envolvimento, iniciativa e compromisso no cuidado efetivo, buscando a melhoria da qualidade de vida.

Objectives: to learn nursing professionals’ experiences of care and identify their relationships with the Caritas Clinical Process (CCP), of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring. Method: this exploratory, qualitative, descriptive study was conducted with 26 participants indicated by their sector leaders as a reference sample for care in a teaching hospital in northwest Paraná State. Data were collected in 2016 by open interviews, recorded in audio, transcribed in full, and submitted to thematic content analysis, after approval by the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research with Human Beings. Results: the categories were formed from reports of the day-to-day experience of caring that related to elements of the CCP. Conclusion: the study revealed the care experiences of nursing professionals, and served to identify elements of the CCP in them. RESUMO Objetivos: conhecer as experiências de cuidado de profissionais de enfermagem e identificar suas relações com o Processo Clinical Caritas (PCC), da Teoria do Cuidado Humano de Jean Watson. Método: estudo exploratório-descritivo de natureza qualitativa, realizado com 26 participantes, indicados por suas chefias de setor, como referência de cuidado de um hospital de ensino da região noroeste do Paraná. Os dados foram coletados em 2016, por meio de entrevistas abertas, gravadas em áudio, transcritas na íntegra e submetidas à análise de conteúdo modalidade temática, após aprovação do Comitê Permanente de Ética em Pesquisa com Seres Humanos. Resultados: as categorias foram formadas pelos relatos do cotidiano de cuidado que guardavam relações com os elementos do PCC da Teoria do Cuidado Humano. Conclusão: o estudo permitiu conhecer as experiências de cuidado dos profissionais de enfermagem e identificar nelas elementos do Processo Clinical Caritas. RESUMEN Objetivos: conocer las experiencias de cuidado de profesionales de enfermería e identificar sus relaciones con el Proceso Clinical Caritas (PCC), de la Teoría del Cuidado Humano de Jean Watson. Método: estudio exploratorio-descriptivo de naturaleza cualitativa, realizado junto a 26 participantes, indicados por sus jefes de sector, como referencia de cuidado de un hospital de enseñanza de la región noroeste de Paraná. Los datos se recolectaron en 2016, por medio de entrevistas abiertas, grabadas en audio, transcritas en su totalidad y sometidas al análisis de contenido modalidad temática, después de la aprobación del Comité Permanente de Ética en Investigación con Seres Humanos. Resultados: las categorías fueron formadas por las historias del cotidiano de cuidado que guardaban relaciones con los elementos del PCC de la Teoría del Cuidado Humano. Conclusión: el estudio permitió conocer las experiencias de cuidado de los profesionales de enfermería e identificar en ellas elementos del Proceso Clinical Caritas.

Objective: to think about application of the concepts of Henderson and Kolcaba during care for people with cutaneous conditions, with a view to affording comfort, besides autonomy for the nurses involved. Content: this reflective study was based on the concepts of Henderson and Kolcaba and on attributes for the evaluation of comfort in dermatology. Restoration of balance in the physical, mental and spiritual dimensions requires a philosophical, theoretical and technological foundation. This is supported by Henderson's philosophy, which viewed the nurse’s role as specific, autonomous, and independent. The existence of unmet need for comfort presupposes the need for intervention. Accordingly, the term comfort proposed by Kolcaba, including three technical senses and four contexts, was analyzed conceptually, as were attributes considered essential in assessing comfort in dermatology, such as pain, mobility, sleep pattern, and others. Conclusion: this reflection may contribute to the use of the theories cited in practical care in dermatology. RESUMO Objetivo: refletir sobre a aplicação dos conceitos de Henderson e Kolcaba durante o cuidado a pessoa com afecção cutânea, visando à promoção do conforto, além da autonomia do enfermeiro. Conteúdo: estudo de reflexão pautado nos conceitos de Henderson, Kolcaba e nos atributos para avaliação do conforto em dermatologia. A restauração do equilíbrio das dimensões física, mental e espiritual exige uma fundamentação filosófica, teórica e tecnológica. Esta encontra respaldo na filosofia de Henderson, que visualizava a função da enfermeira como específica, autônoma e independente. A existência de necessidades de conforto não atendidas pressupõe a necessidade de intervenção. Assim, utilizou-se a análise conceptual do termo conforto, proposto por Kolcaba, incluindo três sentidos técnicos e quatro contextos, além dos atributos como: dor, mobilidade, padrão de sono, entre outros, considerados essenciais na avaliação do conforto em dermatologia. Conclusão: conclui-se que essa reflexão poderá contribuir para utilização das teorias citadas na prática de cuidar em dermatologia. RESUMEN Objetivo: reflexionar sobre la aplicación de los conceptos de Henderson y Kolcaba durante el cuidado a la persona con afección cutánea, buscando la promoción del confort, además de la autonomía del enfermero. Contenido: estudio de reflexión basado en los conceptos de Henderson, Kolcaba y en los atributos para evaluación del confort en dermatología. La restauración del equilibrio de las dimensiones física, mental y espiritual exige una fundamentación filosófica, teórica y tecnológica. Esta encuentra respaldo en la filosofía de Henderson, que visualizaba la función de la enfermera como específica, autónoma e independiente. La existencia de necesidades de confort no atendidas presupone la necesidad de intervención. Siendo así, se utilizó el análisis conceptual del término confort, propuesto por Kolcaba, incluyendo tres sentidos técnicos y cuatro contextos, además de los atributos como: dolor, movilidad, patrón de sueño, entre otros, considerados esenciales en la evaluación del confort en dermatología. Conclusión: esa reflexión podrá contribuir a la utilización de las teorías mencionadas en la práctica de cuidar en dermatología.

Resumo OBJETIVO Identificar a concordância dos enfermeiros sobre as concepções de enfermagem com potencial para sustentar a sua prática no âmbito da morte e dos processos de morrer. MÉTODO Estudo quantitativo, exploratório e descritivo, realizado em 36 hospitais de Portugal, de julho de 2015 a março de 2016, com participação de 3451 enfermeiros. Na coleta de dados utilizou-se o questionário e na análise recorreu-se à estatística descritiva e inferencial. RESULTADOS Dentre as concepções com potencial para sustentar a prática, os enfermeiros salientam as de Virginia Henderson, Afaf Meleis e Madeleine Leininger. As variáveis que afetam o grau de concordância são: região, serviço, gênero, formação profissional e tempo de exercício profissional. CONCLUSÃO Considerando os atuais desafios, de uma prática predominantemente centrada na satisfação das necessidades, emerge a pertinência da intencionalidade da ação dos enfermeiros, no sentido de facilitar a vivência da morte e dos processos de morrer, de formas culturalmente significativas.

O objetivo do estudo aqui apresentado é descrever a experiência das mães de crianças com paralisia cerebral à luz da teoria de adaptação de Roy e identificar estímulos significativos assim como mecanismos de enfrentamentos no cuidado. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo com abordagem qualitativa. Participaram oito mães de filhos com paralisia cerebral, cadastrados na Associação de Pais e Amigos dos Excepcionais - Apae de um município do Ceará. A pesquisa ocorreu entre abril e maio de 2014 e utilizou-se para coleta de dados a entrevista semiestruturada e, para análise, o método de categorização temática. A teoria permitiu reconhecer que as mães podem desencadear respostas positivas ou negativas mediante estímulos que giram em torno do diagnóstico do filho: impacto, sentimentos, contexto intrafamiliar envolvido no cuidado, conflitos, enfrentamentos. Concluiu-se que o enfermeiro deve objetivar, em seu trabalho, respostas adaptativas, minimizando as respostas ineficientes, de modo a obter a melhoria do cuidado prestado a mãe-criança e fortalecer o vínculo afetivo entre ambos.