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The PiccPed® health application was developed to support clinical decision-making in peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) management. We aimed to evaluate its impact on nurses' knowledge regarding the prevention of PICC-associated adverse events in pediatrics and neonatology. A quasi-experimental, pre-post intervention study, was conducted with a dependent/paired sample of pediatric and neonatal nurses from two tertiary hospitals in South Brazil. Data were collected from October 2022 to January 2023 across three phases: pre-, intervention (use of the PiccPed®) and post-test. Study outcomes were a knowledge test (15 questions) of evidence-based PICC maintenance procedures, and PiccPed® app time spent and screens used. A total of 56 nurses completed the study. The post-test mean score was significantly higher (12/15; standard deviation (SD) 1.9) in comparison with the pre-test (mean 9/15; SD 2.2). The change in scores was significantly higher for nurses without postgraduate qualifications, in comparison to those with (Mean Difference 1.26; p = 0.039). Each minute using the app resulted in a significant increase of 0.04 points (95% confidence interval 0.01–0.08; p = 0.014) on the mean post-test score (10.94 points). Conclusion: The research demonstrated that PiccPed® enhances nurses' learning regarding the prevention of adverse events associated with PICC maintenance in pediatrics and neonatology. The app can be safely and effectively used for training and continuing education of nurses who care for children and neonates with PICCs. • PiccPed® positively impacts nurses' knowledge, preventing adverse events in PICC maintenance for pediatric and neonatal patients • PiccPed® is effective across a variety of training levels and surrounding nurses' characteristics. • This research supports future studies evaluating the tool's effectiveness in improving knowledge among students and professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective was to investigate the quality of nurses' life in emergency services in national and international literature. This is an integrative literature review carried out in the Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences databases (LILACS), Online Medical Literature Search and Analysis System (MEDLINE) and Virtual Nursing Library (BDENF), having as a keyword: Nurse in emergency and the descriptors: Emergencies, Nurses, Quality of life. The Boolean operators AND and AND NOT were used with a time frame of the last five years. It is noteworthy that the quality of life of nurses in the emergency room is impaired due to its physical and psychological stress. It is concluded that the quality of life of nurses in the emergency room is greatly impaired, due to the high demand and high workload in this scenario. Still, it is highlighted that the damage both physical and psychological interferes with the care of the population. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Introduction: The measurement recommended in literature for a peripherally inserted central catheter presents considerable rates of poor positioning in the neonatal population. Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the modified measurement method for a peripherally inserted central catheter in newborns, with respect to the positioning of the catheter tip. Method: A randomized clinical trial, conducted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in south Brazil. The sample comprised the number of catheter insertion procedures in newborns, being randomized in the control group by applying the traditional measure and in the experimental group by applying a modified measure. The sample included 155 procedures, with 88 procedures included in data analysis. The data collection period was from September 2018 to September 2019. Results: The group-related variable was considered a risk factor for tip location. The control group was 28.87 times more likely to have the tip's initial location peripheral than the experimental group, and 44.80 times more likely that the location would be intracardiac than in the experimental group. Conclusions: The modified measurement method proved to be more effective for the central location of the tip. The need for new assessments of this method in future research studies is highlighted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to investigate the socially-relevant communication of the nursing system from the Luhmannian perspective. Method: the investigation process was based in grounded theory. The data was collected between February and September 2011, through interviews carried out with nurses and student nurses at a university in the South of Brazil. Results: The central phenomenon - recognizing nursing care as an all-embracing interactive and associative phenomenon - resulted from the inter-weaving of three categories: learning the context of care as a whole, organizing the environment for the other professionals, and visibilizing interactive and associative care. Conclusion: investing in a socially relevant communication for nursing entails developing a code for functional differentiation, which may strengthen health promotion and healthy living for individuals, families and communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]