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Background: Although bedside nursing handover ensures the continuity of nursing care, it raises several ethical issues. Objectives: To translate, adapt and validate 2 data collection questionnaires about bedside nursing handover in surgical units into Portuguese, and identify the patients and nurses’ opinions about bedside nursing handover. Methodology: Translation, back-translation and adaptation of the questionnaires in 7 surgical units of a central hospital in Portugal between 22/08/2008 and 28/06/2009. The non-probability sampling consisted of 137 nurses and 96 patients. Results: Bedside nursing handover promotes an empathic and helping relationship, patient observation and care planning; however, it is necessary to clarify its purpose, encourage patient participation and engagement, use clear information, and ensure information privacy. Conclusion: The questionnaires proved to be reliable and valid to identify the patients and nurses’ opinions about bedside nursing handover in the surgical units under analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Childhood unintentional injuries have been considered as a study area which needs to be further developed, as it is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and, even when nonfatal, may have countless consequences for the children, their families and the community. This paper aims to identify the factors which influence the risk of unintentional injury in children up to four years living in a domestic/family environment. To this end, the Delphi technique was used to gather a panel of 15 to 23 multidisciplinary experts, and consensus was achieved after three rounds. Based on literature review and on the use of the abovementioned methodology, we concluded that injuries are multifactorial and that these factors are interactive and can be organized in four dimensions: child, primary caregiver/family, risk behaviours, and environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Unintentional injuries in children in the context of home and family are the most common cause of death in many countries around the world, including Portugal, showing the need for study and intervention regarding this problem. The aim of this article is to identify the risk factors of unintentional injury in the home/family context in children aged up to 4 years, as described in the literature. The research was conducted in march 2011 and the studies were selected using the PI[C]OS methodology, according to the pre-defined criteria. 32 articles were identified, most with a quantitative approach. Analysis of the articles highlighted several risk factors, in different dimensions and action levels, which matched the multi-faceted nature of the problem. According to the results of the studies, risk factors are related to the childôs characteristics, as well as to the characteristics of the family to which the child belongs. The domestic/family environment and risk behaviors adopted by the family also formed part of the study results. Knowledge of unintentional injury risk factors in childhood is a fruitful basis for future studies, enabling objective interventions adapted to the child/family and taking the risk factors into account. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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