Work environment of hospital nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.

AIM: To investigate the nurses' work environment in university hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic brought challenging times for nurses worldwide. In Brazil, as well as in several countries, nurses are working hard in hospital settings caring for patients infected with the virus, sometimes with unfavourable work environment conditions. METHODS: This study was a convergent embedded mixed methods research. The sample comprised 104 nurses from three Brazilian university hospitals. Data were collected in April-June 2020 from an online questionnaire with a self-reporting Likert scale survey designed to measure the nurses' perceptions of their work environment. Qualitative data in the form of written comments were also collected through an open question. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and content analysis. RESULTS: The quantitative results showed that the responses to 'I received training on the correct use of personal protective equipment' and 'I am afraid of being infected' items had the best and worst evaluations, respectively. The qualitative findings revealed five themes: feeling of insecurity, lack of personal protective equipment, lack of diagnostic tests, changes in the care flow and fear of the unknown. CONCLUSION: The study has highlighted the challenges faced by hospital nurses while caring for patients with COVID-19. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING AND NURSING POLICY: The gaps identified will assist the policymakers and hospital managers in developing policies to enhance the support offered to nurses and improve the care provided to patients with COVID-19 in university hospitals. The results also indicate the need for attention to the mental health of the professionals due to the increasing workload and treatment of an illness hitherto unknown.

Care management of a patient with Devic's Disease in Primary Health Care. / Gestão do cuidado de um paciente com Doença de Devic na Atenção Primária à Saúde.

OBJECTIVE: Describing the care management of a patient affected by Devic's Disease in the Primary Health Care setting. METHOD: A clinical-qualitative case study based on the health status of a Devic's Disease patient in a Health Center of the municipality of Florianópolis, accompanied by the Family Health Team. Data collection was carried out by electronic medical records, documents of the patient's domain, as well as a semi-structured interview with the participant. Ethical aspects of research involving human beings were respected. RESULTS: The categories were defined according to relevance criteria with the purpose of reporting the case study, presenting a unique implemented therapeutic project and describing the patient's perception of her situation. CONCLUSION: Acupuncture and auriculotherapy were successfully performed, evidencing an improvement in the patient's pain, which may contribute to new possibilities of care. Despite this, not all the available care tools were implemented, considering the range of complementary care therapies that go beyond the medicinal approach.

Meaning of nursing care to brain dead potential organ donors. / Significados do cuidado de enfermagem ao paciente em morte encefálica potencial doador.

OBJECTIVE: To understand the meanings of care to brain dead potential organ donors for nurses, and construct a theoretical model. METHOD: Qualitative study based on the Grounded Theory approach. Data were collected through open interviews with 12 nurses, distributed in three sample groups in a university hospital in northeastern Brazil, from December 2010 to June 2011. RESULTS: The phenomenon Unveiling multiple relationships and interactions of nurses in the complexity of patient care in brain dead potential donors is supported by the interrelationship of five categories and results from the need to organize care practices in the context of the intensive care unit, considering the factors involved in the relationship between nurses, staff and family and reveals challenges for nurses imposed by the complexity of the care process. CONCLUSIONS: The meaning of care to brain dead potential donors involves understanding the complexity of this patient who can save somebody's life through organ donation.

Brazilian research groups in nursing: comparison of 2006 and 2016 profiles. / Grupos de pesquisa em enfermagem no Brasil: comparação dos perfis de 2006 e 2016.

OBJECTIVE: To compare the profile of nursing research groups registered at the CNPq Research Groups Directory in 2006 and 2016. METHOD: Descriptive and documentary analysis, The data has been collected in 2006 and in 2016, with parameterized search with the term "nursing" at the CNPq Research Groups Directory. The selected variables have been organized in a Microsoft Office Exce spreadsheetl. RESULTS: The research groups have increased from 251 in 2006 to 617 in 2016, with important increase of the number of participants, among students and researchers. There was a decrease of the number of groups without students. However, 22% remain without undergraduate students' participation. CONCLUSIONS: It has been observed an important increase regarding the interest on research activities, when comparing both scenarios. The nursing research groups reflect structural and political advances in generation of science, technology and innovation, however, the undergraduate students' and the foreign researchers' participation should still be encouraged.

Comparison between the working environment of nurse managers and nursing assistants in the hospital context.

Objective Comparing the working environment of nurse managers and nursing assistants in the hospital context. Method A mixed methods research with concomitant triangulation of data developed in a university hospital in the South of Brazil. Participants in the quantitative study were 94 nursing assistants and 12 nurse managers. The data were collected using the Brazilian Nursing Work Index - Revised (B-NWI-R) and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics. Eight (8) nurse managers and 18 nursing assistants were interviewed for the qualitative study. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Results The total B-NWI-R mean score for nurse managers was 2.15±0.39, and for nursing assistants it was 2.22±0.39. No statistical significance was identified in the comparison between the groups (p=0.508). The qualitative results show the existence of collaborative relationships between nurse managers and nursing assistants. Conclusion The working environment was similarly evaluated by nurse managers and nursing assistants in the hospital context.

Establishment of lactaton rooms in public and private companies: potentialities and difficulties. / Implantação de salas de apoio à amamentação em empresas públicas e privadas: potencialidades e dificuldades.

OBJECTIVE: To know how managers of public and private companies view lactation support rooms and their implantation. METHOD: This is study is based on qualitative, exploratory, and descriptive research. Twenty managers from Greater Florianópolis participated in the research, in 2015. Data were collected by means of semi-structured/projective interviews, and subjected to content analysis associated with Atlas.ti software. RESULTS: Data analysis led to the following two categories: difficulties and facilities of establishing a lactation room, with a predominance of financial difficulties and the lack of physical space. Dialectically, the subjects also recognised the low cost involved, which facilitates establishment. CONCLUSION: Financial, cultural, and political aspects make it difficult to set up lactation rooms, but the importance of this measure was acknowledged. Although the success of breastfeeding partly depends on these support rooms, it also requires multiple actions, especially the effective participation of nurses and other health workers.

Myocardial revascularization: factors intervening in the reference and counter-reference in Primary Health Care.

OBJECTIVE: Understanding the factors that influence the reference and counter-reference process of people indicated/submitted to Myocardial Revascularization surgery in the Primary Health Care scenario. METHOD: A qualitative research anchored in the Grounded Theory, totaling 41 participants subdivided into three groups (patients, health professionals and managers) in the Metropolitan and West Region of Santa Catarina. RESULTS: Two categories elucidate the intervening factors found, contrasting the potentialities and obstacles in (creating) the bond between people affected by cardiovascular diseases and primary health care for the reference process, highlighting weaknesses in the primary health care services provided, with failures in the counter-reference for people submitted to myocardial revascularization surgery. CONCLUSION: Strengthening the potentialities presented in this study is essential for the reference process of people affected by Cardiovascular Disease, as well as strategic actions focused on solving the evidenced obstacles which contribute to deficiencies in the referral and counter-referral process, thus impeding integral care in the health care network. OBJETIVO: Compreender os fatores que influenciam o processo de referência e contrarreferência da pessoa com indicação/submetida à Cirurgia de Revascularização Miocárdica no cenário da Atenção Primária à Saúde. MÉTODO: Pesquisa qualitativa ancorada na Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados, totalizando 41 participantes subdivididos em três grupos (pacientes, profissionais de saúde e gestores) na Região Metropolitana e Região Oeste de Santa Catarina. RESULTADOS: Duas categorias elucidam os fatores interventores encontrados, Contrastando as potencialidades e entraves no vínculo da pessoa acometida por doenças cardiovasculares com a atenção primária à saúde para o processo de referência e Destacando fragilidades nos serviços disponibilizados na atenção primária à saúde, com insucessos da contrarreferência da pessoa submetida à cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica. CONCLUSÃO: Torna-se essencial o fortalecimento das potencialidades apresentadas neste estudo para o processo de referência da pessoa acometida por Doença Cardiovascular, assim como ações estratégicas com foco na resolução dos entraves apontados e que contribuem para a deficiência do processo de referência e contrarreferência, dificultando a integralidade do cuidado na rede de atenção à saúde.

Strategies used by nurses to promote teamwork in an emergency room. / Estratégias utilizadas pelos enfermeiros para promover o trabalho em equipe em um serviço de emergência.

Objective to analyze the strategies used by nurses to promote teamwork in a hospital emergency room. Method qualitative case study research with 20 nurses in the emergency unit of a university hospital in southern Brazil. Data were collected between June and September 2009 through participant observation and semi-structured interviews, and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results the strategies used by the nurses to promote teamwork in the emergency unit were articulating professional actions; establishing relationships of cooperation; building and maintaining friendly ties; and managing conflict. Conclusion nurses notably make the connections between the practices of the health teams and mediate the relationships established between health professionals to improve care practices.

[Reasons and meanings attributed by women who experienced induced abortion: an integrative review]. / Motivos e significados atribuídos pelas mulheres quevivenciaram o aborto induzido: revisão integrative.

OBJECTIVE: Identifying the contribution of developed research on what motivates women to induce an abortion and the meaning attributed to these experiences in their lives. METHOD: An integrative review conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, LILACS, BDENF, CINAHL and SciELO databases, covering the periods from 2001 to 2011. RESULTS: We selected and analyzed 11 studies with selection criteria being reasons given by women for inducing abortion and/or the meaning attributed to this experience in their lives, including social, religious, ethical and moral aspects related to this practice, as well as the suffering experienced from the experience. The illegality of abortion is identified as a risk factor for unsafe abortions, reaffirming this issue as a public health and social justice problem. CONCLUSION: Results evidence aspects that can contribute to improving health quality and ratify the importance of research to support nursing practices.

[Organizational context and care management by nurses at emergency care units]. / Contexto organizacional e gerência do cuidado pelos enfermeiros em unidades de pronto atendimento.

The purpose of this study was to understand the meanings attributed to the organizational context and the role of nurses in care management at emergency care units.This study was based on qualitative research and the Grounded Theory methodological framework. Data were collected from September 2011 to June 2012 by means of semi-structured interviews with 20 participants from two emergency care units (UPA) in southern Brazil, divided into three sample groups. The context is marked by constraints that hinder communication and interaction between professionals and the search of assistance by patients with demands that are not resolved at other levels of care. This scenario highlights the performance of nurses in the managerial dimension of their work, who assume the responsibility for managing care and coordinating professional actions in favour of improved care practices.

[Intervening conditions on governance of the nursing practice at an obstetrics centre]. / Condições intervenientes à governança da prática de enfermagem no centro obstétrico.

Governance refers to all processes that grant nurses autonomy, control and authority over the nursing practice. The aim of this study was to identify intervening conditions on governance of nursing practice at an obstetrics centre. This is a qualitative study based on the grounded theory method. Data were collected between January and May 2013 by means of semi-structured interviews with 27 participants of a university hospital in southern Brazil, divided into four sampling groups. Data were analysed using open, axial and selective coding. Governance is reinforced by experience and professional autonomy, coordination of the care and management dimension, interpersonal communication, satisfaction and engagement with the profession. It is limited by difficulties with interpersonal relationships, work overload and precarious physical structure of the maternity units. This study provides arguments for the discussion on improvements in healthcare and the professional satisfaction of nurses and nursing teams.

Inseparability between public health, planetary health and the nursing process: premise for sustainable development.

The aim is to conduct theoretical reflection on the inseparability among public health, planetary health and the nursing process in light of complexity thinking, with the aim of contributing to healthy and sustainable development. Study with a theoretical-reflexive approach that accessed bibliographical sources from contemporary authors who defend the inseparability between public health and planetary health and, at the same time, provide theoretical-systemic support to the nursing process, under an inductive critical bias. The nursing process is conceived as a complex phenomenon, which comprises interdependent dynamics, dialogical approaches, critical-reflective perception and prospective leadership. Theoretical reflection on the nursing process and sustainable development raises an expanded, contextualized and interdependent look at the role of nursing professionals in different health contexts, in order not to compromise well-being and environmental health.

[Representational structure of intensive care for professionals working in mobile intensive care units]. / A estrutura representacional do cuidado intensivo para profissionais de Unidade de Terapia Intensiva móvel.

This qualitative study was performed based on the Social Representations Theory, using a structured approach. The objective was to analyze the social representations of intensive care for professionals who work in mobile intensive care units, given the determination of the central nucleus and the peripheral system. This study included the participation of 73 health care professionals from an Emergency Mobile Care Service. Data collection was performed through free association with the inducing term care for people in a life threatening situation, and analyzed using EVOC software. It is observed that a nucleus is structured in knowledge and responsibility, while contrasting elements present lexicons such as agility, care, stress, and humanization. The representational structure revealed by participants in this study refer particularly to the functionality of intensive care, distinguishing itself by the challenges and encouragements provided to anyone working in this area.

[Lean thinking and brain-dead patient assistance in the organ donation process]. / Pensamento Lean e cuidado do paciente em morte encefálica no processo de doação de órgãos.

Organ donation is a complex process that challenges health system professionals and managers. This study aimed to introduce a theoretical model to organize brain-dead patient assistance and the organ donation process guided by the main lean thinking ideas, which enable production improvement through planning cycles and the development of a proper environment for successful implementation. Lean thinking may make the process of organ donation more effective and efficient and may contribute to improvements in information systematization and professional qualifications for excellence of assistance. The model is configured as a reference that is available for validation and implementation by health and nursing professionals and managers in the management of potential organ donors after brain death assistance and subsequent transplantation demands.

[Nursing governance: an integrative review of the literature]. / Governança em enfermagem: revisão integrativa da literatura.

The objective of this study was to identify and characterize types of nursing governance, with emphasis on its impact on nursing practice and health care. This integrative review covered reports published from 2007 to 2011 and indexed in MEDLINE, CINAHL, LILACS, and the Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO). Keywords used were governance and nursing , which retrieved 25 manuscripts. Most studies were from the United States and the United Kingdom. We identified three models of governance: shared governance, clinical governance, and public governance. The effects of the models identified included quality care improvement, more autonomy for nursing professionals, improved connections among health services, and greater satisfaction among nursing professionals. Additional studies on nursing governance in Latin America are needed to evaluate its applicability in different contexts.

Web App for prediction of hospitalisation in Intensive Care Unit by covid-19.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a Web App from a predictive model to estimate the risk of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission for patients with covid-19. METHODS: An applied technological production research was carried out with the development of Streamlit using Python, considering the decision tree model that presented the best performance (AUC 0.668). RESULTS: Based on the variables associated with Precision Nursing, Streamlit stratifies patients admitted to clinical units who are most likely to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, serving as a decision-making support tool for healthcare professionals. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The performance of the model may have been influenced by the start of vaccination during the data collection period, however, the Web App via Streamlit proved to be a feasible tool for presenting research results, due to the ease of understanding by nurses and its potential for supporting clinical decision-making.

Theoretical model for management of nursing research groups.

OBJECTIVE: To develop a theoretical model for management of research groups in nursing graduate programs. METHOD: This is a Grounded Theory developed in a stricto sensu nursing graduate program of a public university. Data collection was conducted from April to October 2018 and the theoretical sample consisted of 21 participants arranged in three sample groups. RESULTS: Research activities are linked to research groups, which require human, material and financial resources to develop their studies. These conditions call for management strategies and national and international interactions that result in theoretical, scientific and technological development of the profession. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS: The theoretical model for management of research groups can serve as a guide for graduate programs in nursing and health for planning the work process and so that they can contribute with research of great impact for society.

[Caring for newborns in a NICU: dealing with the fragility of living/surviving in the light of complexity]. / Cuidando do recém-nascido em UTIN: convivendo com a fragilidade do viver/sobreviver à luz da complexidade.

The objective of this study was to understand the meaning of being a nurse and providing care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of a general hospital in Southern Brazil, developing an explanatory theoretical model. The Grounded Theory and the Complexity Paradigm were used to develop the Theoretical Model: Caring for newborns in the NICU: Dealing with the fragility of living/surviving in the light of complexity. Data was collected from 11 subjects through an open interview, and organized using NVIVO software. A central category was identified: Dealing with the fragility of living/surviving: a care that is highly complex, sensitive, unique and shared. Care in the NICU, valuing the everyday interrelationships, aims to address all domains of complex health care, integrating and applying scientific knowledge. It is necessary to practice the strengths already inherent to nursing professionals, in addition to pursuing new strengths, an invitation to new models of care for newborns, their family, and the members of this complex system.

[Meaning the process of living the coronary artery bypass graft surgery: changes in lifestyle]. / Significando o processo de viver a cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica: mudanças no estilo de vida.

The study aimed to understand how patients mean your experience process of living after surgical revascularization. Will be presented in this article, a category and seven subcategories that represent significant changes from that experience, that is, the "consequences" component of the paradigm model, according to Grounded Theory, method of study. Participated in data collection 23 subjects The interviews were semi-structured and took place from October 2010 to August 2011. Significant changes are related to aspects of social and sexual life, work diet physical activity and drug treatment. We conclude that surgical revascularization experience encourages the reflection and the (re) think the lifestyle, it has limitations and difficulties that challenge changes in daily habits of patients and families to live a healthier process.

[Educational geronto-technology for ostomized seniors from a complexity perspective]. / Gerontotecnologia educativa voltada ao idoso estomizado à luz da complexidade.

We aimed to present the educational booklet as a geronto-technological product for caring for ostomized seniors from a complexity perspective. This was accomplished in the second semester of 2007 in a hospital in the south of Brazil. The data were collected through interviews and presented in the form of an educational booklet. The booklet was validated by ostomized seniors and by a nurse who had been working with these elderly patients. The booklet was presented as a geronto-technology able to help ostomized seniors and their families understand the rights of ostomized people; concepts and types of stomas; care of ostomy; and the importance of the family and the support group for care. In conclusion, the educational booklet is presented as a health promotion tool which makes the health educative process easier.