Factors associated with the disinfection of devices attached to peripheral intravenous catheters performed by the nursing team in pediatric units.

Background: Peripheral intravenous catheterization, as well as drug administration through it, represents one of the most performed procedures by the Nursing team and, for that, precautions need to be adopted to offer harm-free care. Objective: To verify the association of Nursing professionals' work shift and training time with proper disinfection of intravenous catheter devices in pediatric units. Methods: A cross-sectional and analytical study conducted between June and August 2021 in three hospitalization units of a Pediatric Hospital. The inclusion criterion was drug administration via peripheral intravenous catheters performed by Nursing professionals. The data were analyzed according to inferential statistics, adopting p ≤ .05 as significance level. Results: There were a total of 385 observations of drug administration procedures. The device was not disinfected in 60.3% of the cases, there was no friction at the suitable time in 86.3%, and the disinfectant was not allowed to dry in 72.5%. The work shift exerted no influence on performance of the disinfection procedure (p = .376). However, longer training time was associated with a lower rate in performing such procedure (p < .001). Conclusion: Performing friction below the recommended time can cause a false sense of prevention of catheter-associated bloodstream infection; therefore, training sessions and strategies for adherence to the disinfection procedures should be considered, mainly for professionals with more training time.

Effectiveness of individualized counseling on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding: study protocol for a multicenter, randomized, parallel, and open clinical trial.

BACKGROUND: Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, early weaning is a reality, so less than 50% of children worldwide and in Brazil are on exclusive breastfeeding in the sixth month of life. A strategy to counteract this scenario is breastfeeding counseling. This study aims to verify the effectiveness of individualized counseling by nurses trained in breastfeeding counseling, on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, compared to standard care. METHODS: Multicenter, randomized, parallel, and open clinical trial, with primiparous women aged over 18 years, hospitalized in rooming-in wards at participating centers and hemodynamically stable, aware, and oriented, who had a single-fetus pregnancy and gave birth, regardless of the type of delivery, with live child, gestational age of 37 to 42 weeks and birth weight greater than 2500 g. The women will be initially approached in rooming-in wards and, upon consent to participate in the study, will be allocated through randomization by blocks composed of eight participants in two groups: intervention and control. The randomization lists will be organized by a central without involvement with the study, which will manage the allocation groups and be prepared in the Randon® program. Women allocated to the intervention group will receive breastfeeding counseling by trained nurses, and those in the control group will receive standard care at the center participating in the study. DISCUSSION: The results can contribute to breastfeeding by evidencing possible exclusivity and duration of the counseling trained nurses provide. TRIAL REGISTRATION: REBEC RBR-4w9v5rq (UTN: U1111-1284-3559) ( https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-4w9v5rq ). Posted on March 20, 2023.

[Applicability of theoretical model to families of children with chronic disease in intensive care]. / Aplicabilidade de modelo teórico a famílias de crianças com doença crônica em cuidados intensivos.

This study examines the applicability of the theoretical model "Looking to maintain the balance to meet the demands and take care of the hospitalized child" to families of children with chronic diseases in intensive care. This is a qualitative study that complied with Resolution 466/2012, and was approved by the Ethics Committee through the Resolution 0111.0.441.099-11. The Grounded Theory was adopted as methodological framework. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven families of children hospitalized for chronic diseases. The research identified three phenomena, which were analyzed according to the theoretical model cited above: Difficult experience for the family; Modifying the functioning and family routine; and Receiving support in coping with chronic illness. The study showed that the theoretical model used can be applied to families of children with chronic illnesses because they experience an unexpected event that disrupts their daily life and demand the search for new strategies for coping.

[Experiencing skin to skin contact with the baby during the postpartum period as a mechanical act]. / Vivenciando o contato pele a pele com o recém-nascido no pós-parto como um ato mecânico.

The objective was to understand the puerpera's experience during the first skin to skin contact with the newborn in the immediate postpartum period, the obstetric ward of a public hospital in a city in Bahia. Exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study, approved by the Ethics Committee and conducted with fourteen postpartum women, through semi-structured interviews in the period July-August 2011. The data were analyzed using Grounded Theory, identifying the phenomenon "Experiencing skin to skin contact as a mechanical act" and its three subcategories: "Encouraging the only contact", "Contact as a mechanical act" and "Being forced to initiate breastfeeding. "Encouraging the skin to skin contact and immediate breastfeeding occur mechanically, being highlighted only the contact, requiring the puerperas to initiate breastfeeding in sudden and abrupt manner, not respecting their willingness to perform or not this practice.

Mudanças familiares decorrentes da hospitalização do prematuro em cuidados intensivos: um estudo com puérperas / Family changes due to the hospitalization of prematures in intensive care: a study with puerperal / Cambios en la familia por la hospitalización del prematuro en cuidados intensivos: un estudio con puerperal

Estudo qualitativo que objetivou compreender a percepção materna sobre as mudanças familiares decorrentes da hospitalização do recém-nascido prematuro na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal e analisar as estratégias para o enfrentamento destas mudanças. Realizado através de entrevistas semiestruturadas com dez mães, no período de janeiro a abril de 2010. Os dados foram analisados através da Análise de Conteúdos, baseado na filosofia do Cuidado Centrado na Família. As mães percebem as mudanças no funcionamento familiar; os familiares são considerados pelos trabalhadores da saúde como visitantes; a família utiliza diversas estratégias para apoiar a puérpera no hospital e esta considera a sua espiritualidade/religiosidade como um recurso de apoio. Os dados deste estudo poderão possibilitar aos trabalhadores da saúde subsídios para a utilização de intervenções baseadas nas necessidades de reajustes cognitivos, afetivos e comportamentais das famílias, como recursos para ajuda-las a se fortalecer. Descritores: Enfermagem Neonatal; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal; Prematuros.

The premature newborn hospitalization in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit impacts the family dynamics and structure and can cause insecurity, frustration, stress, fear, uncertainty and guilt, especially for the parents. This study aimed to understand the mothers’ perceptions on changes in the family resulting from the hospitalization of premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and analyze the strategies for coping with these changes. A qualitative study conducted through semi-structured interviews during the period from January to April, 2010. Data analyzed using content analysis, based on the philosophy of Family Centered Care. The mothers realize the changes in family functioning; the family members are considered visitors by healthcare workers; the family uses several strategies to support postpartum in the hospital and considers spirituality/religiosity as a support resource. Thus, the mothers investigated in the present study realize the changes in family routine through the adjustment of parents and grandparents and through their relay in caring for children who stayed at home, working as a support network that is used as a coping strategy.

La hospitalización de los recién nacidos prematuros (RNPT) en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales (UCIN) impacta en la dinámica y en la estructura familiar y puede causar inseguridad, frustración, el estrés, el miedo, la incertidumbre y la culpa, especialmente a los padres. Este estudio tuvo como objetivo comprender la percepción de la madre acerca de los cambios familiares resultantes de la hospitalización de niños prematuros en la UCIN, y analizar las estrategias para hacer frente a estos cambios. Estudio cualitativo donde la colecta de datos fue realizada por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas, de enero a abril de 2010. Los datos fueron analizados utilizando el análisis de contenido basada en la propuesta de la atención centrada en la familia. Las madres perciben los cambios en el funcionamiento familiar; miembros de la familia son considerados por los trabajadores de la salud como visitantes; la familia utiliza varias estrategias para apoyar a las mujeres después del parto en este hospital y ella considera su espiritualidad / religiosidad como un recurso de apoyo. Se concluyó que las madres investigadas en este estudio perciben el cambio en la rutina de la familia por medio de la adaptación de los padres y abuelos y los turnos en el cuidado de los niños que se quedaron en casa, actuando como una red de apoyo que se utiliza como una estrategia de enfrentamiento.