Results: 13

Nurses defending the autonomy of the elderly at the end of life

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to understand how nurses deal with the elderly's autonomy at the end of life. Method: qualitative, exploratory study, guided by the Grounded Theory. Ten nurses, eight doctors and 15 nursing technicians were interviewed between November 2016 and May 2017 at a university hospital in R...

Being an institutionalized elderly person: meaning of experiences based on Heidegger's phenomenology

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: Analyze the meaning of being an elderly person living in a long-term institution. Method: Qualitative study based on Martin Heidegger's thought. Twelve phenomenological interviews were conducted with people aged over 60 years living in a long-term institution for the elderly in the ...

Humanitude in the humanization of elderly care: experience reports in a health service

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (3), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the experience in the implementation of the Humanitude Care Methodology (MCH) in the humanization of care for the elderly. Methodology: This is an experience report about the implementation of the MCH, in a Health Service in Portugal, with capacity for 30 elderly people,...

Evaluation of elderly care dynamics in an emergency care unit

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: understand elderly care dynamics of an emergency care unit. Method: this is a case study evaluation, using a qualitative approach and the theoretical-methodological reference of a fourth generation evaluation. Data collection was conducted between February and September 2017, throug...

Construction and validation of a sleep hygiene booklet for the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to construct and validate an educational booklet for the elderly, with guidelines on sleep hygiene. Method: a methodological research with booklet construction; validation by 22 judges and evaluation by 22 elderly people. The content was extracted from the guidelines of the Brazilia...

Nurse care for the hospitalized elderly's spiritual dimension

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the nurse care for the spiritual hospitalized elderly's dimension. Method: a qualitative study, based on Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. The study included 17 nurses working in a geriatric center in Salvador City, Bahia State, Brazil. The collection of testimonies o...

Advanced mobile prehospital nursing care for elderly people post-trauma: integrative review

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify scientific evidences available on the literature on nursing interventions on advanced mobile prehospital care for elderly people post-trauma. Method: an integrative review of literature on the databases PubMed, CINAHL, and LILACS, from 2012 to 2017. Results: a sample co...

Perception of nursing workers on the care of hypertension in older adult

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To understand how nursing workers perceive care of hypertension (HBP) in older adult within the scope of the Family Health Strategy. Method: A qualitative descriptive study carried out in the city of Natal/RN, with 20 nursing workers providing care to older adults with HBP. The data...

Gerontotechnology for fall prevention of the elderly with Parkinson

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to develop the gerontological nursing care process among the elderly with Parkinson's disease, aiming at the promotion of health through the creation of gerontotechnologies for fall prevention. Method: Convergent Care Research was used as a methodological route. Data were collected ...

Hospital care and urinary incontinence in the elderly

Rev. bras. enferm; 72 (supl.2), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: to identify factors inherent in hospital care that favor urinary incontinence in the elderly. Method: an integrative review with Scopus, CINAHL and Pubmed searches. Includes original articles, no language restriction, published between 2008 and 2018. Rated level of recommendation an...