Advance directives of patients: process of implementation by palliative care teams.

Objectives: to investigate the process of implementing advance directives in palliative care teams in southern Brazil.

Methods: an exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach conducted with 51 professionals from seven palliative care teams from December 2018 to April 2019. Data were collected through semi-structured online interviews and submitted to discursive textual analysis.

Implementation of early will directives: facilities and difficulties experienced by palliative care teams.

Objective: To know the facilities and difficulties the palliative care team professionals experience in the implementation process of advance healthcare directives.

Method: Exploratory-descriptive study with a qualitative approach, involving 51 professionals from seven palliative care teams in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The data were collected between December 2018 and April 2019 and discursive textual analysis was applied.

[Nursing Actions in practicing inpatient advocacy in a Burn Unit].

Objective: Understanding nursing actions in the practice of inpatient advocacy in a burn unit.

Method: A single and descriptive case study, carried out with nurses working in a referral burn center in southern Brazil. Data were collected through focus group technique, between February and March 2014, in three meetings.