Middle-Range Theory of Occupational Stress in Health Professionals.

Introduction: Occupational stress affects health professionals; however, no literature was found on the middle-range theory for this outcome in health professionals.

Methods: Methodological study for the theoretical validation of a nursing diagnosis using the theoretical framework of Walker and Avant and the Betty Neuman systems models. The research was conducted in five stages: comprehension of the system model; selection and review of studies; development of the conceptual-theoretical-empirical structure; elaboration of a diagram and proposition of a nursing diagnosis; and evaluation of the empirical adequacy of the theory and validity of the system model.

Spatial analysis of congenital syphilis in the State of Rio Grande do Norte, between 2008 and 2018.

Objective: To analyze the spatial distribution of congenital syphilis cases in a state in northeastern Brazil.

Method: This is an ecological study, with secondary data for the period from 2008 to 2018, taking as a sample the notified cases of congenital syphilis in Rio Grande do Norte. In the data analysis, the eight health regions of the state were used as units of analysis, and the local and global Moran's I was performed, with subsequent smoothing through the local empirical Bayesian method, which resulted in thematic maps.