Protocols for Postanesthesia Care Unit Handoff and Patient Safety: A Scoping Review.

Aim: To map studies that tested an intervention orienting patient transfer to Postanesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and identify outcomes related to care safety.

Methods: Scoping review guided by recommendations of the JBI Manual and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guide. The Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework was used to develop the research question and consolidate inclusion and exclusion criteria in databases consulted without date parameters.

The nursing practice environment and hospital sociotechnical complexity: a mixed-methods study.

Objectives: to analyze the relationship between the nursing practice environment and hospital sociotechnical complexity as perceived by nurses.

Methods: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study was conducted in a hospital in southern Brazil. The Brazilian version of the Practice Environment Scale-Nursing Work Index and the Complexity Characterization Questionnaire were administered to 132 nurses.

Challenges of safety culture in Surgical Center: mixed methods study.

Objective: to analyze the safety attitudes of health and support areas professionals working in Surgical Center.

Method: sequential explanatory mixed methods study. The quantitative stage covered 172 health and support professionals in eight Surgical Centers of a hospital complex.

Experience of the patient regarding their safety in the hospital environment.

Objectives: to analyze the factors that can impact patients' experience concerning safety-related measures in the hospital setting.

Methods: this qualitative, descriptive, and exploratory study was conducted with patients and their family members at a hospital in southern Brazil. Semi-structured interviews were carried out using the Critical Incident Technique between January and February 2022.

Comparison of patient classification systems for dimensioning nursing staff.

Objective: To compare nursing staff workload and dimensioning measured by two patient classification systems.

Method: Cross-sectional study, developed in a clinical inpatient unit of a large hospital in southern Brazil, between June and August 2022. Included patients (n = 260) were assessed through two different patient classification systems.

Coping strategies for COVID-19 primary care: a mixed method study.

This article aims to analyse the COVID-19 coping strategies adopted by municipal health managers in two regions. A mixed method study of the sequential explanatory type was carried out with municipal health managers and primary care coordinators. The quantitative stage was developed with the application of an instrument to 42 managers to identify coping actions and associations with demographic and epidemiological data of COVID-19 in the municipalities.

Daily work variability in falls prevention of hospitalized patients: nursing team's perception.

Background: The identification of safety incidents and establishment of systematic methodologies in health services to reduce risks and provide quality care was implemented by The World Health Organization. These safety incidents allowed the visualization of a vast panorama, ranging from preventable incidents to adverse events with catastrophic outcomes. In this scenario, the issue of fall(s) is inserted, which, despite being a preventable event, can lead to several consequences for the patient, family, and the healthcare system, being the second cause of death by accidental injury worldwide, this study aims to identify the variability inherent in the daily work in fall prevention, the strategies used by professionals to deal with it and the opportunities for improvement of the management of work-as-imagined.

Nursing performance in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 units: Implications for occupational health.

Objective: to analyze the implications of the pandemic on the Nursing team's occupational health according to its performance in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 units.

Method: a multicenter and mixed-methods study, with a sequential explanatory strategy. A total of 845 professionals took part in the first stage, answering an electronic form which contained sociodemographic and work-related variables, as well as about the pandemic and their health, in addition to the Self-Reporting Questionnaire.

Burnout and network centrality as proxies for assessing the human cost of resilient performance.

The extra effort of healthcare professionals to provide care is a manifestation of resilient performance (RP), usually going unnoticed due to successful outcomes. However, it is not clear how the human cost of RP can be assessed. This study addresses this gap by investigating the relationships between proxies of RP and its human cost.

Multiprofessional round with checklist: association with the improvement in patient safety in intensive care.

Objective: To verify the association between a multiprofessional round with the use of checklists and patient safety practices by health professionals in an intensive care unit.

Method: Mixed-method study, delineated by the sequential explanatory approach, conducted in a hospital in southern Brazil. Quantitative data were analyzed using Poisson regression, and qualitative data, using content analysis.

Patient safety culture in central sterile supply departments: nurses' perceptions.

Objective: To know the perceptions of nurses with experience in Central Sterile Supply Departments about the safety culture.

Methods: A qualitative study developed with 12 nurses from hospitals in the South and Southeast Brazilian regions, with data collected in March 2021 through online interviews. Bardin's content analysis was performed with the support of the IRaMuTeQ software.

Modeling of adult patient falls and the repercussions to Nursing as a second victim.

Objective: analyze the falls of adult hospitalized patients and their repercussions on the Nursing worker as the second victim.

Method: an exploratory, descriptive and qualitative study conducted in two stages - identification of falls with moderate to severe damage and the modeling of falls using the software Functional Resonance Analysis Method; and analysis of the repercussions on the worker as the second victim by means of semi-structured interviews submitted to Content Analysis, with 21 Nursing workers.

Results: a total of 447 falls of adult patients were identified, 12 of which with moderate to severe damage, occurred in the absence of the companion, while using sleep inducing, hypotensive or muscle strength altering medications.

Nurses' conceptions regarding patient safety during surgical positioning.

Objective: To know the conceptions regarding patient safety during their surgical positioning from the perspective of nurses in a Surgical Center.

Method: Qualitative descriptive exploratory study, with seven nurses from private hospital in southern Brazil in August 2018. Data generation using the Focus Group technique, with content analysis by Bardin.

Professional burnout of nursing team working to fight the new coronavirus pandemic.

Objective: to identify burnout and associated factors among nursing workers working in coping with COVID-19.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, developed in four hospitals in a capital in southern Brazil. Sample (n=499) composed of nurses and nursing technicians/assistants, who answered an online form containing socio-occupational characterization and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

Immersive learning laboratory in health and nursing: learning biosafety in a virtual world.

Objectives: to develop a virtual simulation and learning laboratory in an immersive virtual world that enables students, nursing professionals as well as health professionals to experiment, reflect and contextualize biosafety actions, infection protection concepts and universal precautions.

Methods: description of the development of the Immersive Learning Laboratory in Health and Nursing (LIASE) with a focus on biosafety, having as theoretical basis Kolb's experimental learning cycle and the OpenSimulator platform.

Results: development of the Immersive Learning Laboratory in Health and Nursing: Health Biosafety Module - contains five learning stations.

Nursing practice environment in intensive care unit and professional burnout.

Objective: To evaluate and compare the nursing practice environments in Intensive Care Units of a public and private hospital and the prevalence of burnout among nursing professionals.

Method: Cross-sectional, descriptive study with a quantitative approach to the data. The data collection took place between October 2018 and March 2019, and it was carried out through a questionnaire with socio-occupational variables and with metrics of intensity.

Evaluation of patient safety culture in a private general hospital: a case study in Brazil.

Purpose: The purpose is to assess the patient safety culture perceived by healthcare and administrative staff in a Brazilian hospital and examine whether education and experience are related to positive perceptions.

Design/methodology/approach: A descriptive-analytical case study was carried out at Ernesto Dornelles Hospital, a private Brazilian institution. The Brazilian version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture was used to assess the perceptions of 618 participants, of whom 315 worked in healthcare assistance and 303 in administrative services.

Occupational stress, burnout and patient safety culture among workers from critical care and non critical care units in a hospital in Brazil.

Objectives: To evaluate the relationship among occupational stress, burnout and the perception of patient safety culture in health workers in critical care compared to non critical care units.

Research Methodology: A cross-sectional study with health workers in the critical care and non critical care units of a university public hospital in Brazil. Data were collected using the Demographic and Labour Profile Questionnaire, Safety Attitudes Questionnaire, Job Stress Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory.

The environment of the nursing team's professional practice in inpatient units of a university hospital.

Objective: To evaluate the environment of the professional practice of the nursing staff from inpatient units and to compare it according to professional and work characteristics.

Method: A cross-sectional analytical study conducted in southern Brazil. Data was collected through the Brazilian version of the Nursing Work Index-Revised with a sample of (n=142) professionals, them being nurses (n=56; 34.

Interface between accreditation and patient safety: nursing team perspectives.

Objective: To understand the relationship between accreditation and patient safety from the perspective of the nursing team.

Method: A descriptive-exploratory study implementing a qualitative approach. It was developed with nursing workers from two Intensive Care Units in a hospital certified in excellence by Brazilian accreditation.

Patient experience in co-production of care: perceptions about patient safety protocols.

Objective: to analyze the experience of the patient during hospitalization, focusing on the co-production of care related to patient safety protocols.

Method: qualitative study, whose data were collected through the triangulation of multiple sources: document analysis, observation of 10 professionals in the provision of care and 24 interviews with patient-families from 12 clinical and surgical inpatient units of a hospital. Thematic analysis was carried out, based on the concept of co-production.

Management of ophthalmic surgical instruments and processes optimization: mixed method study.

Aim: Analysis of the use of ophthalmic instruments during surgical procedures in order to propose a material management method.

Method: Mixed method study, sequential exploratory design, performed from January to June 2015, at a university hospital in southern Brazil. First, a qualitative approach was held from brainstorming and field observation.

Satisfaction attributes related to safety and quality perceived in the experience of hospitalized patients.

Objective: To unveil patient satisfaction attributes related to safety and quality of care.

Methods: Qualitative study carried out in a public university hospital in the south region of Brazil. Data were collected in November 2018 through 24 interviews with patients/families from 12 clinical and surgical hospitalization units.