Adherence of the nursing team to patient safety actions in neonatal units.

Objectives: to describe the nursing team's adherence to patient safety actions in neonatal units using a validated instrument.

Methods: a cross-sectional study, carried out through direct observation of the nursing team and descriptive analysis of 182 records of the "Checklist for patient safety in nursing care during hospitalization in Neonatal Intensive Care Units" in a hospital in the municipality of Belo Horizonte.

Results: there was evidence of adherence greater than 90.

Medical adhesive-related skin injuries in the neonatology department of a teaching hospital.

Background: Medical adhesives are used to affix components to the skin. They are part of procedures performed by medical specialties because of their participation as constituents of different products, such as tapes, dressings, and electrodes.

Aim: This study aims to assess the prevalence of, and factors associated with, the development of medical adhesive-related skin injuries (MARSIs) in patients treated with medical tapes in the neonatology department of a large teaching hospital in Brazil.

Central Venous Catheter bundle: professional knowledge and behavior in adult Intensive Care Units.

Objective: To evaluate knowledge and behavior of professionals in Intensive Care Units regarding the actions recommended in the bundle on preventing central venous catheter-related bloodstream infection.

Method: Cross-sectional descriptive quantitative study, conducted in three Intensive Care Units. The data were collected through a face-to-face questionnaire applied to health professionals.

Knowledge and behavior of professionals about bundled strategies of central venous catheter.

Objective: To investigate the factors that influence the knowledge and behavior of professionals of neonatal and pediatric units about bundled strategies of insertion of central venous catheter.

Method: This is a cross-sectional study, conducted in one neonatal and one pediatric intensive care units in a public hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from April to July, 2016. The sample consisted of 255 professionals who answered a structured instrument.

Pharmacological and nonpharmacological measures of pain management and treatment among neonates.

Objective: This study sought to describe and quantify the pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies used to relieve the pain/stress of neonates during hospitalization in neonatal intensive care units.

Methods: This quantitative, longitudinal, and descriptive study examined 50 neonates from neonatal intensive care unit admission to discharge.

Results: A total of 9,948 painful/stressful procedures were recorded (mean = 11.

Adherence to central venous catheter insertion bundle in neonatal and pediatric units.

Objective: To describe the observed behavior of professionals in two neonatal and pediatric intensive care units regarding the use of central venous catheter insertion bundle, and the clinical and birth profile of neonates and children who received the devices.

Method: A quantitative descriptive exploratory study was conducted in two intensive care units of a public hospital in Belo Horizonte with neonates and children, between February and September 2016.

Results: The sample consisted of 59 observed implants of central venous catheter.