Teaching entrepreneurship in undergraduate Nursing course: evaluation of an educational proposal.

Objective: To evaluate a proposal for teaching entrepreneurship in an undergraduate Nursing course that uses active methodologies and activities based on the theory of meaningful learning.

Methods: Interventional, prospective study, with a quantitative perspective, with a total of 102 participating students, carried out from July 2017 to December 2019 at a public university in the state of Sao Paulo. Statistical analysis were performed by non-parametric Chi-square or Fisher's exact tests, with differences considered statistically significant if p < 0.

Nursing staff's instrument for change-of-shift reporting - SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation): validation and application.

Objectives: to validate and apply a change-of-shift instrument using the SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) tool.

Methods: methodological study for the validation of an instrument. It was validated by ten judges from the area of nursing teaching and care and applied in a surgical gastroenterology ward by 11 nursing technicians in February 2019.

Nursing consultation in the Family Health Strategy and the nurse's perception: Grounded Theory.

Objectives: to understand the experience of nurses with nursing consultations in the context of the Family Health Strategy and propose a representative model.

Methods: qualitative research using Grounded Theory, with 14 nurses working through non-directive interviews. For data analysis, three stages were used: open, axial and selective coding, which originated phenomena, themes, categories and subcategories, which supported the construction of the central category and, consequently, the theoretical model.

Patient absenteeism in outpatient consultations: an integrative literature review.

Objective: To identify and analyze the production of knowledge in national and international literature on patient absenteeism in scheduled medical consultations.

Method: This is an integrative literature review in the databases PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Web of Science, CINAHL, Medline, LILACS, Virtual Health Library of the São Paulo State Department of Health and Spanish Bibliographic Index in Health Sciences, accessed through the Virtual Health Library Portal, based on the guiding question.

Results: A total of 767 articles was found and nine were selected.

Adaptation and validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Leader Empowering Behavior scale.

Objectives: to adapt and validate the Leader Empowering Behavior scale for Brazilian Portuguese in a sample of Brazilian nurses.

Methods: cross-sectional study through translation, back-translation, expert evaluation, application and analysis of content, criteria and construct of the scale.

Results: the title of the final version was Comportamento Empoderador do Líder.

Transformational leadership: journal club for emergency and intensive care nurse managers.

Objectives: to understand the meaning of transformational leadership and develop an educational intervention addressing this theme.

Methods: content analysis and action research for the collective construction of an educational intervention addressing management practices and their association with transformational leadership. The setting was the emergency and intensive care network, and nine nurse managers participated in the research.

Resolution, access, and waiting time for specialties in different models of care.

Objective: This study aimed to identify the treatment demands coming from primary health care units and, based on that, the demand for referrals to medical specialties in reference services. This study is justified by the scarcity of scientific literature on the subject.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study using secondary data on the treatments and referrals made by the primary health care units, throughout 2014, in a municipality of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

Impact of implementing an Internal Bed Regulation Committee on administrative and care indicators at a teaching hospital.

Objective: To compare hospital indicators before and after implementing an Internal Bed Regulation Committee at a reference hospital.

Methods: It is an quantitative, evaluation, exploratory, descriptive and cross-sectional research. The data was gathered from the hospital administrative reports for the period 2008-2013, provided by the Information Technology Center of the Complexo FAMEMA.

The reasons of the nursing staff to notify adverse events.

Objective: This research aimed to understand the motivation for reporting adverse events from the perspective of nursing staff in the work environment.

Method: Qualitative study that used the phenomenology of Alfred Schutz for reference, which offers a systematic approach to understand the social aspects of human action. Data were collected by open interviews with 17 nurses and 14 technicians/assistant nurses in a university hospital.

[Accidents with cutting and piercing materials among nursing professionals at a university hospital].

The occupational hazards to which nursing professionals are subject while performing their duties are considerable. This study aims to analyze accidents with cutting and piercing instruments involving the nursing team of a university hospital that occurred between 2002 and 2006 in order to understand the context in which they happened. The use of such information can be a prevention tool.

Comparing the teaching-learning process with and without the use of computerized technological resources.

Computerized technological resources have become essential in education, particularly for teaching topics that require the performance of specific tasks. These resources can effectively help the execution of such tasks and the teaching-learning process itself. After the development of a Web site on the topic of nursing staff scheduling, this study aimed at comparing the development of students involved in the teaching-learning process of the previously mentioned topic, with and without the use of computer technology.

Comparing the teaching-learning process with and without the use of computerized technological resources.

Computerized technological resources have become essential in education, particularly for teaching topics that require the performance of specific tasks. These resources can effectively help the execution of such tasks and the teaching-learning process itself. After the development of a Web site on the topic of nursing staff scheduling, this study aimed at comparing the development of students involved in the teaching-learning process of the previously mentioned topic, with and without the use of computer technology.

Moving from reclusion to partial freedom: the experience of family caregivers for disabled elderly persons assisted in a day care center.

This study aimed at understanding the interactional experience between family caregivers and disabled elderly persons supported in a Day Care Center according to the caregiver's perspective. It also aimed at developing a representative theoretical model for the events experienced by such caregiver. The Grounded Theory was used as methodological framework whereas Interactional Symbolism served as the theoretical framework.

Retraining due to illness ant its implications in nursing management.

There is currently an increased interest in workers health. Retraining due to illness is the topic of this study. The objective of this qualitative study was to understand how individuals cope with job retraining in a public hospital, utilizing interviews to understand how nursing professionals coped with the retraining process, which were then analyzed using Content Analysis as proposed by Bardin.

[Educational technology: assessment of a nursing personnel delegation website].

The use of information technology is a current reality in all fields of human knowledge. Technological incorporation has taken place in healthcare services, teaching institutions, as well as in the nurse's various work processes. This study aimed at evaluating a website developed perform a Nursing Personnel Delegation Plan, a quite relevant tool in healthcare human resources management.

[Breastfeeding protection, promotion and support at an university hospital].

A quantitative and descriptive study hold in a University Hospital in São Paulo State aimed at evaluating breastfeeding protection, promotion and support by ensuring compliance with the "Baby-Friendly Hospital's ten steps" for successful breastfeeding proposed by the Ministry of Health. The evaluation has found practices to facilitate breastfeeding, but some changes in the hospital routines in order to meet the "ten steps" must be made. On average, 79% of the answers were positive for the compliance with the "ten steps", which is close to the 80% suggested.

Development of an eye protector for phototherapy on newborns: a technology.

Hyperbilirubinemia results from the predisposition of newborns to produce bilirubin and their ability to excrete it. The treatment applied is phototherapy; however, one of its complications is degeneration of the retina by exposure to light, making it essential to provide proper eye protection. The objective of this study is to describe the development of an invention (utility model patented) for eye protection in newborn phototherapy.

Educational software for scheduling nursing personnel: elaboration, development and application through the internet.

This study aimed to describe the development stages of software about Nursing Staff Scale, created to support teaching of the subject, as well as to serve as a consultation instrument for professional nurses, since it joins labor legislation, testimonies and simulation. The adopted methodology consisted of the planning and developmental phases, with various stages and professionals, as detailed in the article. Although the need for continuous updating of the system is recognized, the availability of a resource that is easily accessed through the world wide web is considered an advance in teaching and in nurses' management practice.