Effectiveness of techniques for insertion of nasoenteral probe in critical patients: Randomized clinical trial.

Introduction: despite being a common procedure, nasally placed small-bowel feeding tube insertion is not risk-free and can compromise patient safety. Due to the fact that nasally placed small-bowel feeding tube is commonly inserted '"blindly," with the patient head in the neutral position, sometimes the process becomes difficult and traumatic, and may present higher level of complexity in physiological or induced coma and intubated patients. Therefore, adverse events (AEs) route errors can occur during this procedure.

Glucose and reflexology for pain relief during arterial puncture in neonates: a protocol.

Objective: To present a study protocol to compare glucose and reflexology in pain relief in neonate intensive care during arterial punctures.

Methods: A randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial protocol will be carried out at a teaching hospital maternity, with30 newborns admitted to neonate intensive care who are to undergo blood collection by arterial puncture. They will be randomly assigned to a control group (25% glucose) or an intervention group (foot reflexology).

Bach Flower Remedies as Complementary Therapies in Health Care: A Scope Review.

The objective of this article was to map the use of Bach flower remedies in adult health care. The studies reported that the following flower essences were used: Impatiens, Cherry Plum, White Chestnut, and Beech. When applied in 4 diluted drops, they helped reducing anxiety, depression, fear, and pain.

Situational low self-esteem nursing diagnosis in people with an ostomy: a diagnostic accuracy study.

Objective: To verify the accuracy of the defining characteristics of the situational low self-esteem nursing diagnosis in people with an ostomy.

Method: A cross-sectional and descriptive study developed in two stages. The first stage was performed with 90 people with an ostomy, and a descriptive analysis of the collected data was performed.