Measuring quality and safety of epilepsy monitoring units in Brazil: Adoption of quality indicators.

Purpose: Drug-resistant epilepsy affects a substantial proportion (30-40 %) of patients with epilepsy, often necessitating video-electroencephalography (video-EEG) monitoring. In 2016, Sauro et al. introduced a set of measures aimed at improving the quality and safety indicators reported in video-EEG evaluations.

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.