Are symptoms of depression and anxiety in nursing students associated with their sociodemographic characteristics?

Objective: to investigate symptoms of depression and anxiety and their association with the sociodemographic characteristics of undergraduate nursing students.

Methods: a cross-sectional analytical study carried out with students from the Faculty of Nursing at Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora from June to July 019. Data were collected through a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Beck Depression and Anxiety Inventories.

Aryl -[ω-(6-Fluoroindol-1-yl)alkyl]carbamates as Inhibitors of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase, Monoacylglycerol Lipase, and Butyrylcholinesterase: Structure-Activity Relationships and Hydrolytic Stability.

A series of aryl -[ω-(6-fluoroindol-1-yl)alkyl]carbamates with alkyl spacers of varying lengths between the indole and the carbamate group and with differently substituted aryl moieties at the carbamate oxygen were synthesized and tested for inhibition of the pharmacologically interesting serine hydrolases fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH), monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL), butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE), and acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Furthermore, the chemical stability in an aqueous solution and the metabolic stability toward esterases in porcine liver homogenate and porcine blood plasma were determined. While most of the synthesized derivatives were potent inhibitors of FAAH, a considerable inhibition of MAGL and BuChE was elicited only by compounds with a high carbamate reactivity, as evidenced by a significant hydrolysis of these compounds in an aqueous solution.

Management of home care by family caregivers to elderly after hospital discharge.

Objective: To understand the management of home care by family caregivers of dependent elderly people after hospital discharge.

Methods: Qualitative research guided by hermeneutics-dialectic, anchored in the theory of communicative action. Data collection took place using a semi-structured interview with 11 participants.

Profile of nursing graduates: competencies and professional insertion.

Objective: evaluate the profile of the graduates of Nursing a public college from the perception of skills developed during graduation and the process of professional insertion.

Method: quantitative, exploratory and descriptive study. The sample was composed of 216 graduates.

Educational intervention to improve critical thinking for undergraduate nursing students: A randomized clinical trial.

The objective of this study was to compare the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning (PBL) versus PBL associated with the Active Learning Model for Critical Thinking (ALMCT) to improve critical thinking (CT) in nursing students in an educational intervention on Basic Life Support (BLS). A two-arm randomized, single-blinded, parallel clinical trial was carried out with 108 Brazilian undergraduate nursing students who participated in a BLS course. PBL + ALMCT was used in the control group (CG), and PBL was used in the experimental group (EG).

Effect of hypoxia on integrin-mediated adhesion of endothelial progenitor cells.

Homing of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is crucial for neoangiogenesis, which might be negatively affected by hypoxia. We investigated the influence of hypoxia on fibronectin binding integrins for migration and cell-matrix-adhesion. AMP-activated kinase (AMPK) and integrin-linked kinase (ILK) were examined as possible effectors of hypoxia.

The portfolio as an evaluation tool: an analysis of its use in an undergraduate nursing program.

This qualitative study was carried out between April and August 2007. It analyzed the use of portfolios in the academic community. A total of nine full-time professors and 119 students enrolled in their third semester were interviewed through a semi-structured interview.

Renal artery stenosis: functional assessment with dynamic MR perfusion measurements--feasibility study.

Purpose: To prospectively assess feasibility of renal magnetic resonance (MR) perfusion measurement method based on turbo fast low-angle shot sequences for grading effect of renal artery stenosis (RAS) on parenchymal perfusion.

Materials And Methods: Institutional review board approved this study, and patients gave written consent. Seventy-three patients (34 male, 39 female; age range, 17-84 years) who were clinically suspected of having RAS underwent contrast material-enhanced (gadodiamide) saturation-recovery turbo fast low-angle shot imaging for measurement of renal perfusion and high-spatial-resolution MR angiography for RAS detection and grading.

Cardiac steady-state free precession CINE magnetic resonance imaging at 3.0 tesla: impact of parallel imaging acceleration on volumetric accuracy and signal parameters.

Objectives: We sought to evaluate the impact of 3.0 T on accelerated CINE steady-state free precession (SSFP) regarding signal parameters and its volumetric accuracy.

Material And Methods: Ten individuals underwent cardiac CINE imaging at 1.

Code blue in the MR suite--a drill to rescue a patients with cardiac arrest from the MR scanner.

Background: Dobutamine stress MR (DSMR) is increasingly used in the clinical routine. Due to the limitations inherent to MR, i.e.

[A new look at the nursing care provided in basic health units in Juiz de Fora-MG].

The purpose of this study is to analyze the current "praxis" regarding the nursing care provided in Basic Health Units. The reasons for developing this study are the evidence of a care based on healing actions and the importance of changing this model and redefining nursing care. This is a qualitative, descriptive and analytical study.