Association between clinical characteristics of patients with pressure ulcer in the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To analyze the associations between the clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized with pressure injuries (PI) during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Cross-sectional study of 237 PI notifications in a hospital in southern Brazil. Collection took place in 2021 in an institutional management program, with interlocution to the patient's medical record.

Laser in wounds: knowledge translation to an effective and innovative nursing practice.

Objective: To describe the knowledge translation obtained through research of low-level laser therapy to wound treatment in the clinical practice.

Methods: Experience report about implementation strategies of this new technology in a university hospital, being an extension course the main one, developed between May and December 2019.

Results: The course was carried out by researchers in partnership with clinical nurses to 13 nurses from different areas with previous experience in wound care.

[Laser therapy in pressure ulcers: evaluation by the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing and Nursing Outcomes Classification].

Objective: To describe the pressure ulcer healing process in critically ill patients treated with conventional dressing therapy plus low-intensity laser therapy evaluated by the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH) and the result of Wound Healing: Secondary Intention, according to the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC).

Method: Case report study according to nursing process conducted with an Intensive Care Unit patient. Data were collected with an instrument containing the PUSH and the result of the NOC.

[Mapping the nursing care with the NIC for patients in risk for pressure ulcer].

Objective: To identify the nursing care prescribed for patients in risk for pressure ulcer (PU) and to compare those with the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) interventions.

Method: Cross mapping study conducted in a university hospital. The sample was composed of 219 adult patients hospitalized in clinical and surgical units.

Determination of the minimal phototoxic dose and colorimetry in psoralen plus ultraviolet A radiation therapy.

Background: The use of an adequate initial dose of ultraviolet A (UVA) radiation for photochemotherapy is important to prevent burns secondary to overdosage, meanwhile avoiding a reduced clinical improvement and long-term risks secondary to underdosage. The ideal initial dose of UVA can be achieved based on the phototype and the minimal phototoxic dose (MPD). The objective measurement of constitutive skin color (colorimetry) is another method commonly used to quantify the erythematous skin reaction to ultraviolet radiation exposure.