Management of ophthalmic surgical instruments and processes optimization: mixed method study.

Aim: Analysis of the use of ophthalmic instruments during surgical procedures in order to propose a material management method.

Method: Mixed method study, sequential exploratory design, performed from January to June 2015, at a university hospital in southern Brazil. First, a qualitative approach was held from brainstorming and field observation.

[Complications of the hemodialysis procedure in acute renal failure patients: nursing interventions].

This retrospective study has identified both the prevalence of complications during hemodialitic treatment in patients carrying acute renal failure (ARF) in an intensive care unit of a university hospital and the nursing conduct performed during those episodes. We have assessed sixty-five (282 sessions) records of ARF patients who underwent renal replacement therapy and presented complications during hemodialysis sessions. We have noticed that the most prevalent intradialitic complications were: arterial hypotension (35%), hypothermia (29%), and lack of flow in the vascular access (24.

[Complications that bring a chronic renal patient to emergency health services].

Chronic kidney disease usually presents a variety of severe and chronic complications forcing patients to look for emergency services. This descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted to get to know the profile of the chronic renal patient with complications, who looks for emergency health services. The sample encompassed 139 patients, who were treated in the Hospital de Clínicas emergency service in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Prevalent nursing diagnoses and interventions in the hospitalized elder care.

Objectives: to identify the prevalent nursing diagnoses (ND) in the hospitalized elder care; to compare the prevalent ND with the duration of hospital stay and with the prescribed cares for their respective diagnoses.

Method: Transversal historical study carried through in Porto Alegre, RS, by analyzing patient records age e60 years old, interned in clinical unities of a university hospital.

Results: 1665 records were analyzed; the four prevalent NANDA nursing diagnoses--within 62 identified ones--were: Self-Care Deficit--Bathing/Hygiene, Imbalanced Nutrition--Less than Body Requirements, Risk for Infection and Ineffective Breathing Patterns, varying from 14 to 17 days of hospital stay.

[Feelings of patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant].

A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach whose aim was to get to know the feelings of patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant. The research was conducted at the Hemodialysis Unit of a university hospital of Porto Alegre. The participants were the active patients on the waiting list for a kidney transplant.

[Students' perception on health education in hospital practice].

In the present study, we identified, through students' view, methodological ways of working with health education in hospital curricular practice and the importance of trying to change the future of health in the country. This descriptive and qualitative research involved 66 undergraduate students of a nursing school of a private university located on the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre. The results showed that the students realize the importance of education for health and that this education should be carried out through orientation on the bedside and/or in groups taking into consideration each patient's individuality.