End-of-life care and grief: study conducted with family members of COVID-19 victims.

This article aims to investigate the implications of grief among family members of COVID-19 victims; verify the prevalence of prolonged grief symptoms; and identify family members' expectations regarding end-of-life care for their loved ones affected by COVID-19. Descriptive, cross-sectional research, with a quantitative-qualitative approach. Data collection was performed using an online questionnaire, guided by the PG-13 instrument.

Validation of an instrument for systematizing nursing care in pediatrics.

Objective: to verify the validity of indicators' content referring to the instrument for data collection in children aged 0 to 5 years hospitalized in a pediatric clinic.

Method: a cross-sectional methodological study was carried out with 11 experts between January and May 2018. For data collection, the steps for validating the instrument's content were respected.

Construction validation of an instrument for nursing care related to cutaneous xerosis.

Objective: Describe the construct validation process of the instrument "Nursing care for the assessment, prevention and treatment of cutaneous xerosis in the elderly".

Method: Methodological study carried out with 101 nurses in four hospitals in the great João Pessoa, between July and September 2018. Construct validation was performed through exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, in addition to the consistency check by Cronbach's alpha.

Analysis of the concept of Meaningful Learning in light of the Ausubel's Theory.

Objective: To analyze the concept of Meaningful Learning, according to David Ausubel's Theory.

Method: Integrative review using the Meleis's Theoretical Analysis model.

Results: The following were identified as antecedents: Previous students' knowledge, potentially meaningful instructional material and student's willingness to learn.

[Profile of nursing diagnoses of hospitalized patients in an infectious disease unit].

Objective: To define the profile of nursing diagnoses of hospitalized patients at an infectious diseases unit.

Methods: This is a descriptive study based on the quantitative approach conducted at an infectious diseases unit in Paraiba, Brazil, from January to February 2014. The data collection instrument was based on the Theory of Basic Human Needs by Wanda de Aguiar Horta, followed by the classification system CIPER version 2.

[The perception by nurses of the significance of palliative care in patients with terminal cancer].

This study sought to assess the perception of nurses with respect to cancer patients under palliative care. It is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach conducted with nurses from a hospital attending cancer patients under palliative care located in the city of João Pessoa, State of Paraíba. The study included nine nurses who worked in the hospital.