Publications by authors named "Helena Felizardo"
Introduction: In health care, effective communication enhances teamwork and safety by minimizing adverse events. Evidence suggests that ongoing education should include communication skills training, as interprofessional communication relies on tools that facilitate seamless interaction.
Objective: This project aimed to improve communication practices among nurses in a long-term care unit by promoting evidence-based recommendations.
Objective: The objective of this review is to explore the lived experiences of critically ill adults, their families, or health care professionals with remote communication in intensive care units (ICUs) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Introduction: Family visiting restrictions in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic imposed significant challenges to communication between critically ill adults, their families, and the health care team. Evidence shows that several communication strategies were developed and implemented in ICUs during the COVID-19 pandemic to promote family engagement; however, the experiences of critically ill adults, their families, and health care professionals with these strategies are scattered across primary qualitative studies.
Unlabelled: Self-care is an important nursing-sensitive outcome. Reliable and valid measures are needed for therapeutic self-care assessment that may inform the development and evaluation of individualized nursing interventions co-created with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) adults. The therapeutic self-care scale European Portuguese version (TSCS-EPV) is a validated generic measure that may be used to assess self-care in T2DM adults.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic presented unprecedented challenges for nurses, leading to increased workloads, emotional strain, and ethical dilemmas during the first wave.
- A study involving 18 nurses from eight European countries collected narratives of their experiences throughout May-June 2020, analyzed through thematic analysis.
- The findings revealed three main themes: opportunities for professional growth, care management strategies, and the emotional and ethical challenges faced by nurses during the crisis.
Objective: The objective of this review is to determine the effectiveness of educational programs using Diabetes Conversation Map on health outcomes of people with type 2 diabetes.
Introduction: Diabetes Conversation Map has been used in the context of diabetes self-management education as a resource for managing type 2 diabetes. There is a need to determine the effectiveness of this non-pharmacological intervention on health outcomes.