Nurse leadership practices during the Covid-19 pandemic in university hospitals.

Objective: to analyze the leadership practices among nurses in face of COVID-19 pandemic in university hospitals in Brazil.

Method: this is a multicenter, qualitative and exploratory-descriptive research. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 139 nurses who worked in the care for patients with COVID-19 in Brazilian university hospitals.

Adherence to standard precautions in university hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed study.

Objective: To analyze adherence to standard precautions by healthcare professionals and associated factors during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazilian university hospitals.

Method: Multicenter study, with a mixed approach, with a concomitant incorporated strategy and a sample of 559 health professionals and 53 managers from five university hospitals in Southern Brazil. Data collected online from September 2020 to October 2021 with the Instrument of Variables Related to Standard Precautions and sociodemographic and pandemic-related variables.

Ergonomic risks and musculoskeletal pain in hospital cleaning workers: Convergent Care Research with mixed methods.

Objective: to analyze exposure to ergonomic risks and the occurrence of musculoskeletal pain in workers in the Hospital Cleaning Service.

Method: Convergent Care Research, with data production designed using mixed methods, implemented with 149 hospital cleaning workers. The methodological strategy of the convergent parallel project was employed, using observation, photographic records, questionnaires and convergence groups.

Serophobia related to HIV and AIDS: what is debated in digital social networks in Brazil?

The aim of this article is to analyze the serophobic content explicit in the publications published in Digital Social Networks in the context of HIV and AIDS in Brazil. This is a qualitative study of the descriptive exploratory type, based on documents. The data obtained were evaluated using the methodology of documentary analysis through Thematic Content Analysis with the aid of NVivo®12 Plus (Windows).

Experiences of mothers with early weaning: a grounded theory.

Objective: To understand the experiences of mothers with early weaning.

Method: Qualitative research with a theoretical-methodological contribution from Grounded Theory (Straussian perspective), carried out in the context of primary health care in a medium-sized municipality in the northeast of Brazil. 19 collaborators participated by theoretical sampling.

Theoretical model for management of nursing research groups.

Objective: To develop a theoretical model for management of research groups in nursing graduate programs.

Method: This is a Grounded Theory developed in a stricto sensu nursing graduate program of a public university. Data collection was conducted from April to October 2018 and the theoretical sample consisted of 21 participants arranged in three sample groups.

Quality of child and adolescent care transitions considering the presence of chronic disease.

Objectives: to analyze the quality of child and adolescent care transitions from hospital to home, considering the presence of chronic disease.

Methods: quantitative, cross-sectional study, carried out from February to September 2019 in two hospitals in the south of Brazil. We used an instrument to characterize participants and the Care Transitions Measure (CTM-15) for the legal tutors of children and adolescents that were discharged from the institutions.

Factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 infection among health professionals from university hospitals.

to investigate factors associated with the SARS-CoV-2 infection among health professionals from university hospitals. a multicenter, mixed approach study with concomitant incorporated strategy, carried out with 559 professionals in the quantitative stage, and 599 in the qualitative stage. Four data collection instruments were used, applied by means of an electronic form.

Nurses' professional competencies in urgency and emergency units: A mixed-methods study.

to describe the professional competencies of nurses working in urgency and emergency services and to understand their perception of the essential competencies for professional performance and updating. a sequential, mixed-methods and explanatory study, conducted with emergency nurses. To obtain the quantitative data, a questionnaire with 78 items was used, answered by 39 nurses and analyzed using descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests.

Nursing care management concepts: scoping review.

Objectives: to clarify the concepts of Nursing Care Management and Nursing Care Administration in the scientific literature, highlighting approximations and distances between the terms.

Methods: scoping review as per Joanna Briggs Institute protocol and preferred reporting items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). The searches were performed in LILACS, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Scopus databases.

Continuity of care for children with chronic conditions: mixed methods research.

Objective: To analyze the continuity of care for children with chronic conditions from the transition from hospital to home.

Method: Parallel-convergent mixed-methods research, with a cross-sectional study and Grounded Theory. A characterization instrument and the Care Transitons Measure were applied to 201 legal guardians of children with chronic conditions, and semi-structured interviews were conducted with 35 participants (among professionals and guardians).

Monitoring of high-risk children in health services: A geospatial mixed-methods study.

Objective: to analyze adherence, non-adherence and abandonment of the monitoring of children referred to the high-risk reference centers of Rede Mãe Paranaense.

Method: a parallel and convergent mixed-methods study, in which both approaches have the same weight. The study loci were two high-risk outpatient services from the South of the country.

The Chronic Care Model and its implications for Specialized Outpatient Care.

Objective: to assess the Chronic Care Model implementation in Specialized Outpatient Care and its repercussions for health care.

Methods: qualitative evaluative research, conducted by the Chronic Care Model. We used observation techniques, document analysis and interviews with 21 health professionals from specialized care.

Management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents by nurses: a mixed-method study.

Objective: to analyze the management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents by nurses of the Family Health Strategy.

Method: this is a study of convergent parallel mixed methods, developed in Health Centers of a municipality in northeastern Brazil. In the quantitative stage, data were collected from a questionnaire applied to 98 nurses and analyzed by descriptive statistics.

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics and individual experiences of illness in men with COVID-19: mixed method study.

Background: Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, studies have shown that this disease has affected the male population on a significant scale in various parts of the world, making men one of the main risk groups.

Objective: To analyze the clinical and epidemiological characteristics and experiences of illness in men with COVID-19.

Design And Setting: A mixed sequential-explanatory study with cross-sectional and exploratory-descriptive approaches.

Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in the context of postgraduate nursing.

Objective: To understand entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial education in the context of postgraduate nursing.

Method: Qualitative study based on Grounded Theory. The theoretical sample consisted of 15 master's and doctoral students and seven professors from a postgraduate nursing program at a university in southern Brazil.

Shift work schedule and damage to nursing workers' health at Brazilian public hospital.

Objective: to compare work-related damage between the day and night shifts of nursing workers in at a public hospital.

Methods: a cross-sectional, and correlational study, conducted with 308 nursing workers from a Brazilian public hospital. Data collection took place from September 2017 to April 2018 using self-administered questionnaires that investigated socio-occupational variables and the effects of work (Work-Related Damage Assessment Scale).

Evaluation of mobile emergency service with the use of mixed method.

This is an evaluative study, with sequential explanatory mixed methods, aimed at evaluating the performance of the Brazilian Mobile Emergency Medical Service (SAMU) in the Grande ABC region, located in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. In the quantitative approach, an analysis of interrupted time series was performed to evaluate the immediate and gradual effects of the SAMU on hospital mortality due to acute myocardial infarction. The qualitative approach was conducted via semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis was applied for the interpretation of the results, exploring the attitudes and values of the interviewees regarding the performance of SAMU in the Grande ABC region.

Care actions in obtaining tissues and organs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study.

Objective: to map health care actions in the organ and tissue donation process in Brazilian regions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: a mixed methods study. Data collection was performed simultaneously through an online questionnaire with 72 nurses.

Reorganization of nursing work in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: To describe the reorganization of nursing work in an intensive care unit of a public hospital due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Method: Report of the experience from February to April 2020, about the reorganization of a unit.

Results: The description of the experience was divided into four moments: Definition of the cohort isolation; Reorganization of the intensive care units as General and Respiratory; Health care teams and work shifts; and Wearing and removing protective clothing by the teams.

Continuity of care for children with chronic conditions after discharge: a constructivist grounded theory.

Objectives: to understand the meaning of continuity of care for children with chronic conditions through transitional care from hospital to home.

Methods: this is a qualitative study, conducted from a Constructivist Grounded Theory perspective. Purposive and theoretical sampling were used to recruit 35 participants, including nurses, professionals from the interprofessional hospital team, and actors responsible for healthcare in the home context.

Intersections between rural women's resilience and quality of life: a mixed-methods study.

Objective: to analyze the intersections between rural women's quality of life and resilience.

Method: convergent mixed methods design in which a cross-sectional quantitative study is triangulated with a qualitative study guided by Oral History. Data were collected concomitantly, using a socio-demographic form, Resilience Scale, Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, and open-ended interviews.

Meanings attributed to changes occurring after bariatric surgery: an analysis in the light of Grounded Theory.

Objectives: to understand the meanings attributed to the changes experienced after bariatric surgery by people with obesity.

Methods: this is a study with a qualitative approach, with a theoretical framework in Symbolic Interactionism; and methodological, in the Grounded Theory. There were 12 participants who underwent bariatric surgery in two health services (bariatric surgery clinic; general hospital).