Publications by authors named "Julia Valeria de Oliveira Vargas Bitencourt"

Objective: To develop a registration standard with diagnoses, outcomes and nursing interventions for an Emergency Care Unit.

Method: This is applied research of technological development developed in three steps: elaboration of diagnoses/outcomes and interventions statements following the International Classification for Nursing Practice; assessment of diagnosis/outcome relevance; organization of diagnosis/outcome and interventions statements according to health needs described in TIPESC.

Results: A total of 185 diagnoses were prepared, of which 124 (67%) were constant in the classification, and 61 had no correspondence.

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Objective: To analyze epidemiological surveillance actions for people with cancer based on the perspective of advocacy.

Method: Qualitative study, Convergent Care Research type, combined with the framework of health advocacy. It was carried out in the Epidemiological Surveillance of the Health Department of a municipality in the southern region of Brazil.

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Objective: To reflect on the perception of nurses working in Primary Health Care about the development of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

Method: This is a participatory action qualitative study, based on the methodological theoretical precepts by Paulo Freire, which consists of three interconnected phases: Thematic Research, Coding and Decoding, and Critical Unveiling. Three virtual Culture Circles were held between February and March 2021, with 11 nurses from Primary Health Care, residing in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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Objective: to identify the main biosafety measures for preventing COVID-19 in healthcare professionals.

Methods: this is an integrative literature review, with studies published between January and July 2020, on the MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, LILACS, SciELo, Wiley Online Library, Cochrane CINAHL databases. The selection of studies followed the PRISMA recommendations.

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Objective: To report a virtual Cultural Circle experience implemented with nurses to allow them to dialogue and promote health amidst the pandemic of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Method: Experience report of a virtual Cultural Circle based on Paulo Freire's framework. The stages were correlated to the oil lamp, the symbol of the nursing profession: the lamp body was considered the Thematic Investigation, the lamp support corresponded to Encoding and Decoding, and the light corresponded to Critical Unveiling.

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Objectives: to analyze the philosophical, theoretical and methodological conceptions of the Theory of Praxic Intervention in Nursing in Collective Health by professors at a federal university, aiming at structuring a reference proposal for teaching nursing care.

Methods: Convergent Assistance Research, with 17 teachers, gathered in convergence groups for instrumentalization and production about the referential.

Results: the focus was primarily on issues considered preliminary to the theoretical and philosophical deepening of theory; and then a theoretical-methodological essay on historicity and dialectics was developed for teaching in nursing care.

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Article Synopsis
  • The study aims to analyze the competencies that nurses utilize in hemotherapy, focusing on their knowledge, experience, motivation, and teamwork.
  • A qualitative approach involving 22 nurses was used through methods like documentary analysis, observations, and interviews, incorporating a structured content analysis with the help of software.
  • Key findings suggest that specific hemotherapy knowledge and experience enhance nursing performance, while inadequate working conditions hinder effectiveness; overall, experience and proper resources are crucial for ensuring safe practices.
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Objectives: To reflect on teaching experience in the application of the spiritual nursing care called permission for departing.

Methods: It is a methodological reflection and description of a subtle technology for spiritual nursing care called permission for departing.

Results: the permission for departing is a spiritual care that allows for an intentional therapeutic relationship of trust and safety among the professional, patients, and the family, enabling the expression of feelings, beliefs, and religious or spiritual rites that help in death and dying situations.

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Objectives: To make a dialog about the nursing professionals' perception regarding how they cope with COVID-19 and the repercussions on their practice and personal life.

Methods: This is a qualitative study, typified as participatory action research, which was carried out using Paulo Freire's Research Itinerary linked to the steps of the Nursing Process. To that end, the following guiding question was launched: How is it for you to act as a nursing professional in the hospital area during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Results: Three syntheses emerged, which guided the discussion: The challenges of being a nursing professional in the pandemic.

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Objective: To know the perception of expert professionals in infection control and prevention on the teaching of skills for the prevention and control of infections related to health care in undergraduate courses in Health Sciences.

Method: We used the Delphi technique, developed in four sequential rounds. Thirty-one nurses and eight physicians participated in the study.

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