Direct cost of Peripherally Inserted Central Venous Catheter insertion by nurses in hospitalized adults.

Objectives: to analyze the average direct cost of PICC insertion by nurses.

Methods: this is a unique case study with a quantitative approach. The observation took place in a public hospital, collecting information on inputs used and procedure length.

[Nursing consultation of the hypertensive patient: analysis of a current instrument and development of a new model].

This is a preliminary study on nursing consultation for hypertensive patients and analysis of the instrument used in a cardiology hospital. The development of an adequate instrument for this kind of patients, with a specif model for assessment, orientation plan, nursing care plan and evolution, was followed by the preparation of an orientation guide to be used by nurses, so an uniformed way of registration could be obtained.