Publications by authors named "Maria Beatriz Guimaraes Raponi"

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  • The study aimed to assess the effectiveness of D33 sealed foam in preventing skin injuries caused by surgical positioning in adult patients.
  • It involved 64 patients who were randomly assigned to either a control group (traditional table) or an experimental group (traditional table with D33 foam), with careful measures taken to ensure unbiased data collection and evaluation.
  • Results showed that the D33 foam significantly reduced skin injuries, particularly blanchable erythema, by 61.2%, highlighting its potential as an effective protective strategy during elective surgeries.
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Objective: to assess the effectiveness of an educational video on hospitalized patients' knowledge of safe practices in the perioperative period.

Method: randomized, double-blind controlled trial carried out in a teaching hospital in the countryside of Minas Gerais. 100 participants undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery were randomly allocated (50 participants in the experimental group and 50 participants in the control group).

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Objectives: To search for studies that address the efficacy of nonpharmacologic methods for pain relief in adults undergoing cardiac surgeries.

Design: A systematic review registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) under number CRD42020168681.

Data Source: PubMed, LILACS, CINAHL, the Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials.

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Objectives: to analyze the influence of sociodemographic and clinical variables, as well as the surgical checklist adherence score, on the occurrence of surgical site infection among patients undergoing myocardial revascularization.

Methods: an observational, longitudinal, retrospective study was conducted at a university hospital, involving 266 medical records of patients who underwent myocardial revascularization surgery. Instruments containing sociodemographic, clinical, and infection-related variables were used, along with the Perioperative Surgical Safety Checklist.

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  • The study aimed to validate a new checklist for safely bathing critically ill patients in the ICU.
  • Researchers created a 41-item checklist, assessed its validity with eleven judges, and tested its reliability across 54 bed bath procedures.
  • The findings showed that the checklist was highly reliable, with Kappa values indicating strong agreement among judges and excellent interobserver reliability, making it a valuable tool for improving patient care.
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Background: Despite the benefits of breastfeeding, early weaning is a reality, so less than 50% of children worldwide and in Brazil are on exclusive breastfeeding in the sixth month of life. A strategy to counteract this scenario is breastfeeding counseling. This study aims to verify the effectiveness of individualized counseling by nurses trained in breastfeeding counseling, on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding, compared to standard care.

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Aim: This study aims to map intimate partner violence evidence among indigenous women and explore the prevalence, social and systemic factors contributing to this occurrence.

Methods: This is a scoping review following the steps recommended by the JBI. We searched the MEDLINE/PubMed®, Web of Science™, Embase, CINAHL and LILACS databases on March 2023.

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Objective: To identify the main ventilatory support medical devices related to the occurrence of pressure injuries in hospitalised adults, as well as the most frequent anatomical localisations of these injuries.

Methods: The Integrative review was registered at Open Science Framework as per DOI 10.17605/OSF.

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Objective: to create and validate an educational video on intramuscular drug administration using the Z-track technique.

Methods: the Delphi Technique was used to validate the script. PhDs in Nursing and PhDs in Social Communication with experience in the production of educational videos participated in the process.

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Introduction: Literature supports numerous benefits of skin-to-skin contact for neonatal adaptation to extrauterine life and bonding/attachment, but few studies explore the effects of skin-to-skin contact on maternal outcomes. This review aims to map the evidence on skin-to-skin contact in the third stage of labor for postpartum hemorrhage prevention.

Methods: Scoping review, which covered stages recommended by the Institute Joanna Briggs, including studies from the PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, LILACS, Web of Science, and Scopus databases, using the descriptors "Postpartum hemorrhage", "Labor stages, third", "Prevention" and "Kangaroo care/Skin-to-skin".

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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of educational strategies in the involvement of hospitalized adult patient for safety in care.

Method: Systematic review carried out by searching for experimental and quasi-experimental studies, published from January/2010 to December/2021, in PubMed®, Cochrane Library CENTRAL, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS, CINAHL and EMBASE.

Results: Twelve studies were included to involve the patient in safe care practices, five (41.

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Objectives: to describe the organizational climate perceived by nurses of a hospital linked to the Brazilian Hospital Services Company and the reasons for the turnover intention.

Methods: mixed, concomitant triangulation type. Qualitative data were analyzed according to the discourse of the collective subject, in addition to quantitative data analysis, descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation, and multiple linear regression.

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