Mental health nursing care for people with diabetes mellitus: An integrative review.

Objective: evaluate the evidence available on mental health nursing care for people with diabetes mellitus at different levels of health care.

Method: integrative literature review. The search was conducted in five databases.

Clinical simulation scenarios for the planning and management of infusion therapy by nurses.

Objective: to build, evaluate and test two clinical simulation scenarios for the planning and management of infusion therapy by nurses.

Methods: methodological study, with construction of scenarios based on the NLN Jeffries Simulation Theory and the theoretical model Vessel Health Preservation; evaluation of the scenario design by judges, with calculation of the Modified Kappa Coefficient (MKC); testing scenarios with the target audience. Results: scenarios built for: 1.

Psychometric Properties of the Brazilian Version of the Nurses' Knowledge of High-Alert Medications Scale: A Pilot Study.

Background And Purpose: High-alert medication is considered to be a medication that presents a high risk of causing significant patient harm when used erroneously and its consequences can be fatal. The Nurses' Knowledge of High-Alert Medication scale (NKHAM) is a tool available to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in practice about this issue.

Aim: This pilot study aimed to measure the reliability and known-groups validity of the Brazilian version of the NKHAM.

Translation and adaptation of "Perception of Severity of Chronic Illness" to the Brazilian culture for adolescents.

Objective: To translate, adapt, and evaluate the applicability of the "Perception of Severity of Chronic Illness" questionnaire to the Brazilian culture for diabetic adolescents.

Methods: This is a methodological study consisting of the stages of translation, synthesis of translations, back translation, review by an expert committee, and pre-test. The expert judges evaluated semantic, idiomatic, conceptual, and cultural equivalences.

Clinical and sociodemographic variables associated with diabetes-related distress in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective:: To evaluate the relation between diabetes-related distress and the clinical and sociodemographic characteristics of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients.

Methods:: A cross-sectional study based on a secondary analysis of data collected at a specialized care outpatient center in Brazil. Participants completed a questionnaire on sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and the Brazilian version of the Diabetes Distress Scale (B-DDS).

Psychometric Performance of the Brazilian Version of the Diabetes Distress Scale in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2.

Background And Purpose: Assessing the stress of patient with diabetes requires reliable and valid instruments. This study evaluated the measurement properties of the Brazilian version of the Diabetes Distress Scale (B-DDS).

Methods: This cross-sectional study enrolled 139 patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) receiving outpatient treatment.

Nursing workload in hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a cohort study.

Objective Measure nursing workload required by patients submitted to autologous and allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) and analyze the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) of the nursing team during the hospitalization period for HSCT. Method A prospective cohort study conducted from January 2013 to April 2014 with 62 patients hospitalized in the HSCT unit of a university hospital in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. The workload was measured through NAS and data analysis was through chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's correlation coefficient; with 5% significance level.

Influence of cyclosporine on the occurrence of nephrotoxicity after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a systematic review.

Cyclosporine, a drug used in immunosuppression protocols for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation that has a narrow therapeutic index, may cause various adverse reactions, including nephrotoxicity. This has a direct clinical impact on the patient. This study aims to summarize available evidence in the scientific literature on the use of cyclosporine in respect to its risk factor for the development of nephrotoxicity in patients submitted to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

[Elaboration for nursing consultation: focus on the treatment with insulin].

This article describes the experience in making a protocol for nursing consultations in order to subsidize the assistance provided for diabetic patients attended in Hospital das Clínicas State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, at the stage of beginning their insulin therapy. The development of the protocol was divided into two working stages. On the first stage, a literature research was carried out to survey the scientific production related to the orientations and nursing care, by the introduction of insulin therapy.