Educational intervention performed by nurses for blood pressure control: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

to assess the effect of an educational intervention performed by nurses for blood pressure control in people with arterial hypertension, when compared to usual care. a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials, conducted in six databases. The studies included were those in which an educational intervention was performed by nurses on people with arterial hypertension.

The importance of logical thinking for clinical nursing care.

Objective: To present a reflection on the importance of logical thinking for clinical nursing care.

Method: Reflection paper.

Reflection: The exercise of an effective clinical care brings with it the need for logical thinking and adequate reasoning for safe and effective nursing practices.

Production and validation of the short film Pés que te quero®: educational technology for people with diabetes.

Objective: To describe the production and validation of short film type educational technology for the prevention of diabetic foot ulcers.

Methods: A methodological study focused on the validation of a short film. The construction of the film was carried out in three stages: pre-production, production, and post-production.

Construction of nursing diagnoses for people with spinal cord injury in rehabilitation.

Objective: To construct nursing diagnosis statements of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) for the spinal cord rehabilitation specialty based on the Callista Roy Adaptation Model.

Method: Descriptive study developed in sequential steps of identification and cross-mapping of terms relevant to care with the health priority, construction and cross-mapping of nursing diagnosis statements based on the ICNP®, and categorization of diagnoses according to adaptive modes.

Results: Ninety-two statements of nursing diagnoses were developed, of which 66 were classified in the Physiological Mode, 12 in Functional Role Mode, 10 in Self-Concept Mode and four in Interdependence Mode.

Medium reach theory for nursing in cardiovascular rehabilitation.

Objectives: to describe a medium-range nursing theory for the cardiovascular rehabilitation process.

Methods: theoretical development study, addressing the elaboration of medium-range theory, based on Roy's Adaptation Model, which combined theoretical deduction with induction strategies, based on literature review and concept analysis.

Results: the Medium-Range Theory for Nursing in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation presents eleven concepts and respective definitions, organized in relationships that represent elements, through modeling and image representation.

Perception of nursing in Primary Health Care about patients with hypertension: does King explain?

Objectives: to understand nurses' perceptions about Imogene King's concepts on CMIOS and its association with caring for patients with hypertension in Primary Health Care.

Methods: a qualitative interventionist research with Family Health Strategy nurses who care for patients with hypertension at Primary Health Care in Maracanaú-CE. A focus group was held with seven nurses, in two audio-recorded and transcribed meetings, to analyze the production of meanings based on discursive practices.

ICNP ® nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions for community elderly.

Objective: To construct a nomenclature of nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions for elderly people under follow-up in the Family Health Strategy by using the International Classification for Nursing Practice and the theoretical reference of Virginia Henderson.

Method: Methodological study developed according to guidelines of the International Council of Nurses.

Results: A total of 127 concepts of nursing diagnoses/outcomes were constructed and distributed according to nursing care components in the subcategories of Biological/Physiological, Psychological, Social and Spiritual/Moral components.

Literacy in health and self-care in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of educational intervention in the adherence to self-care activities and functional health literacy and numeracy in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study conducted in two units of the Brazilian Family Health Strategy, involving people with diabetes. Educational interventions occurred in three meetings, weekly, lasting 60 minutes on average.

Specialized nursing terminology for the care of people with spinal cord injury.

Objective: To develop a bank of terms of specialized nursing language based on the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) for the care of the person with spinal cord injury.

Method: Descriptive, quantitative study guided by the guidelines of terminological studies. Terms were extracted from an official document of the Ministry of Health through use of a computer tool, and were standardized and mapped with the ICNP® Version 2015.

Nursing care to patients with diabetes based on King's Theory.

Objective: To verify the effectiveness of nursing interventions based on the Imogene King's Theory of Goal Attainment, on improving care for people with diabetes and adherence to treatment.

Method: Quasi-experimental, longitudinal, randomized, simple study in a Primary Health Care Unit, in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará state, Brazil. The sample consisted of 60 people with diabetes, divided into intervention and control groups, whose collection occurred from February to August 2013.

The Tidal Model: analysis based on Meleis's perspective.

Objective: To critically reflect on the conceptual components of the Tidal Model in the application of the mental healthcare process.

Method: Critical analysis based on the Models of Theory Analysis, focused on the clarity and consistency of the theoretical components of the Tidal Model.

Results: The clarity of the theory was verified through the demonstration of the following components: functional, presuppositions, concepts and propositions.

Clinical care of nursing reasoned in Parse: contribution in the transcendence process of cardiac transplantation.

Objetivo: To identify how the clinical and educational nursing care based on the Theory of Human Becoming can contribute to the transcendence process of heart transplant patients in pursuit of good living.

Method: Research-intervention developed with four heart transplant patients linked to a reference transplant hospital in Ceara. Data was collected through interviews in 2014 and analyzed using Parse's theoretical framework and pertinent literature.

Usefulness of the comfort theory in the clinical nursing care of new mothers: critical analysis.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of the comfort theory for the clinical nursing care of new mothers.

Methods: This is a reflexive-theoretical study conducted in November and December 2014, based on the usefulness criterion proposed in the critical analysis of the Barnum nursing theory.

Results: The comfort theory in nursing care for new mothers applied to study analysis revealed that this theory meets the criteria of usefulness because it provides applicable concepts that facilitated the clinical nursing care of women in the postpartum period and helped increase their comfort level.

Development of a booklet on insulin therapy for children with diabetes mellitus type 1.

Objective:: to describe the process of developing of an educational booklet on insulin therapy for children with diabetes mellitus type 1.

Method:: methodological approach, in which the following steps were carried out: selecting of the content and type of technology to be developed (for this step, an integrative review, an analysis of the comments of blogs about Diabetes Mellitus type 1 and interviews with the children were performed), creation of images, formatting and layout composition.

Results:: the work resulted in the production of the final version of the educational booklet, which was titled Aplicando a insulina: a aventura de Beto [Applying insulin: Beto's adventure].

Network and social support in family care of children with diabetes.

Objective:: to understand the influence of network and social support in the care of a child with type 1 diabetes.

Method:: qualitative study, with assumptions of ethnonursing, conducted in a reference service specialized in the treatment of diabetes, in 2014, in the city of Fortaleza, state of Ceará, Brazil. Twenty-six members of the family and their respective school children participated in the study.

Analyzing the concept of disruptive behavior in healthcare work: an integrative review.

Objective: To analyze the concept of disruptive behavior in healthcare work.

Method: An integrative review carried out in the theoretical phase of a qualitative research substantiated by the theoretical framework of the Hybrid Model of Concept Development. The search for articles was conducted in the CINAHL, LILACS, PsycINFO, PubMed and SciVerse Scopus databases in 2013.

Subset of nursing diagnoses for the elderly in Primary Health Care.

Objective: To develop a subset of nursing diagnoses for the elderly followed in primary health care based on the bank of terms for clinical nursing practice with the elderly, in the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP(r)) version 2013, and on the Model of Nursing Care.

Method: Descriptive study developed in sequential steps of construction and validation of the bank of terms, elaboration of the nursing diagnoses based on the guidelines of the International Council of Nurses and the bank of terms, and categorization of diagnostics according to the Care Model.

Results: The total of 127 nursing diagnoses were elaborated from 359 validated terms, distributed according to the basic human needs.

[Methodological approach for the development of terminology subsets ICNP®: an integrative review].

Objective: To analyze the methodological aspects used for the preparation of terminology subsets of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®), in dissertations and theses in the Brazilian nursing.

Method: This is an integrative review of the Brazilian dissertations and theses defended in the period from 2007 to 2013, which were included seven dissertations.

Results: The increasing production of studies on the theme by Brazilian nurses shows a concern for a unified language for the profession.

[Elderly residents in homes for the aged: adjustment in the light of Callista Roy].

This study aimed to evaluate the adaptation of elderly individuals voluntarily reside in Institution for the Aged (LTCF) in the city of Fortaleza-CE, based on the theoretical model of Roy. Descriptive study, in a IPLI involving thirteen elderly residents. Data collect was through interviews in the months of October and December 2011 and organized by thematic content analysis.

[Applicability of ICNP® based on the theory of modeling and role-modeling].

This study aimed to analyze the proposal of educational plan organized through the Nursing Process, using the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®), based on the Theory of Modeling and Role Modeling, to one group of women in Maracanaú-CE, Brazil. A case study was carried out in an educational group of women. A qualitative approach conducted the data production guided by the Creative and Sensitive Method.

[Construction of terminology subsets: contributions to clinical nursing practice].

The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a classification system that unifies the elements of nursing practice (diagnoses, interventions and outcomes), enabling elucidation of elements of a specific nursing language through the construction of terminology subsets. In this reflective essay, aspects relevant to the construction of ICNP® terminology subsets are highlighted, as well as their contributions to clinical nursing practice. The development of subsets as a tool that contributes to making nursing language universal, facilitates the communication process, as well as the scientific and technological advancement of the profession, is discussed.

[Embracement in an emergency service: users' perception].

The objective was to understand how users of an emergency service see the nursing action in the user embracement. Interviews were carried out with 382 service users from October 2008 to March 2009. We randomly approached subjects that were assessed in the embracement and they directed to the emergency ward.

[Barriers to hypertension treatment].

The objective was to describe the barriers faced by people with hypertension for non compliance to treatment and control the levels of blood pressure. This is a transversal and descriptive study which was carried out in 6 basic health units in Fortaleza-Ceará, Brazil. The population consisted of 246 people enrolled in the program to Control Hypertension for at least a year.

[Pressure ulcers in the elderly: analysis of prevalence and risk factors].

Studies on the prevalence of pressure ulcer and e.rperiences of living with elderly people with injuries during practice in long-stay institutions for the elderly have given rise to many concerns. This work aims to examine the prevalence and risk factors of pressure ulcer in the institutionalized elderly.

[Perceptions of people about hypertension and concepts of Imogene King].

As the discussion on cardiovascular diseases is a relevant matter, this paper aims to analyze the perceptions of a group of hypertensive people about their sickness process related to King's conceptual models of personal and interpersonal systems. This descriptive and exploitative study was developed in a reference unit in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, accepted by the Ethics Committee of Ceará State University Fifty hypertensive people participated (34 women and 16 men), ages 23 to 84. Results show fear of complications, satisfaction in adapting to treatment, dissatisfaction with the changes in their life style and resignation towards the disease.