Gastrostomy management by the nursing team in a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil: a best practice implementation project.

Introduction: The efficient and effective management of gastrostomy patients should be based on best practices.

Objective: This project aimed to improve gastrostomy management in a semi-intensive care unit of a private hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.

Methods: This study followed the JBI Evidence Implementation Framework.

Brazilian version of the Pasero Opioid-Induced Sedation Scale: cross-cultural adaptation study.

Objective: Perform a cross-cultural adaptation of the Pasero Opioid-induced Sedation Scale to the Brazilian setting.

Method: This is a methodological study using Beaton's framework, which consists in six stages: translation, synthesis of translations, re-translation, expert committee, pre-test, and sending the adapted version of the instrument to the author of the original. The study was carried out from April to December 2021.

Validation of guidelines for the care of patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy.

Background: Continuous renal replacement therapy is one of the most frequently used treatments for acute kidney injury (AKI) in intensive care units (ICUs). It requires professionals with specialized knowledge, specific facilities, and care guidelines to ensure appropriate clinical practice.

Aim: To validate the care guidelines for patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy.

[Nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain in critical care patients].

This investigation consisted on a prospective cross-sectional study that aimed to describe the nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain. The study was conducted in a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil in November 2011, with nursing professionals from a general adult intensive care unit. They answered a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic data and questions related to knowledge about a behavioral assessment of pain.