Factors inherent to the onset of urinary incontinence in the hospitalized elderly patients analyzed in the light of the Donabedian's triad.

Objective: To apprehend the factors related to the onset and/or worsening of urinary incontinence in the hospitalized elderly patient, considering the Donabedian's triad.

Method: This is a qualitative, descriptive study, conducted with nurses and nursing technicians from a public university hospital. Data were collected using the focus group technique; content analysis was used for treatment and analysis, with subsequent coding of the registration units in the software WebQDA, relating the corpus obtained with the Donabedian's pillars.

The care offered by nurses to elders with coronary artery disease from the perspective of Transitions Theory.

Objective: To analyze the planning and implementation of the care offered by nurses to elders with coronary disease during the hospital-house transition.

Methods: Qualitative research that used the Transitions Theory as a theoretical reference. The participants were 12 nurses who work in a hospital that specializes in cardiology, in the city of Salvador-BA.

Construction and validation of an instrument for the structural assessment of wards for urinary continence in older adults.

Objective: to build and validate an instrument for structural assessment of wards for the preservation of urinary continence in hospitalized older adults.

Method: this is a methodological study divided into two stages. The first corresponded to an integrative literature review that guided the construction of the instrument.