Life habits of hypertensive elderly men.

Objectives: To identify the habits of life in elderly hypertensive men of the city of Currais Novos/RN; correlate life habits and presence of comorbidities.

Methods: An exploratory and descriptive, quantitative study with a sample of 136 elderly hypertensive patients. Data collection took place from August to October 2016, through the structured interview technique.

[The adequacy of the defining characteristics of the diagnostics "impaired gas exange" and spontaneous ventilation" in asmathic children].

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy measures of defining characteristics of respiratory nursing diagnoses "impaired gas exchange" and "impaired spontaneous ventilation" in asmathics children in emergency department.

Methods: Observational, descriptive transversal study developed between April and September 2013 in a hospital in northeastern Brazil with a sample of 205 children. Diagnoses were established by nurses trained experts in this field.