Publications by authors named "Sandra da Silva Kinalski"
Objective: to describe a microtheory for nursing care in the prevention of delirium in older adult in the intensive care unit.
Method: prescriptive theoretical research, based on substruction. Roy's Adaptation Model constructs were deduced and data from the phenomenon of nursing care in the prevention of delirium in older adult in intensive care were induced, based on an integrative literature review.
Objective: To evaluate the predictive dimensions of clinical-functional conditions and the cognitive capacity of elderly people living at home.
Method: Cross-sectional, population-based, analytical, quantitative study was utilized. For data collection, an instrument with sociodemographic and behavioral variables, the Functional Clinical Vulnerability Index; and, to assess cognition, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was used.