Peripheral Venipuncture Education Strategies for Nursing Students: An Integrative Literature Review.

This integrative literature review identified strategies to teach peripheral venipuncture to nursing students. The following databases were searched for primary studies: Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), PubMed, Web of Science, Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), SCOPUS, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). The final sample was composed of 24 studies.

Perceptions of brazilian nursing faculty members regarding literacy of human rights related to health in nursing undergraduate programs.

Background: In the context of global health, the work of nurses is of key importance, given their role as diplomats in global health and as fundamental forces in the construction of global partnerships. This study seeks to identify the understanding and perceptions of Brazilian nursing faculty members regarding literacy of human rights related to health in nursing undergraduate programs.

Methods: Methodological, quantitative and cross-sectional study carried out with nursing faculty members from 20 Brazilian higher education institutions.

Empathizing and systemizing profiles of Brazilian and Portuguese nursing undergraduates.

Aim: To analyze the empathizing and systemizing profiles of Brazilian and Portuguese nursing undergraduates.

Background: Empathy is a fundamental skill for nursing practice and should be analyzed during the student's education.

Methods: Descriptive study with cross-sectional design.

How to Perform Prehospital Emergency Telephone Triage: A Systematic Review.

Prehospital emergency telephone triages are mechanisms to verify the appropriate need for care in an emergency call by telephone. Considering the high rates of trauma and clinical cases that need prehospital care, the importance of knowing how the services that send rescue teams can guarantee improved care is highlighted. The objective of this study was to characterize the services that support effective telephone triage.

Semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales.

Objective: to perform the semantic validation of the short versions of the Empathy-Systemizing Quotient Scales, intended to measure the empathetic and systemizing profiles of individuals. The scales originated in Cambridge and were validated in Portugal, and were assessed for their psychometric properties.

Method: methodological study included the scales' semantic validation (content validity) and verification of their psychometric properties (internal consistency).

Empathic profile of nursing freshmen.

Objective: To analyze the empathic profile and the empathy scores of freshmen of the nursing course.

Design And Participants: Descriptive study involving 399 freshmen students of two modalities of nursing courses: Bachelor and Bachelor and Teaching Diploma, in the period from 2012 to 2015. A sociodemographic questionnaire and the Empathy Inventory were applied.

Trends in Research on Simulation in the Teaching of Nursing: An Integrative Review.

Aim: The aim of the study was to identify and reflect on evidence regarding the use of simulation in nursing education.

Background: The use of simulation as a teaching strategy in nursing is expanding. It is important to check the evidence deriving from research.

Telenursing Intervention for Clean Intermittent Urinary Catheterization Patients: A Pilot Study.

Telenursing is a promising strategy to make nursing care feasible in different health situations, mainly to help patients with chronic illnesses. The aim in this study was to test the feasibility (acceptability and usability) of a telenursing intervention in care delivery to patients using clean intermittent urinary catheterization. This descriptive study focused on an intervention involving urology outpatients.

Education, leadership and partnerships: nursing potential for Universal Health Coverage.

Objective: to discuss possibilities of nursing contribution for universal health coverage.

Method: a qualitative study, performed by means of document analysis of the World Health Organization publications highlighting Nursing and Midwifery within universal health coverage.

Results: documents published by nursing and midwifery leaders point to the need for coordinated and integrated actions in education, leadership and partnership development.

Application of telenursing in nursing practice: an integrative literature review.

Aims And Background: Telenursing is the use of technological resources and communication systems to encourage the development of nursing. Its efficiency has been demonstrated to help countries overcome barriers to healthcare. This study investigates the current telenursing strategies utilized in nursing practice, as found in the literature.