From alienation to the nursing clinic: care of patients with psychiatric comorbidity.

Objective: to understand how nurses of mental health care for psychiatric patients with clinical comorbidities.

Method: qualitative study based on the referential of historical and dialectical materialism. Interviews with nurses were conducted using semi-structured script.

Profile and quality of life of women in pelvic floor rehabilitation.

Objective: Describe the sociodemographic, clinical, and sexual profile, identify profile variables that affect the Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), and evaluate the correlation between two HRQoL questionnaires used in a pelvic floor rehabilitation program.

Method: This is an observational, analytical, and cross-sectional study, based on patient records and two questionnaires for HRQoL evaluation.

Results: Women presented a mean age of 55.

Validation of Family Management Measure for the Brazilian culture.

Etjective: To validate the Family Management Measure (FaMM) for Brazilian culture.

Method: Quantitative research excerpt, following the recommendations for validation studies. The data presented refer to the last stage of the process.

Clinical reasoning in nursing: teaching strategies and assessment tools.

Objective:: To present the concept and development of teaching strategies and the assessment tools regarding clinical reasoning for accurate practice.

Method:: This is a theoretical reflection based on scientific studies.

Results:: Comprehension of the essential concepts of the thought process and its articulation with the different teaching strategies and the assessment tools which has allowed presenting ways to improve the process of diagnostic or therapeutic clinical reasoning.