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  • Clinical supervision strategies
    Publication . Pires, Regina; Santos, Margarida Reis; Pereira, Filipe; Pires, Margarida
    Introduction: The clinical supervision in nursing is a formal process of monitoring clinical practice, which aims to promote professional development, client protection and safety of care, through processes of reflection and analysis of practices. Objective: Identify current clinical supervision strategies. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory study. A total of 42 nurses were recruited from three health centres in the north of Portugal. Data collection was carried out through semi-structured interviews and the analysis was performed according to the principles of the grounded theory method. Results: From the analysis, the category critical-reflexive analysis of practices emerged and the respective dimensions and subcategories. The dimensions identified were: “Intrapersonal dimension”, from which two subcategories emerged; and the “Interpersonal dimension”, from which ten subcategories emerged. Conclusion: Results identified a set of current supervisory strategies in use, promoting professional development, namely, the critical-reflexive analysis of practices. However, several constraints of individual and contextual nature were found to interfere with the operationalization of this strategy, meaning that further research is needed.
    2021Journal article Open access Show more
  • Hábitos alimentares na adolescência: implicações no estado de saúde
    Publication . Bica, Isabel; Cunha, Madalena; Costa, José; Rodrigues, Vítor; Santos, Margarida Reis; Montero, Javier
    A alimentação variada e equilibrada é garantia de um estado nutricional adequado, necessário para manter um bom nível de saúde geral e oral na população. Neste sentido propusemo-nos analisar o conteúdo da dieta e a frequência de ingestão de alimentos e a sua relação com determinantes sócio demográficos, com o valor do Índice de Dentes Cariados, Perdidos e Obturados (CPOD), Índice de Placa Simplificado (IPS) e Índice de Massa Corporal (IMC). Este é um estudo observacional e transversal, realizado numa amostra aleatória de 661 adolescentes com idades entre 11 e 17 anos, com média de 13.22 anos (Dp=1.139), da zona Centro de Portugal. A caracterização sócio demográfica, o conteúdo da dieta e a frequência de ingestão de alimentos foram obtidos através de um questionário auto-preenchido pelos adolescentes, e o registo do Índice CPOD, por observação da cavidade oral. A avaliação da higiene oral foi obtida pelo índice de placa. O índice de massa corporal foi obtido através da avaliação do peso e da estatura dos adolescentes. A média do índice CPOD foi de 2.23 (Dp=2.484). Os resultados relativos ao perfil antropométrico real evidenciam que 68.1% dos adolescentes apresentam um Percentil de IMC ente P 5 e P< 85. Da amostra, 67,9% dos adolescentes referiu que considera ter uma alimentação saudável, com a ingestão de 5 a 6 refeições por dia. A maioria dos adolescentes (81,7%) ingere refrigerantes e os rapazes bebem mais refrigerantes que as raparigas (85,5% Vs 78,8). O consumo de refrigerantes tem influência (apresenta evidências significativas) no índice de CPOD dos adolescentes (t=-2,224, p=0,028). Os adolescentes que apresentam melhores hábitos alimentares são os mais novos (r=-0.155; p 0.000) e com um IMC menor (r=-0.079; p=0.046).
    2012-06Journal article Open access Show more
  • Tratamento pré-hospitalar da dor traumática aguda: um estudo observacional
    Publication . Mota, Mauro; Santos, Margarida Reis; Santos, Eduardo; Henriques, Carla; Matos, Cristina Bico Rodrigues de; Cunha, Madalena
    Objective: To describe and analyze the effectiveness of nurses’ interventions in pain reduction among patients with traumatic injury. Methods: Prospective cohort study conducted in the Immediate Life Support Ambulances in Portugal from March 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020. We have collected data on the kind of interventions implemented and the time elapsed during rescue procedures. To investigate the course of acute trauma pain, a 11-point Numeric Rating Scale was used. Changes in the level of pain registered throughout the three assessment moments were studied using linear mixed-effects models with random intercepts to account for the repeated measurements conducted on the same patient. These changes were assessed before and after the administration of the pain relief interventions. Results: 596 patients were included in this study. Most of them were male (65.9%) and had a mean age of 53.05±19.72 years. There was a reduction in the average pain intensity of 2.44 points (p
    2022-05-17Journal article Open access Show more