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Objective: to evaluate the perception of self-efficacy to provide humanized care by the nursing staff of a health institution specialized in rehabilitation in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during the first semester of 2023. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional, and quantitative study. Coates' Caring Efficacy Scale instrument was implemented in its Spanish version with a Cronbach's alpha of 0.91. Informed consent was obtained, and no data were collected. Results: the participants were 95 nurses with a mean age of 38.29 years (SD: 8.00), female (82.11%), single (57.89%), with children (62.11%), trained as a nurse technician (73.68%), performing nursing activities (86.32%), and with more than 5 years of work experience (64.21%). The item with the best rating was "If I think a client/patient is uncomfortable or may need help, I approach that person" with a mean of 5.07 (SD:1.52) categorized as "moderately agree", while the item with the worst rating was "I often find it difficult to make my point to patients/clients when I need to" with a mean of 2.44 (SD:1.56) categorized as "moderately disagree". The mean self-efficacy to provide humanized care was 148.13 (SD:23.75), categorized as moderately positive. Conclusions: the perception of self-efficacy to provide humanized care was positive and negatively related to the performance of care activities. There is a need to implement strategies to prevent dehumanization among caregivers and to implement training activities to improve care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases represent the leading cause of death worldwide, and education interventions are an effective measure to control modifiable risk factors in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation; therefore, studying this phenomenon allows expanding the tools to face this situation. Objective: To determine the impact of educational interventions to foster health in patients undergoing cardiac rehabilitation. Materials and methods: A scientific literature review was conducted in the PubMed, SciELO, LILACS, EBSCO, MEDES, CUIDEN, Dialnet, ScienceDirect and CUIDATGE databases, based on the PRISMA statement proposal for systematic reviews, registered in the Prospero database (CRD42023398444). The Jadad scale was used for the methodological assessment, according to the peer approach. Results: The initial search yielded 14,849 publications, with 10 of them meeting the inclusion criteria. The mean age of the sample population was 63 years old, male gender. Telemedicine and education software design were resources to implement the interventions, finding a reduction in hospitalizations for cardiac reasons. Regarding mental health, long-term reductions in anxiety and depression were found. Conclusions: The time until the first cardiovascular hospitalization was 502 (469-535) days in the Intervention Group, against 445 (400-491) days in the Control Group. When evaluating medication adherence, it was evidenced that 94 % of the participants had improvements. Regarding cardiovascular risk stratification, both the intervention (26 %) and the control (6 %) groups shifted to the lower-risk class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Heart transplanted person and family experience different kinds of transition, and it's essential empower them for a healthy transition. Rehabilitation Nursing (RN), due to its skills, can help people to regain stability and well-being, however there is little dissemination of its foundation in nursing theories. Objective: To analyze contribution of the Transitions Theory in the practice of rehabilitation nursing aimed at empowering heart transplanted person and family. Methods: Critical-reflective study guided by Transitions Theory by Afaf Meleis and regulatory legislation for rehabilitation nurse practice. Results: It's understanding that Transitions theory supports Rehabilitation Nursing intervention in areas as knowledge and skills learning of heart transplanted person and their family, leading to their empowerment, decision make and originating action, making person feel capable to. Conclusion: It´s essential to demonstrate conceptualization in nursing practice being transition a significant focus for Rehabilitation Nursing intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Axial spondyloarthritis is an immune-mediated disease with a high cost, diagnostic delay and associated complications that makes it a particularly important condition. This work aims to establish a certification standard (SpACE Project) for monographic consultations in its diagnosis and treatment. Qualitative study of consensus, through the technique of the nominal group. First, a pragmatic review of the literature was carried out. Second, professionals involved throughout the care process (rheumatology, ophthalmology, gastroenterology, traumatology, family medicine, physical therapy, and nursing) were included. Thirty-seven possible standards were extracted from the pragmatic review of the literature. During the consensus phase only those standards with high feasibility and importance in the care process were prioritized. Finally, the group of 26 experts agreed on the inclusion of 14 standards. SpaCE is a consensus-based certification standard that seeks to improve health outcomes and more integrated care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: Independence is a widely used concept by the most practical areas of health knowledge, being essential to know its real meaning for subsequent application. Method: Scoping review based on the recommended principles by Joanna Briggs Institute and by the conceptual analysis method from Walker and Avant. Careful research was realized in the databases: Scopus, CINAHL complete, and MEDLINE. Two independent reviewers evaluate the relevance of the articles' understudy, the extraction, and article synthesis. Results: One hundred and two articles were included, after the application of the inclusion criteria. The majority of the authors define independence as the physical capacity for self-care and for the realization of the daily activities. Other authors, confuse independence with autonomy, referring to independence as the cognitive capacity, financial capacity, social capacity, and decision capacity. Conclusions: Independence includes the ability to perform self-care and daily living activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: to know the influence of rehabilitation nursing care on the recovery of functional independence of the patient. Method: descriptive-correlational, quantitative, cross-sectional study with non-probability sampling of accidental typology. Inclusion criteria: functional independence measure ≤90 and patients subject to immobility. Exclusion criteria: patients with neoplastic diseases and altered state of consciousness. For data collection, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the MIF Scale were used. Results: The sample data (n = 40) reveal an average age of 76.4 years, mostly women (57.5%), married (55%), with the first level of education (70%), and were subject to 49.6 days of immobility on average. Functional independence improved significantly from the 1st (46.69) to the 2nd assessment (94.61). Conclusion: immobility tends to impair the person's quality of life and health, requiring professional intervention. These people under the care of rehabilitation nurses, recovered 36.98% of their functional independence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Mental illness inevitably produces an impact on the quality of life of the patient, the family and the social environment. In the rehabilitation and reinsertion of the psychiatric patient to the community, advanced nursing plays a decisive role in the use of determining strategies to carry it out effectively. Objective: To assess the level of knowledge about the rehabilitation in patients, family members and nurses before and after the use of a modifying strategy. Methods: An intervention study was conducted in patients attending, accompanied by family members and nurses, the protected workshop of the Dr. Luis San Juan Pérez Provincial Psychiatric Hospital in the first quarter of 2017. The study included 20 patients with more than 5 years of suffering from the disease, 20 family members and 52 nurses, the physical staff at the time of the study. The modification applied was a manual designed as part of this investigation. Results: before applying the manual, the level of knowledge of patients and relatives was unsatisfactory, while that of the nursing staff was moderately satisfactory; after applying the modification, the level of knowledge was satisfactory in the three samples studied. The topics detected as deficient in the three groups analyzed coincide with the modalities of occupational therapy and psychiatric rehabilitation. Conclusions: An educational manual was applied to patients, relatives and nursing staff and it positively modified the level of knowledge about the rehabilitation and reinsertion of the psychiatric patient into the community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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