Construction of an evaluative tool aimed to elderly home institution: an experience report
Journal Title: Revista Eletronica de Enfermagem - Year 2011, Vol 13, Issue 3
Abstract
This study aimed to describe an assessment tool experience designed for an elderly home institution. Evaluative research when it was designed a tool based on public policies for nurses’ care in this kind of institution. The research was developed in a home for elderly in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2009. The tool features six pages of three columns: in the first column was written the issues to be observed, in the second one, there was notes of what needs to be verified/evaluated, in the third, was legal devices that hold the records required and requested. This tool includes three dimensions: organizational structure, physical structure suitable for a home for aged; specific care to residents. The evaluative tool designed proves an important tool for use by nurses’ work at homes for aged and it is hoped that it can contribute to the development of the nurses’ care.
Authors and Affiliations
Ariane Felician, Silvana Santos, Marlene Pelzer, Adriane Oliveira, Leandro de Pinho
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP136561
- DOI -
- Views 128
- Downloads 0
The Grounded Theory in Brazilian nursing post-graduation studies
This is a documental and quantitative study to identify theses and dissertations developed in the Brazilian Nursing Post- graduation Programs based in the Grounded Theory (GT) methodological framework and to analyze the...
Unidades de Radiologia Intervencionista/Hemodinâmica: caracterização do enfermeiro e da estrutura da unidade
Enfermagem em radiologia é um novo campo de trabalho que requer além das habilidades habituais de enfermagem, competências na área de cuidados críticos. Este estudo descritivo se propôs a conhecer o perfil do enfermeiro...
Maternity and paternity meanings for adolescents in vulnerability and social disaffiliation process
The adolescents in the streets of large cities existence reflects the vulnerability and disaffiliation social situation that can result a social marginalization process lived by millions of people. Thus the streets may b...
Qualidade de vida: percepção de enfermeiros numa abordagem qualitativa
Essa investigação teve como objetivos verificar o significado de qualidade de vida para os enfermeiros do Hospital Universitário Lauro Wanderley (HULW); verificar a percepção dos enfermeiros quanto a sua QV e identificar...
Services rendered by the mobile emergency service of Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
This study aimed to characterize the care provided by the Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) of Cuiabá, the capital city of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, during the first six months of operation. This is a descriptive stu...