La Federación Panamericana de Profesionales de Enfermería: visión y proyecciones para el siglo XXI [The Pan-American Federation of Nursing Professionals: vision and projections for the XXI century] |
2004 Brazil |
Reflective study |
Presents the concepts of association and leadership, and examines the paths that the profession took as a professional organization. |
Discusses the role of associations for the construction of a healthier and just nursing society. |
Development of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Sedation Assessment Scale for Critically Ill Patients |
2005 USA |
Clinical trial |
Presents the results of phase 2 of a sedation assessment project of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses. |
Proposes a new scale for assessing sedation, which consists of five areas: awareness, agitation, anxiety, sleep, and patient-ventilator synchrony. |
A Construção de uma Nova Forma de Representação Profissional um desafio no “Projeto Político- Profissional da Enfermagem Brasileira” [Building a new form for professional organization - a challeng for the “Political-Professional Project of Brazilian Nursing”] |
2006 Brazil |
Reflective study |
Presents the Participatory Movement, an important social movement in Nursing in Brazil, and highlights the victories gained by the movement. |
Argues the need to build agreements and to make explicit in the “Political-Professional Project” of nursing the importance of building a single organization from ABEn. |
Ensino de Graduação em Enfermagem: a contribuição da Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem [Teaching in undergraduate nursing: the contribution of Brazilian Nursing Association] |
2006 Brazil |
Reflective study |
Retraces the history of undergraduate nursing education in Brazil, providing analytical tools for the current situation of nursing education. |
Highlights the contributions of ABEn in the process of nursing education and in the construction and sustainability of the National Curricular Guidelines of the Undergraduate Nursing Course. |
Análise Histórica do Jornal da ABEn: mudanças e transformações no século XXI [Historical analysis of ABEn’s Newsletter: changes and transformations in the XXI Century] |
2008 Brazil |
Descriptive, exploratory, and interpretative study |
Identifies, quantifies and critically analyzes the content of articles from 19 editions of Jornal ABEn, published in the first five years of the 21st century, from the perspective of an undergraduate nursing student. |
Concludes that the quality of the journal significantly improved beginning in mid-2002, and that the authors of the materials are mostly members of the board of ABEn Nacional, and that the predominant themes are health and education policies. |
A Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem e a Criação do Conselho Profissional no Brasil [The Brazilian Association of Nursing and Professional Development Council in Brazil] |
2009 Brazil |
Social-historical |
Shows that the struggle waged by nursing leaders in Brazil through ABEn were instrumental in the creation of the supervisory body and regulator of professional nursing practice. |
Highlights the importance of integrating trade associations for development of the profession. |
Upgrading the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses’ Evidence-Leveling Hierarchy |
2009 USA |
Descriptive study |
Describes the work of a group of nurses from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, to analyze levels of evidence for nursing interventions for patients in critical care. |
The assessment carried out by the group led to the development of a classification system. |
Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem no Contexto da Reforma Educacional de 1996 [Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem in the context of the educational reform of 1996] |
2010 Brazil |
Historical social |
Analyzes the position of ABEn in the field of higher education in nursing, and discusses strategies for struggle undertaken by spokespersons for higher education in nursing based on the guidelines of the LDB/96. |
Strategies for struggle adopted by nursing agents occurred from political-expansionist, politicallegal, and political-organizational policies, which contributed to the reconfiguration of the field of higher education in nursing. |
Revisions to the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology / Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards: Expanding the Scope to Include Inpatient Settings |
2012 USA |
Descriptive study |
Publishes a set of 31 safety standards for adult cancer patients on chemotherapy. |
Recognizes that safety in administration of chemotherapy at home is still not adapted to the original standards. |
Role of Professional Organizations in Advocating for the Nursing Profession |
2012 USA |
Reflective study |
Discusses characteristics of the profession, analyzes the history of professional nursing organizations, and describes the activities in which they advocate on behalf of the professional category. |
Emphasizes the need for all nurses to participate in their professional organizations and associations, and highlights how these organizations help to give visibility to the profession in society. |
Sobre a Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 85 Anos de História: pontuais avanços e conquistas, contribuições marcantes e desafios [About the Brazilian Nursing Association - 85 years of history: punctual advances and conquests, remarkable contributions, and challenges.] |
2012 Brazil |
Reflective study |
Highlights advances and achievements enshrining ABEn as the associative entity in Brazil, in an associative development and social commitment plan, and with emphasis on the need to point out permanent challenges. |
Emphasizes the idea of raising questions in the context of the tangible associative entity to the ideal of monitoring the progress of the professional trade in regard to the value of nursing in the face of commitment and social responsibility, and relative to the care offered/provided to clients and users of the health system. |
A ABEn e a Preservação da Memória Profissional: implantação do Centro de Memória da Enfermagem Brasileira [The ABEn and the professional memory preserving: the Brazilian Nursing Memory Centre implantation.] |
2013 Brazil |
Historical social |
Demonstrates that since 1926 the directors of the Nursing in Brazil Association have contributed to the implementation of the Memory Center, given the importance attributed to the preservation of nursing memory. |
Concludes that the memory recorded in the collection is a symbolic material asset for nursing in Brazil, to be transmitted through the historiography derived from it. |
A Enfermagem Psiquiátrica, a ABEn e o Departamento Científico de Enfermagem Psiquiátrica e Saúde Mental: avanços e desafios [Psychiatric Nursing, ABEn and the Scientific Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: progress and challenges] |
2013 Brazil |
Reflective study |
The reflections point to changes in the paradigm of psychosocial care, in which it is essential to train professionals capable of working in management and care from an interdisciplinary perspective within the network of care. |
Concludes that the Scientific Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing created by ABEn is a strategy to gather and consolidate the work of experts, aiming for excellence of this type of care. |
Departamento Científico de Enfermagem Gerontológica da Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem [Scientific Department of Gerontological Nursing of the Brazilian Nursing Association] |
2013 Brazil |
Reflective study |
The results showed the movement to produce knowledge and commitment to achieve the goals proposed to the Scientific Department of Gerontological Nursing. |
Concludes that creation of the department represents a milestone for the political and scientific organization of nursing professionals seeking to qualify themselves for autonomous and competent care. |
85 Anos de ABEn® e 80 de REBEn® Promovendo o Desenvolvimento Científico e Profissional da Enfermagem Brasileira [85 years of ABEn and 80 of REBEn Promoting the Scientific and Professional Development of Brazilian Nursing] |
2013 Brazil |
Reflective study |
Discusses the contribution of ABEn to the scientific and professional development of nursing in Brazil. |
Emphasizes the importance of ABEn regarding the development of nursing as discipline, profession, and work in Brazil. |
2013 Updated American Society of Clinical Oncology/Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards Including Standards for the Safe Administration and Management of Oral Chemotherapy |
2013 USA |
Descriptive study |
Describes the work of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and Oncology Nursing Society Chemotherapy Administration Safety Standards in a review of safety standards for chemotherapy administration. |
Systematizes the standards set for safe use of parenteral chemotherapy, including technical issues, and preparation and administration of medications. |