the mediating role of emotional exhaustion may negatively influence care delivery. Therefore, there is a need to adopt strategies to minimize this condition among nurses.

Objective: To evaluate nursing workload in an adult intensive care unit (ICU), and to describe the profile of patients admitted to that unit. Methods: A descriptive study using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS) for 33 days in an ICU with a capacity of 18 beds. Results: 574 observations were obtained from the registry of 107 patients, and the mean NAS score was 62.2%. Conclusion: The NAS is in an important tool for measuring nursing workload in ICUs, as it considers various nursing activities performed in daily care. We stress the importance of its application on the everyday life of the nurse. Keywords: Workload; Intensive care units; Nursing staff; Hospitals, teaching; Nursing assessment resumo Objetivo: Avaliar a carga de trabalho de enfermagem em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva (UTI) -adulto e descrever o perfil dos pacientes, nela, internados. Métodos: estudo descritivo com o uso do Nursing Activities Score -NAS durante 33 dias em uma UTI com capacidade para 18 leitos. Resultados: Foram 574 observações, obtidas do registro de 107 pacientes e a média da pontuação do NAS foi de 62,2%. Conclusão: O NAS constitui-se em um importante instrumento para mensurar a carga de trabalho de enfermagem em UTI, uma vez que contempla diversas atividades de enfermagem realizadas no dia a dia da assistência. Ressalta-se a importância de tornar sua aplicação parte do cotidiano do enfermeiro. Descritores: Carga de trabalho; Unidades de Terapia Intensiva; Recursos humanos de enfermagem; Hospitais de ensino; Avaliação em enfermagem resumeN Objetivo: Evaluar la carga de trabajo de enfermería en una Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI) -adulto y describir el perfil de los pacientes, internados en ella. Métodos: estudio descriptivo realizado con el uso del Nursing Activities Score -NAS durante 33 días en una UCI con capacidad para 18 camas. Resultados: Se efectuaron 574 observaciones, obtenidas del registro de 107 pacientes y el promedio de la puntuación del NAS fue de 62,2%. Conclusión: El NAS se constituye en un importante instrumento para mensurar la carga de trabajo de enfermería en la UCI, ya que contempla diversas actividades de enfermería realizadas en el dia a dia de la asistencia. Se resalta la importancia de que su aplicación sea parte del cotidiano del enfermero.

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ObjectiveTo characterize the profile of effective organ and tissue donors and to understand which organs and tissues were donated for transplantation.MethodsThis was a quantitative, descriptive, exploratory, retrospective study that analyzed clinical data from 305 donors between January 2006 to December 2010. The data were then analyzed using descriptive analyses, generating frequency tables, measures of position (mean, minimum and maximum) and measures of dispersion (standard deviation) for data that was social and clinical in nature.ResultsThere was an overall predominance of white (72%) and male (55%) individuals between the ages of 41 and 60 years (44%). The primary cause of brain death was cerebrovascular accident (55%). In the patient history, 31% of the patients were classified as overweight, 27% as hypertensive and only 4.3% as having diabetes mellitus. Vasoactive drugs were used in 92.7% of the donors, and the main drug of choice was noradrenaline (81.6%). Hyperglycemia and hypernatremia were diagnosed in 78% and 71% of the donors, respectively.ConclusionSignificant hemodynamic changes were found, and the results indicate that the use of vasoactive drugs was the main strategy used to control these changes. Furthermore, most donors presented with hyperglycemia and hypernatremia, which were frequently reported in association with brain death. The persistent nature of these findings suggests that the organ donors were inadequately maintained.

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