BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The difficulty of the nursing staff in assessing pain, the low adherence to the registry of pain and the quality reported in other studies brings the need to assess the related factors and one of them can be the lack of knowledge. The objective of this study was to evaluate the knowledge of nursing students about pain assessment. METHODS: A cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study, conducted in a Higher Education School in Aracaju, Brazil. The sample was composed of 169 nursing students over the last period of graduation. The data were obtained through a form that contained sociodemographic information, questions about pain assessment, and knowledge sources used. RESULTS: The scales to assess pain in children and in adults are known by 70 and 66% of the students, respectively. They reported that pain assessment and the incorrect pain treatment may impair the clinical picture and aggravate the disease, both in the child (17.2%) and the adult (15.4%). The rate of correct answers about pain assessment ranged from 26.6 to 87%. Most of them use articles to gain knowledge about pain (56.2%). The fact of having already used a scale to assess the patient's pain (p=0.045) showed significant differences in the average of hits. CONCLUSION: Nursing graduates are aware of the existence of scales to assess pain, but they do not have the ability to perform them. The prior use of scales promotes learning. The lack of knowledge about pain impacts on the patient's health.

Objetivo: avaliar os fatores aliviantes e agravantes do estresse relacionado ao trabalho da equipe de enfermagem. Metodologia: revisão integrativa de acordo com a declaração PRISMA a partir de artigos oriundos das bases de dados PubMed e Bireme. Foram analisados artigos de 2014 a 2018, em português ou língua estrangeira. Foi realizada estatística descritiva. Resultados: a proporção de estresse na equipe de enfermagem variou de 32% a 88%. Os fatores citados como causadores de estresse no ambiente de trabalho foram: conflitos com paciente, médico e outros profissionais 72,2% (n=13); sobrecarga de trabalho 66,7% (n=12); desvalorização profissional 38,9% (n=07), entre outros. Metade dos estudos 50% (n=4) detectaram dificuldade de dormir, enxaqueca, irritação, seguido por fadiga, perda da concentração e cansaço mental em 37,5% (n=3). A formas utilizadas pelos profissionais de enfermagem para alívio do estresse, o mais mencionado com 66,7% (n=4) foi momentos de distração, seguida de descanso e conversa 50% (n=3). Conclusões: o estresse é frequente entre trabalhadores de enfermagem.  Os principais causadores de estresse são conflitos com paciente, médico e outros profissionais. Os sintomas mais comuns relacionados ao estresse são dificuldade de dormir, enxaqueca e irritação.Descritores: Saúde do Trabalhador. Estresse Psicológico. Transtornos Mentais. Enfermeiro.

The acute coronary syndrome has been responsible for a great number of deaths around the world, and in Brazil it presents a high prevalence, resulting in a necessary evaluation of its risk factors in the population. This research aims to describe the most prevailing risk factors in individuals with acute coronary syndrome through the literature. It is an integrative bibliographic and descriptive research with a qualitative approach, carried out from national articles published from 2013 to 2017, deriving from the electronic data basis BIREME, LILACS and SciELO, which deal with the present subject. The analysis of the studies shows that the most prevailing non-modifiable risk factors were age, male gender and family history. The modifiable risk factors were high blood pressure, diabetes, dyslipidemia, sedentariness, obesity and smoking. This study concludes that most part of the studied population with acute coronary syndrome suffers with a greater influence of modifiable risk factors. The most frequent ones were high blood pressure, followed by smoking. It is necessary that the healthcare professionals evaluate the most prevailing risk factors in the as-sisted population, in order to make an addressed and effective assistance.

O estresse oxidativo está relacionado ao desenvolvimento de muitas enfermidades e atualmente tem-se utilizado a Diosmina visando reduzi-lo. O objetivo deste estudo é identificar através da literatura o efeito antioxidante da Diosmina. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo bibliográfico de revisão integrativa, realizada a partir artigos que abordassem o tema pesquisado publicados entre 2013 a 2017 oriundos das bases de dados eletrônicas PubMed e Bireme. Foram analisados 9 artigos. Os estudos avaliados evidenciam que com a utilização da Diosmina há uma elevação da quantidade no organismo de enzimas que combatem o estresse oxidativo como, catalase e outras. E também que ocorreu a redução do Malondialdeído. Concluise com esse estudo que a Diosmina contribui para o combate das lesões desencadeadas pelo desequilíbio no status redox que estimula o aumento de antioxidantes enzimáticos e inibe a formação de malondialdeído, assim colaborando para a diminuição de danos aos tecidos. ABSTRACTOxidative stress is related to the development of multiple diseases and some studies objective to identify the effect of natural substances in lesions caused by it. One of these substances is Diosmin, a flavonoid found in citric fruits. The objective of this study was to identify through the literature the anti-oxidative effect of Diosmin. It is a descriptive and bibliographic study of integrative revision, based on articles which discussed the researched topic published between 2013 and 2017 using the electronic database PubMed and Bireme. 9 articles were analyzed. The studies evaluated show that the use of Diosmin rises the activity of enzymes which fight against oxidative stress, as catalase, superoxide dismutase and glutathione. There was reduction of the concentration of malondialdehyde. It was proved with this study that Diosmin contributes to the fight against lesions caused by the unbalance between the redox status, stimulating the rise of activity of enzymatic anti-oxidants and reducing the production of malondialdehyde, collaborating to the reduction of damage to tissues generated by stress oxidative.