Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:46:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ManuelaPT_DISSERT.pdf: 1435206 bytes, checksum: c035d2139436ef5c5fa0929826396e1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-21 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / This study aimed to validate tools for evaluating the ability and knowledge about blood pressure (BP) among nursing students. It is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative and methodological study accomplished at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) and a private university of the state. The sample consisted of 27 judges of research selected from the inclusion criteria: nursing, teachers of the semiology and/or semiotics discipline, with at least 1 year of experience, being from UFRN, EEN, UERN and private university of the state and and agree to participate voluntarily with the signing of the consent form. The research was development in three stages: construction of two instruments based on the scientific literature, resulting in a structured checklist consists of 28 items and a knowledge questionnaire with 12 questions; submission of the instruments to the judges, in the period from June to September 2012, which should evaluate each item in appropriate , appropriate with changes and inappropriate , addition to making an overall assessment of each instrument based on 10 requirements; validation and verification to the level of agreement among the judges, through the application of Kappa and Content Validity Index (CVI). Was used the consensus level greater than 0.61 (good) to the Kappa index and greater than 0.75 for CVI. Was approved by the Ethics in Research / HUOL. After being coded and tabulated, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Of the 27 judges who evaluated the instrument, 77.8% are female, with a mean age of 36.6 (? 9.0) years, 63.0% worked in UFRN, 74.1% had academic master and 63.0% worked exclusively on teaching. Average length of teaching experience was 7.9 (? 8.0) years and in the semiology and/or semiotics discipline of 5.5 (? 6.7) years. In the judgment of structured checklist and questionnaire of knowledge about blood pressure mensurement any item/question was considered inappropriate since all obtained level of agreement within the indices established (CVI> 0,75 E Kappa> 0.61). In relation to structured checklist, of those 28 items present, 9 showed perfect concordance index (CVI = 1.00, Kappa = 1.00) and another 19 were considered appropriate with changes, especially with regard to clarity and vocabulary. In the questionnaire of knowledge, among the 12 questions that comprised, 7 had perfect concordance index and the others were considered appropriate with changes as requirements as clarity, vocabulary, and feasible sequence of instructional topics. In terms of a overall evaluating of instruments, the structured checklist got CVI of 0.94 and Kappa of 0.89 and the knowledge questionnaire, CVI of 0.97 and a kappa of 0.94. Both instruments proved to be valid as to their content, configuring it as clear and objective tools of assessment of knowledge and ability on blood pressure, being of nursing students as well as others students and health professionals, since the use of valid measures seeking to reduce the risk of distorting the results / Este estudo teve como objetivo validar instrumentos para avalia??o da habilidade e do conhecimento acerca da medida da press?o arterial (PA) entre os graduandos de enfermagem. Estudo transversal, descritivo, quantitativo e metodol?gico realizado na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte/UFRN, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte/UERN e em uma universidade privada do estado. A amostra composta por 27 ju?zes da pesquisa selecionados a partir dos crit?rios de inclus?o: enfermeiros, docentes da disciplina de semiologia e/ou semiot?cnica, m?nimo de um ano de experi?ncia nas disciplinas, ser da UFRN, UERN ou de uma universidade privada do Rio Grande do Norte e aceitar participar voluntariamente com a assinatura do Termo de Consentimento Livre Esclarecido. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em tr?s etapas: constru??o de dois instrumentos com base na literatura cient?fica, resultando em um roteiro de observa??o estruturado composto por 28 itens e um question?rio do conhecimento com 12 quest?es; submiss?o dos instrumentos aos ju?zes, no per?odo de junho a setembro de 2012, os quais deveriam avaliar cada item em adequado , adequado com altera??es e inadequado , al?m de fazer uma avalia??o geral de cada instrumento baseada em 10 requisitos; e valida??o com a verifica??o do n?vel de concord?ncia entre os ju?zes, atrav?s da aplica??o do ?ndice Kappa e do ?ndice de Validade de conte?do (IVC). Utilizou-se o n?vel de consenso maior que 0,61 (bom) para o ?ndice Kappa e maior que 0,75 para o IVC. Obteve parecer favor?vel do Comit? de ?tica em Pesquisa/HUOL. Ap?s serem codificados e tabulados, os dados foram analisados por meio de estat?stica descritiva. Dos 27 ju?zes que avaliaram o instrumento, 77,8% s?o do sexo feminino, com m?dia de idade de 36,6 (? 9,0) anos, 63,0% atuavam na UFRN, 74,1% possu?am mestrado acad?mico e 63,0% atuavam exclusivamente na doc?ncia. A m?dia de tempo de experi?ncia na doc?ncia foi de 7,9 (? 8,0) anos e nas disciplinas de semiologia e/ou semiot?cnica da enfermagem foi de 5,5 (? 6,7) anos. No julgamento do roteiro de observa??o estruturado e do question?rio do conhecimento acerca da medida da PA nenhum item/quest?o foi considerado inadequado, uma vez que todos obtiveram n?vel de concord?ncia dentro dos ?ndices estabelecidos (IVC > a 0,75 E Kappa > 0,61). Em rela??o ao roteiro estruturado, dos 28 itens presentes, 9 apresentaram ?ndice de concord?ncia perfeito (IVC=1,00; Kappa= 1,00) e outros 19 foram considerados adequados com altera??es, principalmente no que diz respeito ? clareza e vocabul?rio. No question?rio do conhecimento, dentre as 12 quest?es que o compunham, 7 apresentaram ?ndice de concord?ncia perfeito e as demais foram consideradas adequadas com altera??es quanto requisitos clareza, vocabul?rio, exequ?vel e sequ?ncia instrucional dos t?picos. Em se tratando da avalia??o geral dos instrumentos, o roteiro estruturado obteve IVC de 0,94 e Kappa de 0,89 e o question?rio do conhecimento, IVC de 0,97 e Kappa de 0,94. Os dois instrumentos mostraram-se v?lidos quanto ao seu conte?do, configurando-se como ferramentas objetivas e claras de avalia??o dos conhecimentos e habilidades acerca da press?o arterial, seja dos graduandos de enfermagem como tamb?m de outros estudantes e profissionais da sa?de, uma vez que a utiliza??o de medidas v?lidas busca a redu??o do risco de distor??o dos resultados

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T14:47:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LiviaSCB_DISSERT.pdf: 1773815 bytes, checksum: b1a18f6fd70697b2b1ff4d4416245742 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-21 / That study had the aim to validate an instrument to evaluate the knowledge about the Urinary Catheterization (UC) in males. Cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative and methodological study, accomplished in Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) and a private university from Rio Grande do Norte. Sample of 27 judges selected from the inclusion criteria: registered nurses, discipline of semiology and/or semiotics teachers, with at least 1 year of experience in the disciplines, to work at UFRN, UERN or in private university and agree to participate voluntarily with the signing of the Consent Form. Study developed in three stages: a) elaboration of twos instruments based on the scientific literature, resulting in a structured observation script type checklist consisting of 36 items and a knowledge questionnaire with 12 questions; b) submission of instruments to judges from June to September 2012, which should evaluate each item in "adequate," "adequate with changes" and "inappropriate", and make an overall evaluation of each instrument based on 10 requirements; c) and validation with a verification of the agreement level among the judges, through the application of Kappa Index (K) and Content Validity Index (CVI). It was used the consensus level higher than 0.60 (good) for Kappa Index and higher than 0.70 for CVI. The research project had favorable opinion from the Ethics in Research/HUOL (CAAE n. 0002.0.294.000-10). After being coded and tabulated, the data were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Of the 27 judges who evaluated the instrument, 77.8% are female, with a mean age of 36.6 (? 9.0) years, 63.0% worked in UFRN, 74.1% had master degree and 63.0% worked exclusively on teaching. The experience time mean in teaching was 7.9 (? 8.0) years and in the disciplines of semiology and/or semiotics in nursing was 5.5 (? 6.7) years. In judgment of the checklist and knowledge questionnaire, no step/question was considered inappropriate, since all achieved level of agreement within the established values. All the checklist steps obtained good to excellent K (between 0.60 and 1.00). Of the 36 items, 25 had excellent K (0.75 &#8804; K <1.00) and excellent total K (K = 0.83). Regarding the IVC, all steps reached levels above 0.70 (between 0.74 and 1.00) and CVI total was 0.90. All questionnaire questions evaluated separately (K from 0.60 to 0.93 and CVI from 0.74 to 0.96) and generally (K from 0.79 to 1.00 and CVI from 0.89 to 1.00) had evaluation levels of content validity within the established values. The instruments were reformulated based on the agreement levels between judges and international guidelines, dissertations and scientific articles. Both instruments proved to be valid regarding to their content, allowing a clear and objective evaluation of knowledge and skills about UC, both nursing students as well as other students and health professionals, since the use of valid measures seeking the reduction of the risk of the results distorted / Este estudo teve como objetivo validar instrumentos para avalia??o da habilidade e do conhecimento acerca da sondagem vesical de demora (SVD). Estudo transversal, descritivo, quantitativo e metodol?gico realizado na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (UERN) e em uma universidade privada do Rio Grande do Norte. Amostra composta por 27 ju?zes selecionados a partir dos crit?rios de inclus?o: enfermeiros, docentes da disciplina de Semiologia e/ou Semiot?cnica, com m?nimo de um ano de experi?ncia nas disciplinas, ser da UFRN, UERN ou da universidade privada do estado e aceitar participar voluntariamente assinando o Termo de Consentimento Livre Esclarecido. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida em tr?s etapas: a) constru??o de dois instrumentos com base na literatura cient?fica, resultando em um roteiro de observa??o estruturado tipo checklist composto por 36 itens e um question?rio do conhecimento com 12 quest?es; b) submiss?o dos instrumentos aos ju?zes, no per?odo de junho a setembro de 2012, os quais deveriam avaliar cada item em adequado , adequado com altera??es e inadequado , al?m de fazer uma avalia??o geral de cada instrumento baseada em 10 requisitos; c) e valida??o com a verifica??o do n?vel de concord?ncia entre os ju?zes, atrav?s da aplica??o do ?ndice Kappa (K) e do ?ndice de Validade de conte?do (IVC). Utilizou-se o n?vel de consenso maior que 0,60 (bom) para o ?ndice Kappa e maior que 0,70 para o IVC. O projeto de pesquisa obteve parecer favor?vel do Comit? de ?tica em Pesquisa/HUOL (CAAE n? 0002.0.294.000-10). Ap?s serem codificados e tabulados, os dados foram analisados por meio de estat?stica descritiva. Dos 27 ju?zes que avaliaram o instrumento, 77,8% eram do sexo feminino, com m?dia de idade de 36,6 (? 9,0) anos, 63,0% atuavam na UFRN, 74,1% possu?am mestrado acad?mico e 63,0% atuavam exclusivamente na doc?ncia. A m?dia de tempo de experi?ncia na doc?ncia foi de 7,9 (? 8,0) anos e nas disciplinas de semiologia e/ou semiot?cnica da enfermagem foi de 5,5 (? 6,7) anos. No julgamento do checklist e question?rio do conhecimento, nenhuma etapa/quest?o foi considerada inadequada, uma vez que todas obtiveram n?vel de concord?ncia dentro dos ?ndices estabelecidos. Todas as etapas do checklist obtiveram K de bom a excelente (entre 0,60 e 1,00). Dos 36 itens, 25 tiveram K excelente (0,75 &#8804; K < 1,00) e K total excelente (K = 0,83). Em rela??o ao IVC, todas as etapas atingiram n?veis acima de 0,70 (entre 0,74 e 1,00) e o IVC total foi de 0,90. Todas as quest?es do question?rio avaliadas separadamente (K de 0,60 a 0,93 e IVC de 0,74 a 0,96) e de forma geral (K de 0,79 a 1,00 e IVC de 0,89 a 1,00) obtiveram n?veis de avalia??o da validade de conte?do dentro dos valores estabelecidos. Os instrumentos foram reformulados baseando-se nos n?veis de concord?ncia entre os ju?zes e em diretrizes internacionais, disserta??es e artigos cient?ficos. Os dois instrumentos mostraram-se v?lidos quanto ao seu conte?do, permitindo avalia??o objetiva e clara dos conhecimentos e habilidades acerca SVD, seja dos graduandos de enfermagem como tamb?m de outros estudantes e profissionais da sa?de, uma vez que a utiliza??o de medidas v?lidas busca a redu??o do risco de distor??o dos resultados

In Norway research on immigrants and the labour market has to a large degree focused on immigrants’ shortcomings, be it their lacking knowledge, competence and skills (KCS) or their failures in being recruited to available jobs. This study seeks to refocus current academic interest and investigates the potential benefits of recruiting immigrant employees. It explores highly skilled immigrants and how their KCS is valued, shared and used in a Norwegian workplace. In this study seven immigrant employees in a State organisation (the Directorate) are interviewed about their experiences with having their KCS validated, shared and used. In addition they reflect on the Directorate’s framework conditions for sharing learning, and whether the organisation is able to expand the organisational culture to embrace immigrants’ values, opinions and practices. The study adopts a socio-cultural view on learning and operationalises this approach through the use of Lave and Wenger’s concept of communities of practice (CoPs). Employees in the Directorate are thus seen as members of CoPs and new immigrant employees as novices going through a participative process to gain access to the CoPs’ repertoire of accepted practices. Findings indicate that the negotiation of meaning taking place when new, immigrant KCS enters CoPs is a contested process in which both new employees and veteran members go through a process of identity formation. Findings also indicate that although an organisation may have an inclusive work environment regarding surface-level diversity, the inclusion of foreign values, opinions and practices and the development of a diverse learning environment is dependent on a conscious strategy on harvesting foreign KCS.