Hospitalized school children: proposition of a data collection instrument in light of Horta's theory.
Objetivo
To build a data collection tool for hospitalized schoolchildren in light of the Theory of Basic Human Needs.


Method
Methodological research developed in a a Teaching Hospital in João Pessoa, with the participation of eight teachers and assistant nurses, from July 2014 to March 2015. Statistical analysis was used to validate the empirical indicators.


Resultados
The indicators were identified from the instrument analysis validated for children, considering the International Nursing Minimum Data Set, which resulted in version 1 of the instrument with 301 indicators. The instrument validation resulted in 288 indicators, which were later revalidated and formatted once the instrument's final version was reached.


Conclusion
The instrument has contributed to data collection in teaching hospitals and has guided the other phases of the nursing process, considering the specific needs of these children, collaborating with the nursing care, education and research.
Nursing Care to Evaluate, Prevent, and Treat Cutaneous Xerosis in the Elderly
Cuidados de Enfermagem para avaliar, prevenir e tratar a xerose cutânea em pessoas idosas Cuidados de Enfermeria para evaluar, prevenir y tratar la xerosis cutanea en personas ancianas Objective: Identify nursing care performed by nurses to evaluate, prevent, and treat cutaneous xerosis in the elderly. Materials and Methods: Descriptive study with quantitative approach, conducted with 101 care nurses working in the medical clinic and in the intensive care units of four hospitals in Paraiba, Brazil. The data collection took place between July and September 2018 through an instrument composed of sociodemographic variables and by items related with nursing care. The statistical analysis was performed by distribution and frequency calculations, central tendency measures, standard deviation, and chi-squared test for categorical variables. Results: The majority stated always considering the age range (84.2 % ), assessing skin color (83.2 % ), evaluating skin turgor and elasticity (64.4 % ), looking for the existence of skin fissures (53.5 % ), and noticing the existence of lesions on the skin (90.1 % ). Of the participating professionals, 83.2 % reported never having used imported equipment to evaluate skin hydration. Conclusions: The study showed that nurses emphasized the importance of considering age range, assessing skin color, being aware of areas with hyperemia, and noticing the existence of lesions, as well as the need for continuing education to improve the quality of care. To reference this article / Para citar este articulo / Para citar este artigo Cruz RAO ,  Agra G ,  Oliveira JS ,  Pereira MA ,  Lopes MEL ,  Costa MML . Nursing Care to Evaluate, Prevent, and Treat Cutaneous Xerosis in the Elderly. Aquichan 2019; 19(4):e1943. DOI:  https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2019.19.4.3 Received: 18/03/2019 Accepted: 02/08/2019 Online:  05/12/2019
Conjunto Internacional de Datos Esenciales para Enfermería: comparación con datos en el área de Salud de la Mujer
OBJECTIVE: To compare the International Data Set - Essentials of Nursing - with the nursing data set used in data collection forms for the area of Women's Health. METHODS: This is an observational, retrospective, descriptiveand correlational study, developed from forms of data collection of interest of nursing in the health area of motherhood validated. RESULTS: In the first category, from all six present items, four were included. In the second, all can be considered as present, including the gender item, although it was not explicit, was included because of the studied area. The third category was completely covered by the forms. CONCLUSION: The forms used were considered satisfactory, serving for the purposes of documentation and analysis of the nursing work process and making possible to quantify and qualify their contribution to the quality of care provided to women in the sectors studied.