International Nurses' Day is celebrated on the 12th of May. It was created by the International Nurses Council and the chosen date refers to the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered the founder of modern nursing. Florence Nightingale was born on May 12, 1820 in Florence. Daughter...
European Day for the Rights of Patients: Citizen's rights live an opportunity for growth and empowerment By: António Carneiro, coordinator of the Center for Bioethics Studies at SPMI tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:03 As part of the European Day of The Rights of Patients, marked on April 18th, the...
BY BUSINESS PORTUGAL MAGAZINE · NOVEMBER 10, 2020 A stable tear film is essential for good vision. In Dry Eye Syndrome, the tear film loses its normal lubrication capacity, which conditions inflammation of the ocular surface, with low vision, dryness and eye pain. There are two categories...
Published on March 1, 2021 - 15:31 On February 19th and 20th, the Portuguese Association of Stomatherapy Care Nurses - APECE held the National Congress of Stomatherapy 2021, in digital format. According to the president of APECE, Isabel Morais, “we never gave up on this moment...
The Barreiro Montijo Hospital Center (CHBM) inaugurated an Integrated Gastroenterology Responsibility Center (CRI. GASTRO), already in activity since the beginning of the month, with the purpose of consolidating the activity that has been performing in this specialty, as well as developing the technical and clinical...
Two studies have shown that more than one billion people live with visual impairment and preventable blindness because they do not have access to timely and properly planned vision health care services. The international group of experts on vision loss, Vision Loss Expert Group (VLEG) and the Institute...
By: Fernanda Grou, specialized nurse in stomatherapy at the Local Health Unit in Baixo Alentejo Performing a colostomy is a difficult thing! To clarify your doubts and fears, you can count on the collaboration of the stoma nurse, who will support you throughout the adaptation process....
The return to school is seen by parents as something of a concern and requires many safety and hygiene standards, especially in an atypical year like this. Vision should not be neglected from this care. "In the classroom a visual deficit can be preventing learning and...
“The term ostomy is used to designate the opening built for externalization to the skin of a hollow viscera, through a surgical intervention, with the aim of creating a path”, explains Isabel Morais, president of the Portuguese Association of Nurses in Stomatherapy Care (APECE), in...
The “Salva Vidas” campaign aims to warn of the lack of recognition for the symptoms of bowel cancer. To combat this situation, the bowel cancer screening campaign will take place during the months of September and October, in 63 Holon Pharmacies and Europacolon Portugal, with...