Biography:
Adriana Souza Szpalher studied Bachelor of Nursing. Academic master’s degree in nursing (UNIRIO). She was a Scholarship in an Intensive Care Unit through a competition (Brazil) and Resident student in Clinical and General Surgical Nursing (UNIRIO). She has experience in Home Care, Intensive Care, Medical Clinic, Orthopedics, Risk Classification and Emergency. She studies nursing diagnosis, geriatrics and insomnia. She was a nursing volunteer between 2008 and 2009 at Lar de Socorro Espiritual Bezerra de Menezes (Brazil), providing care to people with physical and neurological disabilities. Currently she is a PhD student in Gerontology and Geriatrics (University of Aveiro / University of Porto - Portugal).
Title : Use of diapers and perception of the nursing team in hospitalized older people: Mixed methods study
Title : Diagnostic indicators of Insomnia in community dwelling older adults clinical accuracy