Editorial T he stricto sensu graduate programs are recognized by society and public bodies as excellence in university teaching. It is considered by the scientific community to be the most successful higher education level in the country. For approximately 40 years, the system of higher education in Brazil relied exclusively on the modality of the Academic Master’s. The first Professional Master’s courses only began to be offered in the final years of the 1990s. The implementation of this new modality had as one of its principle objectives the demands of qualification of the professionals working in the areas linked to the world of work. Its raison d’être is to respond to a need for different training, and it does not constitute, in any way, a more or less rigorous alternative to the exacting standards adopted by the Academic modality. Beginning in 2009, with the relevant legislation, the Professional Master’s gained momentum in several practice areas, including in nursing. Despite this considerable increase, the number is still small compared to the Academic Master’s: in 2012, it represented 6% of the stricto sensu post-graduate programs in the area of nursing. For educational institutions that offer an academic master’s, the decision to initiate the professional master’s is still controversial. They weigh in the decision the vocation of the institution and the composition of the permanent body of faculty, which is composed primarily of academics or professionals working in the world of work. In educational institutions that will initiate the activities of the master’s, many discussions should be conducted to analyze which modality would take advantage of the characteristics of the institution, especially its innovative character in the area of health and in technological development. At my institution, we chose the professional master’s, believing that our role was to transmit knowledge and to share research results and products of the students with other health services. This exchange permits the advancement and dissemination of nursing practice, as well as producing new ways of caring and managing in health. Andrea Gomes da Costa Mohallem Deputy Director of the Faculdade de Enfermagem, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein IV Contents Original Articles Application of the Braden Scale in the home setting: incidence and factors associated with pressure ulcers Aplicação da Escala de Braden em domicílio: incidência e fatores associados a úlcera por pressão Jaqueline de Paula Chaves Freitas, Luiz Ronaldo Alberti���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 515 Meanings attributed to palliative care by nursing undergraduates Significados atribuídos por graduandos de enfermagem aos cuidados paliativos Karoline dos Santos Germano, Silmara Meneguin������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 522 Influences of health care services and clinical characteristics on the quality of life of patients with venous ulcer Influência da assistência e características clínica na qualidade de vida de portadores de úlcera venosa Thalyne Yuri de Araújo Farias Dias, Isabelle Katherine Fernandes Costa, Marina de Góes Salvetti, Cristina Kátya Torres Teixeira Mendes, Gilson de Vasconcelos Torres�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 529 Instrument for assessing tissue integrity of the feet of patients with diabetes mellitus Instrumento para avaliação da integridade tissular dos pés de portadores de diabetes melittus Natália Chantal Magalhães da Silva, Érika de Cássia Lopes Chaves, Emília Campos de Carvalho, Denise Hollanda Iunes������ 535 Conceptions of care and feelings of the caregiver of children with cancer Concepções de cuidado e sentimentos do cuidador de crianças com câncer Daniela Doulavince Amador, Altamira Pereira da Silva Reichert, Regina Aparecida Garcia de Lima, Neusa Collet������������������ 542 Profile of police reports related to violence against women Perfil das ocorrências policiais de violência contra a mulher Daniele Ferreira Acosta, Vera Lucia de Oliveira Gomes, Edison Luiz Devos Barlem���������������������������������������������������������������� 547 Development and validation of an informative booklet on bed bath Construção e validação de um manual informativo sobre o banho no leito Juliana de Lima Lopes, Luiz Antônio Nogueira-Martins, Dulce Aparecida Barbosa, Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de Barros���������� 554 The work environment in public and private intensive care units O ambiente de trabalho em unidades de terapia intensiva privadas e públicas Alexandre Pazetto Balsanelli, Isabel Cristina Kowal Olm Cunha���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 561 Risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated factors Risco para diabetes mellitus tipo 2 e fatores associados Niciane Bandeira Pessoa MarinhoHérica Cristina Alves de Vasconcelos, Ana Maria Parente Garcia Alencar, Paulo César de Almeida, Marta Maria Coelho Damasceno������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 569 Quality of Life of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting Qualidade de Vida de pacientes submetidos à revascularização do miocárdio Andréia Lima Matos Dal Boni, José Eduardo Martinez, Izabel Cristina Ribeiro da Silva Saccomann��������������������������������������� 575 Feelings of caregivers of alcohol abusers at hospital admission Sentimentos dos cuidadores de usuários de bebidas alcoólicas frente à internação Flávia Antunes, Sonia Silva Marcon, Magda Lúcia Félix de Oliveira���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 581 V Validation of a flipchart for promotion of self-efficacy in breastfeeding Validação de um álbum seriado para promoção da autoeficácia em amamentar Andressa Peripolli Rodrigues, Ludmila Alves do Nascimento, Regina Cláudia Melo Dodt, Mônica Oliveira Batista Oriá, Lorena Barbosa Ximenes���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 586 Family Health Strategy: community resources in mental health care Estratégia de Saúde da Família: recursos comunitários na atenção à saúde mental Jacqueline de Souza, Letícia Yamawaka de Almeida, Tatiana Maria Coelho Veloso, Sara Pinto Barbosa, Kelly Graziani Giacchero Vedana�������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 594 Self-care actions in patients with heart failure Ações de autocuidado em portadores de insuficiência cardíaca Heloisa Ribeiro do Nascimento, Vilanice Alves de Araújo Püschel������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 601 Violence against women: the limits and potentialities of care practice Violência contra a mulher: limites e potencialidades da prática assistencial Ethel Bastos da Silva, Stella Maris de Mello Padoin, Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna�������������������������������������������������������������� 608 VI