bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The visual communication transmitted by nurse's image to the nursing
Authors: De Figueiredo Nebia Maria Almeida , Cardim Mariana Gomes , Ghidini Rubens
Published: July 2022

This is an exploratory study with quantitative and qualitative approach which main goal is to show the opinion from nursing ́s students from two last university periods, public and private ones, about nurses ́s body image which they had observed during clinical teaching field. The results showed that future professionals weren ́t satisfied with the nurse ́s image transmitted to society and to them, during the clinical teaching. The authors realized that in the communication time, the image must be decodified during the graduation course, considering it as a important professional investiment factor.
Nurses ́sickness at hospital network at Rio Branco - Acre - Brazil
Authors: Miranda Gleiciany , Maia Liliane Maria Alves , Lima Mônica Pereira , Lopes Creso Machado , Muniz Pascoal Torres
Published: July 2022

Study with the objective of identifying the problems of health presented by the nurses in its work place, accomplished 85 close to (51,2%) nurses of the Net of the Hospitals of Rio Branco - Acre - Brazil, and in eight Leaderships of the Service of Nursing, with questionnaire use and glimpses filled by the authors, with regard to the ethical aspects of the research. As results 87,5% possess couple or triple work day. In agreement with the leaderships, 75,0% presented problems in the relationship humor and attendance to the patient; 62,5% complained about problems of health for the conditions of the work; 17,1% made use of medications against the hypertension, and 68,3% solemnity-medication, with use of analgesic. The found diseases were: diseases of the bony and muscular system and of the conjunctive fabric, with 34,9%; diseases of the nervous system, with 23,2% and the symptoms,signs and abnormal discoveries of clinical exams and of laboratory not classified in another part,with 22,0%, where the need is reinforced of implementing prevention programs to the nurses'health.
System of information in nursing: interaction of the knowledge tacit-explict
Authors: Dos Santos Sérgio Ribeiro
Published: July 2022

The present article has for objective to trace some theoretical and conceptual consideration on system of information in nursing, being searched to point out the knowledge base on the evidences of the practical clinic to construct to a model of integrated system the conceptual structures, formed for the combination of three sciences: information, computation and nursing. This knowledge can describe and explain systematically the phenomena necessary to develop a comprehensive system of information that contribute for improvement of the nursing registers and consolidate the mechanism to provide measured basic with costs, quality, access to the care of the patient and result of this care. Therefore, it is ended that the system of information in enfermagem should be structured starting from the integration among the tacit and explicit knowledge
Community participation in the evaluation of nursing courses
Authors: Schilling Ana Zoé
Published: July 2022

An University that has strong link with the regional community, it should identify which are the demands that correspond to your mission and your possibilities of performance, and, sense like this, the expected knowledge will be that that comes minimize this community's problems. The evaluation is considered an efficient mechanism for this end. The evaluation of the Course of Nursing in UNISC is object of this study built through an approach with evaluations`s model extolled by Saul (2000) meditating the moments of participate research, in that the subjects emplayers and community expresses to the University they have your participation as a fundamental point. We didn't find, it executes and systematically this practice in the Brazilian Universities. The results appear for the creation of a negotiation espace among the subjects involved with the formative process with the objective to perfect and consolidate a work philosophy in the course. With this reflection and experience, we tried to point out the importance of this participation so that the society can evaluate that that receives and to say on what considers better for her and so that the University can accomplish with more that social mission.
Professional master in nursing at the Fluminense Federal University Nursing School
Authors: Cruz Isabel Cristina Fonseca da
Published: July 2022

Graduate studies at the EEAAC/UFF will expand your horizons and create an academic pathway to fulfill your goals. The Professional Master challenge us to aggressively pursue new sources of funding and scholarships for the nursing research. We hope that the following informations will help you maximize the chance to find a financial support to your education. The health organizations (governmental or non-governmental) needs create a traineeship program to support masters nursing students. Traineeships support nurses while they are pursuing advanced training. As well, the nursing schools must create the research and teaching assistantships to develop experience, and coverage of faculty ́s fees. The institutions may also create a Loan Repayment Program so the awardees are obligated to work for a certain period, with salary, to qualify for payment or forgiveness of their educational loans.
Thirteen national brazilian nursing research congress (SENPE)
Authors: Cruz Isabel Cristina Fonseca da
Published: July 2022

The objectives are: promote the exchange of research and clinical scholarship in an national/international forum; advance the science of nursing by disseminating research findings that influence practice, education, administration and health care policy; and explore opportunities for national/international collaboration in nursing research, practice, education, administration and health care policy.
OBJN mourns a nurse leader: Haydée Guanaes Dourado, PhD
Authors: Cruz Isabel
Published: July 2022

The nursing community recently lost a prominent member in the death of Haydée Guanaes Dourado, who died April 10. Dr Haydée Guanaes Dourado was the first director of the Nursing School at Bahia Federal University. She contributed strongly to the Brazilian Nursing Association and its journal. She was active throughout her career and a leadership in the ethical and legislative issues related to creation of the National Nursing Board and the Professional Nursing Act. The OBJN knows that her contributions and impact on the nursing profession will maintain alive the Haydée Guanaes Dourado ́s memory.
57th Brazilian nursing congress, 3-7 november 2005, Goiás - registration and call for abstracts
Authors: Cruz Isabel
Published: July 2022

ABEn's 57th Congress is scheduled for 3-7 November 2005, in Goiânia/GO, Brazil. Prominent guest speakers will give plenary sessions on nursing knowledge and innovation, focusing on the most pressing and timely topics of interest for nursing and health care. Deadline for receipt of papers/abstracts was not defined yet.
Mapping of the occupational risks at clinical and surgical nursing units - a preview note
Authors: Silvino Zenith Rosa , Christovam Bárbara Pompeu , Ferreira Vânia Martins
Published: July 2022

Qualitative research that has as study object the occupational risk the one that the professionals of nursing are submitted in the exercise of its activities in the clinic infirmaries and surgery of the University Hospital Antonio Pedro. Objectives: To identify the group and the existing factors of risk in the clinic infirmaries and surgery of the HUAP, To correlate the risks and the damages already occurred in the health of the nursing worker and To argue measured, for priorities, of the risks to be eliminated and/or attenuated. It will be used research-action as method, therefore if it intends through the quarrel of the workers on the proper conditions of work and with the socialization of the experiences, that each one, in particular, discover the social dimension of the proper problems. For this process - quarrel and socialization - it is that the purely individual dimension of the work condition is change into a collective question, that all compromises the group in the brainstorming. One expects with the mapping of the existing risks in the units to have conditions to adjust the limitations of the workers to the exercise of its activities in the hospital, to become the hospital an area more insurance for the health of the worker and to offer subsidies to the institution for one politics of human resources more come back to the occupational health.
Building an intelligent map of a community health center: case study
Authors: Araujo Vivian Elizabeth , Freitas Ivani Bueno de Almeida , Marques Giselda Quintana
Published: July 2022

This is a report about the experience of creating an intelligent map of IAPI`s Health Center/POA surroundings. Professional healthcare workers and nursing students did the project through active observation. Based on an established itinerary, the field observations involved the transcriptions of the collected information on maps with the usage of different colors and symbols. This experience allowed better knowledge of the region, its geophysics and population characteristics, as well as the risk factors in the area and the importance of this kind of instrument in public health units.
The management practice in communitary health units - preview note
Authors: Abrahão Ana Lucia
Published: July 2022

Based on the articulation of concepts that makes working with management and subjectivity possible, a rich interpretation phenomenon, this research takes its main references from the Institutional Analysis, the Socioanalysis and the Scientific Administration in a way of improving theory based on live reality. It aims to map in the daily management of basic health units which management processes used in the conduction of the organization find power for the construction of a prevention and decentralization centered assistance model. For such, the qualitative approach will guide this research that intends to take as inquiry field basic health units in the city of Niterói. Bibliographical survey, questionnaire and a field diary will be used as inquiry method. One expects that the produced material will be object of discussion in the units that participate in the study. It is also expected that the research will fortify the health management field and that it will aloud the constitution of a bigger joint space between education and services. A scientific article will also be produced. The esteemed research time is of two years.
OBJN 2005 Thanks to Peer Reviewers and Authors
Authors: Cruz Isabel C.F. da
Published: July 2022

The editors and staff at OBJN would like to thank the OBJN Reviewers for their competent service during the year 2005 and the authors who submitted manuscripts for consideration for publication in OBJN.
The Readers wrote to Editor
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

The editor presents those readers who send many comments on the Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing.
Risk assessment scales for pressure ulcer in intensive care patients - a preview note
Authors: Machado Simone P. , Castilho Selma R. de , Oliveira Beatriz Beatriz G.R.B de
Published: July 2022

This quasi-experimental study will compare the scales of Braden and Cubbin & Jackson in patients of intensive therapy verifying their sensibility and specificity to prevent decubit ulcer.
Nursing care actions in an intensive care unit - a preview note
Authors: Lima Regina Molina Trajano de , Teixeira Enéas Rangel
Published: July 2022

This case study explores the nursing actions that are essential for the client´s recovery in the ICU. The project is will be developed at the cenarium of the ICU of Hospital de Clínicas de Niterói - RJ.
Profile of patients with renal transplant - a cross-sectional study
Authors: De Carvalho Lira Ana Luisa Brandão , Albuquerque Jaqueline Galdino , De Oliveira Lopes Marcos Venícios
Published: July 2022

The renal transplant is the majority choice treatment of the patients with chronic renal deficiency. Such fact it owes to the appearance of powerful immunosuppressive drugs and to the rigorous criterion in the donors' choice. It aimed identify patients' renal transplanted profile. Quantitative study of cross-sectional, exploratory and descriptive type, performed in hospital academic of Fortaleza, between months from december/2004 to april/2005. The data collection instrument was an interview script. The results showed that most was of the masculine sex, with average 40 year and 51,7% lived with companion. The average family income was of 4,44 minimum wages and most was retired. We realize that the profile study of these patients provided us a reality larger knowledge, contributing to address the ambulatory assistance to this clientele.
Experience of breast cancer diagnosis and radical mastectomy: a phenomenological study
Authors: Azevedo Rosana Freitas , Lopes Regina Lúcia Mendonça
Published: July 2022

This qualitative study, based on the phenomenological method, and that had as object the perception of the body by mastectomized woman. It aimed to comprehend the surgical impact on the perception of the own body and in the relationship of this with other people. It was accomplished in two institutions of Salvador that assist people in oncologycal therapy. The phenomenological interview was applied to five women, between 35 to 66 years, and that underwent to radical mastectomy. There were innmerables the difficulties caused by cancer, as well the one from surgical therapy, indicating a strong feeling of the lost of femininity, that brought physicals, emotionals and socials repercussions. The existence of the mastectomy was evidenced as a complex experience that extended along the time, leading mastectomized woman to changes in the ways of life. The health professionals must reflect about their assistencial practices in order to value the feelings expressed by woman, propitiating her a care in a understanding manner.

Keywords: breast neoplasms, mastectomy, corporal image.
Epidemiology of mental health and insanity: a review of literature
Authors: Medeiros Emilene Nóbrega , Ferreira Filha Maria de Oliveira , Vianna Rodrigo Pinheiro de Toledo
Published: July 2022

The studies epidemiologists in the area of mental health still are seen as and few used in the elaboration of politics of health, action of health incipient, planning of the investments and programs of promotion and social whitewashing for this population. This study it has as objective to make a revision of literature on the subject, tracing as beginning of the line of the time the decade of 1970, dates probable of the trajectory of the studies epidemiologists in the area of mental health, until the present moment, focusing the studies epidemiologists in the northeast region, more specifically, in the Paraíba, where the research epidemiologist starts the spoon fruits.
Evaluating the orientations of nursing in perioperatory care - a descriptive study
Authors: Souza Norma Valéria D. de O. , Silva Maristela F. , Marques Graciete S. , Rodrigues Fernanda R. , Cruz Élissa Jôse E. R.
Published: July 2022

Introduction: The orientation makes possible the client adaptation to his health condition, minimizing his anxiety , and can be offered in orientation groups for health. The extension project “ Orientating the client in surgical situation to diferenciate the care” helps to understand the internation process and was implemented in order to minimize the orientation deficit about client perioperatory. Objective: To evaluate the project from clients perception. Methodology: Quantitative case study developed in may/june/2005 with preoperatory clients of general surgery. Main Results: The participants referred that it was important to receive preoperatory information, learned them and suggested the group ampliation for all the surgical clients of the hospital in question. Conclusions: The project has been suitably developed, and clients consider it relevant to cover all their health needs; suggestions that were given reveal the necessity to amplify offer/participation at meetings for the other surgical clients of this hospital.
A nursing academic perspective concerning the care environment within the complexity paradigm – a descriptive study
Authors: Lessmann Juliana Cristina , Ribeiro Juliana Aparecida , Macêdo de Sousa Francisca Georgina , Marcelino Gabriela , Do Nascimento Keyla Cristiane , Lorenzini Erdmann Alacoque
Published: July 2022

This is a qualitative study whose objective was to learn how nursing academics comprehend the care environment, and apply and analysis according to the complexity paradigm. The subjects of the study were undergraduate nursing students at a federal institution of higher education. Data was collected from September through November of 2005, through interviews guided by the question, “What does care environment mean to you?” The data was analyzed in accordance with reflective literature, according to the organization and interpretation of speech. From the subjects’ responses, six categories were established: care environment, interactive environment, structured environment, therapeutic environment, non-therapeutic environment, and complex environment. For nursing academics, the care environment is dynamic and related to the care process. Comprehending the care environment demands a capacity to amplify one’s vision beyond the peculiarities and characteristics of one’s environment, as these multiple relationships make one’s environment a complex environment.
Sexuality and pregnancy: issues on woman's life – literature review
Authors: Moreira Rita de Cássia Rocha , Lopes Regina Lúcia Mendonça
Published: July 2022

This article, constructed from a literature review, presents considerations on woman’s health, referring to issues of sexuality and human reproduction, pointed from a social, economical and cultural context. Considers the identity crisis lived not just by the pregnant, as well as be present at her partner, since the maternity experience could demand a previous lost of identity and the search of another not well defined. Points out considerations about the health professional’s actuation, in the rescue of humanization of attention on the cycle pregnancy and puerperal phase, from the establishment of a relation between individuals, based on the well-being integrality, in the perspective that each woman lived her pregnancy in a singular way, reminding that this period could creates doubts, fears, narrowness and fantasies, and the professionals could that can enrich this period of life transmitting more security to the pregnant woman.

Keywords: sexuality and pregnancy - crisis identity - women's health.
Breast Feeding Initial Difficulties -descriptive study
Authors: Martins Eunice Francisca Martins E. F. , Oliveira Cármem Mayana Bonfim Esteves Oliveira C. M. B. E
Published: July 2022

This study aimed at identifying initial difficulties in breastfeeding in a rooming-in care. An assessment of ninety newly-born`sucking was carried out, using UNICEF standard protocol. Observation revealed that most mother-infant pairs presented favorable behaviours towards breastfeeding, and indicatory signs of difficulties were more evident in relation to sucking and to breast response. Care in collective wards should aim at overcoming these difficulties as to facilitale the beginning of breastfeeding, thus favoring its continuity.
The labor load in a socioeducative support center - descriptive study
Authors: Kasper Grando Maristel KG , Lúcia Cardoso Kirchhof Ana LCK , Lúcia Colomé Beck Carmem LCB , De Lima Trindade Letícia LT
Published: July 2022

The present research consisted of reconstructing the working process of monitors in a Social and Educative Support Center intended to care offender adolescents with the objective of identifying labor loads and diseases aiming at the workers’ awareness and health promotion. It has been used the Italian Labor Model as methodological line for the analysis and interpretation of these workers’ reality. The presuppositions of this model comprise a homogeneous group, subjectivity appraisal, non-delegation and consensual validation. The sampling involved seven monitors of the morning shift who participated of a collective interview. Results from the research evidenced that the most present loads in the labor environment have been both physical and psychic. Upon the study completion, the research enabled the identification of a high degree of psychic distress in the job evidenced by the absenteeism among other important findings.
Adoption of safer sex practices among male youngsters - an abstract
Authors: Araújo Ednaldo Cavalcante de
Published: July 2022

The present study of a qualitative research nature was based on concepts included into the Social Representation Theory as developed by Serge Moscovici et al., (1978) and carried out within a Fundamental and Intermediate level State School located in the city of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil. It was intended to survey and carefully examine the difficult questions concerning the adhesion of male youngsters to safe sex practices, and at the same time, search for adequate subsidies to understand, modify, and/or supplement the nature of informations related to HIV and AIDS. Those informations are imbricated into the perceived and culturally constructed facts through gender relationships, thus emphasizing the psychosocial view in this area of investigation. The adoption of a theoretical–methodological referent to guide this study capacitated the investigation to organize the concepts’ sets which compose a given theory and also capture with highest accuracy, the essence of the phenomenon under study. Choosing this theory concepts to serve either as a referent and an investigative and expositive method in this study, is then justified not only for complexity or the problem to be investigated but also because it is compatible with the investigators’ world view. A semi-structured interview based on the present study’s propose was the technique used in order with 21 male youngsters from October 1997 to June 1998; the interviews were previously ascertained according to each the subjects’ availability. Results were attained by the use or part of the Content Analysis (Bardin, 1997) technique viewing that this technique may be applied to any communication with the transference of meanings from an issuing agent to a receiver an also because it makes use of systematic procedures to describes the messages’ content and thus able to extract from them the indicators which allow to infer the knowledge related to the these messages’ production condition, known as one of she Social Representation theory goals two categories could be defined: 1) Understandig the safer sex practices; 2) Understanding HIV and AIDS. Results showed the diversity of meaning and an harmonization tendency concerning the youngsters‘ understanding of safe sex practices, HIV and AIDS while their discourses showed peculiar characteristics and conjured similar meanings converging to some central points of the analysis which expressed the social representation of the investigated themes enabling the elaboration of educational proposal.
March 8th – Woman International Day - Rio de Janeiro Federal University – UNIRIO – celebrates women in a Scientific Lounge!
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

Malvina Tuttman, UNIRIO´s chanceler, conduct a debate related to the women´s reproductive rights with her guests, Kleyde Ventura, Isabel Cruz, Laura Rónai, Ruth Serrão, Maria de Lourdes Naylor Rocha e Natália Fiche, in a beautiful lounge.
Infertile Couple Pursuing for a Desired Child	- a clinical case study
Authors: Oriá Mônica OB , Ximenes Lorena Barbosa
Published: July 2022

In the Northeast Brazil the pregnancy is culturally related to femininity (woman) and virility (man) therefore to be infertile can threaten the marriage union. To describe the infertile couple’s experience who lives in Northeast Brazil and was submitted to in vitro fertilization (IVF), we conducted a clinical case study with qualitative approach using the Symbolic Interactionism (Blumer, 1969) and Thematic Analysis (Bardin, 1979) as theoretical and methodological framework, respectively. This study revealed that to submit to IVF is an experience full of conflict and uncertainty, requiring an especialized assistance in regards to human reproduction and a holistic nursing care considering the cultural issues.
African-Brazilian Health: contribuitions to promote equity
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

Presents research reports that point out the impact of racism and discrimination to the well-being and health of the African-Brazilian people. The contributors, all well qualified and well known in their fields, are also political activists of the negro movement.
Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing celebrates its fourth anniversary
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

The OBJN was established in April 23rd, 2002, under Isabel Cruz editorship. The OBJN has received more than 23,000 visits. The geographic origin of the authors and readers is from Brazil, United States, Canada, Portugal, United Kingdom, Philippines, Australia, Spain, Uruguay, Sweden, and others (Malta, Iran, Thailand, South Africa, for example). The journal plays an important role in the process of knowledge dissemination and education in nursing while in raises nurses' attention and responsibility towards societal issues as political and economic empowerment.
Racial Discrimination - risk factor for high blood pressure? a survey study
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

The importance of institutional health practices as representative or not of institutional racism in the treatment of the hypertensive client was object of this study. A survey research was conducted and the results showed that perceived discrimination was reported by 15,3% of blacks participants (p=0,01) and the clients who identify the discrimination have a odds ratio that suggest protection. The implications of these results for health professionals and managers are discussed.
Compliance with standard-precautions among medical and nursing staff at a university hospital
Authors: Brevidelli Maria Meimei , Cianciarullo Tamara Iwanow
Published: July 2022

As a primary intervention to prevent occupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens, compliance with standard precautions (SP) is extremely important to management occupational risks. The purpose of this study was to analyse self-reported levels of compliance with standard precautions among physicians and nurses. A sample of medical and nursing staff at a university hospital was asked how frequently they used the recomendations of SP. A Likert scale was used. Data were analysed by averagind scores of each scale item. The recomendations itens about “manipulation and discard of sharps objects”, “washing hands after removing disposable gloves” and “using disposable gloves whenener there is a possibility of the contact with blood” raised high levels of compliance. The levels of compliance reported by nursing staff was significantly higher than medical staff to four SP recomendations. The findings offer evidence to involve physicians on organizacional tranning about standard precautions.
Standards of the nursing knowledge and its interface to the attendance to the domiciliary - a literature review
Authors: Lacerda Maria R , Zagonel Ivete PS , Martins Soriane K
Published: July 2022

The attendance to the domiciliary health resurges as an alternative modality to the model of attention to the health of the country and the professional nurse who acts in this area as commitment and responsibility to improve its knowledge. Thus, this article, is a theoretical reflection on the interface of the standards of the knowledge of nursing identified by Barbara Carper (1978), Munhall (1993), White (1995) and brazilians studious where they point the possibility, importance and relevancy with respect to the area of nursing and in special in domiciliary attendance to the health while caring practice that confers an uneven and particular situation to the inserted client in its domicile. This interface is based on the reciprocity with the well-taken care of being, propitiating learning and growth conditions, in order to contribute for the consolidation of new experiences, enriching the capacity to take care of the nurse, patient and family member.
VII International Congress on Child Health in the Amazon Context
Authors: Lopes Creso M.
Published: July 2022

The international congress to be held on May, Acre-Brazil, will discuss the child health as well the adolescent and youngs.
Column: Hypertension Nursing
Authors: Pierin Angela MG
Published: July 2022

Blood pressure measurement: what equipament or device?

Blood pressure measurement is the most employed way to diagnose and treat hypertension. Therefore the accuracy of the values is essential. Although several factors are important for accurate blood pressure measurement, the most crucial factor is to use adequately calibrated devices. The aneroid sphygmomanometer usually is not accurately calibrated and mercury sphygmomanometer has always been regarded as the gold standard for clinical measurement of blood pressure, but many countries of Europe have banned the use of mercury. The electronic device is an option for blood pressure measurement, but all monitors in clinical use should be tested for accuracy in agreement for international protocols
The perception of the healthcare workers about the Hospital Infection Control Committee - an exploratory study
Authors: Oliveira Adriana C. , Evangelista Sintia , Lucas Thabata C. , Mourão Paulo H.O. , Clemente Wanessa T.
Published: July 2022

Introduction:The actions of the Infection Hospital Control Comitte (HICC) according to federal regulations 2616/98, are based essentially on the surveillance epidemiologic that makes possible the definition of guidelines’s prevention and control infection. However a high unrest for the health care workers refer the fact that during the health care they haven’t understood that the infection control is an ineherent aspect in their practice because of the risk in manipulation of organic matter, secretions and excretions, in addition to contact with microorganisms disseminated by differents route of transmission.Objective: to identify the perception of the healthcare workers team about the performance of Infection Hospital Control Committee (HICC). Methods: This is a descriptive study, completed in a hospital university of Belo Horizonte. A questionnaire was applied to 86 professionals (nurses, physicians and physiotherapists). Results: It was found that 88% of the professionals had knowledge of the meaning of the acronym HICC, 64% of them could identify a case of hospital infection, however just 48,8% had knowledge about the identification criterion of the resistant microorganisms. The lack of knowledge and commitment were the main cause for the low or not adhesion of control measures for hospital infection. In relation to the professional’s perception of the HICC, the majority considers it actively participative. Conclusion: this study has important contributions for the reflections of the practices of the healthcare workers team, as well as, for the HICCs think about yours strategic of the training and involvement with the hospital community.
Nosocomial infections and resistance microbian in Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital - an epidemiological study
Authors: Oliveira Adriana C. , Clemente Wanessa T. , Lucas Thabata C. , Martinho Glaucia H.
Published: July 2022

In the last decades it has been observed an increase in frequency on nosocomial infections by resistant microorganisms, especially in Intensive Care Units (ICU). This study aimed to determine main sites of nosocomial infections and prevalence of multidrug resistant microorganisms. An epidemiological and descriptive study was developed in an adult ICU of a University Hospital of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, from January to December, 2004. Among the most prevalent nosocomial infections were pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and bloodstream infections. Among the resistant microorganisms prevailed Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumanii, MRSA, Klebsiella, Enterobacteriaceas and Serratia. As this study is still going on, we expect to determine temporal trends for resistant microorganisms related to nosocomial infections main sites.
MPEA welcomes to the Public Examination of its first dissertation
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

The Professional Master in Nursing Program/Fluminense Federal University welcomes to the Public Examination of its first dissertation 26th of April 2006.

After the Public Examination, you are invited by MPEA to see the DVD

PopSaúde: Memorial Rosalda Paim

(NEPAE-NESEN and Unitevê production)
Motorcycle couriers from the city of Porto Alegre: living together with traffic accident risks
Authors: Veronese Andréa Márian
Published: July 2022

This paper aim at investigating how motorcycle couriers see the risk of traffic accident in their daily work in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil. The study was based on sociological theories about “risk”, especially those that emphasize the social and cultural character of their meanings 1 2. In this sense, the research had as presupposition the idea that “risk” is a concept that may be defined by the subject himself who is involved in the risk situation 3. The research was developed into a qualitative perspective and followed the methodological procedures of the Grounded Theory 4. The focus group 5 technique was the strategy used for the data collection. The results of the information analysis point out that the meanings of the “risk of a traffic accident” are conditioned to the way whereby the motorcycle couriers see the phenomenon at issue and to the circumstances in which this phenomenon takes place, which includes the people that are involved. The data also suggest that the motorcycle couriers show contradictory meanings to the risks of traffic accidents. According to them, the risk may have negative and/or positive implications. Motorcycle couriers recognize the risks of traffic accidents when they take over the tasks attributed to the motorcycle courier’s work and take over the risks of such tasks. The risks of traffic accident are produced by social and personal interests; social in the sense of the demands for urgency and speed and personal in relation to the interest of earning a higher income and to be the fastest motorcycle courier. Based on the analyzed data, one concludes that the motorcycle couriers consider the risks of traffic accident inherent to the day-to-day work and they use self-care strategies to live along with these risks.
Saline solution in peripheral venous: a literature review.
Authors: Dopico Lolita , De Oliveira Francimar Tinoco
Published: July 2022

One is about a research of bibliographical revision that objectified to analyze the scientific article summaries on the event of the practical one of the salinization in peripheral venous catheters in adult patients indexed in the data base National Library of Medicine (MedLine) in the period of 1995 the 2005, LILACS and the electronic database secondary OVID in this was used exactly time. The sample was constituted of five summaries and analyzed how much to the country and periodic of publication where the study it occurred, its delineation, conclusive size of the sample, and results or not how much to the effect of the salinization in the maintenance of the vascular patência. The results show two studies that confirm the salinization as efficient method in the maintenance of the permeability of the catheter, others two deny the effectiveness and one is inconclusive. One concluded that the thematic one presents modest production that does not contribute to congregate evidences concerning the effectiveness of the salinization in peripheral catheters in adults demanding new research for validation of the method.

Key words: Nurse, saline solution, peripheral catheter
Nursing process for the patient submitted to cardiac cateterism
Authors: Lourenci Rosane B. , Andrade Marilda
Published: July 2022

Hospitalization resulted from heart diseases creates a strong emotional charge on patients’ emotional structure, who feel in need of information about their pathology and requests professional assistance systematically, aiming the facing of the unknown, mainly related to the imagination of the gravity of their problem. This study resulted from the need of searching new knowledge that permit to direct the practice towards the coronary patients' care that need the accomplishment of diagnostic invasive procedure (Cardiac Catheterism). The general objective of this study is to elaborate the systematization of care to the hospitalized client submitted to Cardiac Catheterism, form their needs and discuss these needs through the critical analysis of the assistance models. This study has qualitative approach where the used techniques allowed the gathering of the elements that compound the patient's social representation against the Cardiac Catheterism, organized in three stages, that are: Pre analysis (contact with the material to be analyzed), Exploration (Transformation of rough data) and Treatment (interference and interpretation of the results). This data was collected from August 2005 to October 2005, in the Cardiac Unity at Santa Casa da Misericórdia Hospital, in Rio de Janeiro. The collection of data begun after the approval by the Ethics Committee in Researches of Antonio Pedro Hospital. At the present project up to this moment we are performing the analysis of the results which at first, showed us that there was confirmation about what has been imagined in the field of feelings that come from the perspective of the accomplishment of the diagnostic invasive procedure (Cardiac Catheterism) on hospitalized patients.
Problems presented by the surgical patients after being released from the hospital and the role of nursing - a descriptive study
Authors: Silva Lúcia G D M , Lacerda Rúbia A
Published: July 2022

This study aimed at identifying problems presented by the surgical patients after being released from the hospital, connecting them with the perioperative assistance and discuss possible nursing actions for the improvement of the patients´ evolution after hospital release. Searched information on the problems presented and aspects of the assistance given. The results had shown that 69.6% of the patients presented problems, related to the emotional and physiological alterations and doubts. In most of the cases it was considered that the pre and after operative periods of hospital staying are short and do not support formal moments and places for the preparation, evaluation and guidances to the patient. Surgical interventions have been faster over and over, and the surgical process has been carried through in some places, besides the hospital, fometing problems. Nursing can be a strategy as a link of integration between the involved in the surgical process.
The care as a conceptual mark for dissertations and theses of a graduate program - a bibliographic review
Authors: Silva Ana R V da , Bezerra Camilla Pontes , Joca Mirella Teixeira , Alves Maria Dalva Santos , Leitão Glória da Conceição Mesquita
Published: July 2022

The human care as a conceptual mark is a theme not developed in the nursing researches. This constatation made the authors establish as objective of the documental research the analysis of the cientific production of a post-graduation course in the northeast about the theories and concepts related to care. The study was developed through bibliographic survey from studies conducted from 1998 to 2004,accounting abstracts from 150 dissertations and 52 Doctoral theses. The Sample, however, was composed of thirteen dissertations and nine theses selected according to the theme. The results showed that the care is a theme not well explored, because only 22 defenses were related to the subject. We concluded that it is relevant to conduct studies that evaluate the scientific production of post-graduation programs, so that we can identify difficulties and possible contributions, guaranteeing a better life quality in the production of nursing knowledge aiming at the humanization of the assistance given.
Pain in newborns: a descriptive study about assessment and non-pharmacological treatment at a NICU
Authors: Barbosa Flávia de Souza , Valle Ianê Nogueira do
Published: July 2022

Introduction: According to contemporary knowledge about pain, every painful stimulus is generated, transmitted and interpreted in the same way for newborns and adults. Newborns have all the anatomical, functional and neurochemical elements necessary to nociception. Nevertheless, the manifestation and communication of pain in newborns are different from adult people, demanding other physiological and behavioral indicators to assess it. Objective: To identify, among nurses and physicians, their knowledge, beliefs and practices regarding assessment, non-pharmacological treatment and other measures to relieve-treat pain in newborns. Methods: Descriptive and exploratory stud of 16 doctors and 27 nurses (86,0% of staff) who work in a neonatal intensive care unit belong to a university hospital in São Paulo, Brasil. The date were collected through a questionnaire with open and closed questions, and underwent Kappa, Chi-Square and Fischer tests, in order to verify associations and agreements among the answers. Results and conclusions: The interviewed professionals believe that newborns actually feel pain. They recognize its importance and refer performing frequent evaluations of pain status, although demonstrating poor practice identify newborn pain from physiological or behavioral treatment of pain: the professionals know some important measures, but do not make use of then in theirs practices. There was no significant association between spontaneous and directive answers, regarding physiological and behavioral signs of pain.
Evaluation of the nursing process in a hospital of infectious diseases. A descriptive study
Authors: Feijão Alexsandra Rodrigues , Carvalho Maria de Fátima , Do Carmo Fidelarina Teixeira , De Brito Daniele Mary Silva , Galvão Marli Terezinha Gimenez
Published: July 2022

This study objectified to apprehend the nurse perception concerning the process of nursing and to evaluate the way that the instruments of Nursing Assistance Systematization (SAE) were filled in. It is an assistance convergent research with a qualitative-quantitative approach carried out in São José Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Fortaleza-CE in 2004 and 2005. Eleven nurses were interviewed and 643 forms from the SAE were analyzed. The results indicate: comprehension in the group concerning the importance of SAE; interest in improving the process; inadequate filling of the SAE; its structure requires frequent consultation to the theoretical referential; deficient preparation about assistance methodology in the group. Considering the analyzed aspects, it is recommended to the researched service to carry out workshops in order to elaborate a project to modify the SAE form; to carry out training course and preparation in assistance methodology and execution of the SAE.
Breastfeeding: helping mothers at home, after discharge from hospital. A descriptive study
Authors: Fernandes Rosa Aurea Quintella , De Lima Lara Ana Claudia
Published: July 2022

The problems mother face during breastfeeding may lend to early weaning. The period after discharging from hospital is critical, since woman not always find support and orientation to successfully overcome this phase. The purpose of this descriptive, exploratory study was to identify the difficulties mothers have to face during breastfeeding, after discharging from hospital and to guide them, by means of telephone calls. 64 women who gave birth at a private hospital were interviewed in September and October 2003. The results showed that mothers had a good level of education, 65% had finished the secondary school and 30% higher education. A the moment of the telephone call, which occurred in the 8th and 9th day after birth, 95% were exclusively breastfeeding and 92% did not mention any difficulties. However, 61% of theses women presented fissure between the 3rd and 4th day and 23%continnued having this problem. Breast engorgement mentioned by 19% of the breast-feeding women, occurred between the 4th and 5th day. It was concluded that the telephone approach helped some mothers to immediately overcome problems while others were referred to nursing consultation as the hospital. These difficulties could be overcome more efficiently if contacts occurred earlier.
The care for the surgical client: a guide act to reach welfare. A bibliographic review
Authors: Cruz Élissa Jôse E. R. , Assumpção Luciana Ranauro , Nunes Keila Suellen de Moura , Morgado Fabiana Maia , Souza Norma Valéria Dantas de Oliveira , Silva Maristela Freitas
Published: July 2022

The study object is the implementation experience of the extension Project: “ Orientating the client in surgery situation to care differentiate”; descibing what participants have passed through and presenting a result evaluation. The project takes place with a joint work between professors, nurses, academics and nursing interns. Offering information at pre and post-operative, clarifying doubts and so clients can create strategies to face the surgical process. The activity contributed in assistance quality, in the formation of nurses committed to integrity and professional-assintential integration. It has been considered that the activity reached the objectives to assist clients to understand the internation process dynamics; to demystify the surgical experience and to reduce bio-psyquic-social alterations that are related to surgery.
Health and quality of life in elderly people that make voluntary work - a transversal study
Authors: Melo de Souza Luccas , Lautert Liana
Published: July 2022

Transversal study, analytical, of the “ex posto facto” type. It will be made with 300 elderly (250 that make voluntary work and 50 that do not make). It has the objective to investigate the quality of life and the health of elderly that make voluntary work, correlating with the elderly people that do not make voluntary work. This research is a project of the Nursing School of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.
Column: Black Woman Health - Gender and race institutional discrimination. How the nurse can prevent these violations?
Authors: Cruz Isabel CF da
Published: July 2022

The gender aspects of racial discrimination and the racial aspects of gender

discrimination must be included in the healths disciplines. Intersectionality is a feminist approach to combat gender and race discrimination. This column highlight key issues related to prevent and/or combat institutional racism in the health system.
Records of anti-tetanic immunization in documents of mothers. A descriptive study
Authors: Narchi Nádia Zanon , Fernandes Rosa Áurea Quintella , Viana Keila Aredes
Published: July 2022

Before the confirmation that, there is as much lack of knowledge among women about the importance of anti-tetanic vaccination during the gestation period, as deficiency in data about this immunization, it was decided to elaborate a research in order to verify and analyze the records of anti-tetanic immunization in documents of groups of 50 Mothers in a poor community of the City of Sao Paulo. This study, descriptive and quantitative, was made in the period from April 2005 to April 2006. There were collected data in records of vaccination and prenatal periods, and also other kinds of records such as social, demographic and obstetric distinctions. The results showed that in 24% of the cases there were flaws in the vaccination scheme. The conclusion is that improving the quality of the records is a must, besides orientating women about the importance of vaccination, what involves the necessity of a closer follow up and assistance during the prenatal period.