bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Condições de conforto do paciente internado em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva neonatal
Authors: Menon Daniele , Martins Andrea Pereira , Dyniewicz Ana Maria
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the lighting conditions, noise and types of professional touch to babies at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Methods: it was carried out in a 30-bed unit of a university hospital between June and December of 2005. Data were collected by means of non-participant observation through notes in each one of the five unit rooms adding up to 57 hours of observation, which were transcribed, tabulated and analyzed. This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty Evangélica of Paraná (2895/05). Results: loud talk was pointed out in the noise category. Regarding lighting, incubators were covered with a dark field. As for the kinds of touch, instrumental-affective one stood out. Conclusion: from the collected data, it is possible to enhance babies’ comfort conditions by means of educational actions with professionals, specially driven to the awareness that humanized care is a behavior which needs to be incorporated to daily actions. Descriptors: nursing; therapeutic touch; intensive care units, neonatal.
O enfermeiro e as práticas assistenciais para o cliente politraumatizado no setor de emergência
Authors: Silva Felipe Do Cabo , Da Silva Roberto Carlos Lyra
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the main technical difficulties operational faced by the nurse in the sector of politrauma during the assistance for the client politraumatized. Methods: this is about a descriptive study, from qualitative approach, performed with 10 nurses from politraumatized sector at large public hospital in Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil, from July to August 2007. Information was collected through structured interviews script whose analysis was based on content analysis, thematic analysis, method proposed by Bardin. Results: through the testimonies if realizes to real situation of public service emergency from Rio de Janeiro city. When evaluating the assistance provided to the client politraumatized, we note several technical problems operational what make difficult the nurse work with these clients. Conclusion: the emergency care of trauma victims to the customer still needs many improvements. The technology, when put into practice the correct way, become a facilitator, minimizing the difficulties, contributing to the development of technical and scientific professionals and increasing the survival of the client polytraumatized in serious condition. Descriptors: politraumatized; emergency; nursing care.
Fatores de risco para doenças cardiovasculares em crianças de 3 a 12 anos filhos de hipertensos
Authors: Bezerra Simone Maria Muniz da Silva , Araújo Ednaldo Cavalcante de , Linhares Francisca Márcia Pereira , Azevedo Juliana Maria Pessoa de , Gouveia Viviane De Araújo , Correa Maria Suely Medeiros
Published: January 2012

Objective: to investigate the relation of risk factors to coronary heart disease in children from 3 to 12 years old, children of fathers with hypertension, attended at the family health unit at Recife city, PE. Methods: this is about an exploratory, descriptive, cohort study performed with 43 children, from 3 to 12 years, children of fathers with hypertension, taken care from May to October 2006. For data collection was used a questionnaire structuralized. The associations among variable had been verified by the Qui-square test. This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Hospital Oswaldo Cruz of the University of Pernambuco. Results: 25 children of the masculine sex had been evaluated and 18 of the feminine one, weight excess in 18% of the children was demonstrated, sedentarism was detected in 45%, the hypertension occurred in 23% of the children; 57% of the parents had incomplete basic education and 20% familiar income of one minimum salary. Conclusions: the overweight and the obesity had been associates with raised levels more of systolic arterial pressure. The gotten results had indicated association between risk factors for cardiovascular illnesses, confirming the familiar influence in these risk factors. Descriptors: cardiovascular risk; arterial hypertension; childhood; adolescence.
Patients' Clinical Profile Attacked by Cerebral Vascular Accident
Authors: Lima Carolline Paulo Neto da Cunha , Costa Marta Miriam Lopes , Soares Julia Guimarães
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to show the profile epidemiological of patients with cerebral vascular accident in a public hospital from João Pessoa city, Paraíba, Brazil; to investigate the social demographic profile; to identify the risk factors, symptoms and sequels of the cerebral vascular accident. Methods: this is about a descriptive and exploratory study, from quantitative approach; the population was configured by sixty handbooks. Data collect was performed with a form from March to April 2007, and then data were analyzed and presented in tables and figures. This study was approval by the Ethics Committee under protocol number 58/2007. Results: data has been demonstrated that most of the handbooks belonged to patients from 46 to 85 years old; from female; they came from Mata Paraibana region; they were patients with hypertension; they had cerebral vascular accident of the type hemorrhagic. Conclusion: this study was very important for nurses, since it allowed them to have knowledge to help reduce the number of deaths and sequelae of cerebral vascular accident, also contributed to the basics to change like this, as knowledge of the disease and fitness treatment methods (among them, stand out studies of risk factors and relevance of applying an early prevention of cerebral vascular accident). Thus, the role of nursing is to prevent and detect early complications, educating the population about the disease. Descriptors: accident vascular cerebral; health profile; patient.
Aplicación del cuestionario mcgill en mujeres con fibromialgia y con lombalgia: un estudio comparativo
Authors: Leite Ana Claudia de Souza , Rodrigues Weidinara De Oliveira , Pagliuca Lorita Marlena Freitag
Published: January 2012

Objective: to apply the McGill Questionnaire, translated and adapted to Brazil, and to identify the degree of internal association between this clinical group of women with fibromyalgia and another group of women with low back pain. Methods: this experimental research includes a case-control study. The population consisted of 83 patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia and low back pain who attended the Orthopedics and Trauma Outpatient Clinic at a Teaching Hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil, from December 2005 to June 2006. The following exclusion criteria were adopted: patients with sensory and cognitive deficits, illiterate, younger than 21 and older than 60 years. A sample of 50 patients was obtained. The control and experimental groups were paired and the MPQ was applied to both. This study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Ceará (04545014-5). Results: were analyzed comparatively through non-parametrical statistics (Kruskal-Wallis). This test found significant means and standard deviations for the sensory and affective categories, with significant p-values for the descriptor “tiring”. Conclusion: the MPQ showed its appropriateness for pain assessment and analysis in fibromyalgia patients. Descriptors: pain; pain measurement; fibromyalgia.
Sentimentos relacionados à infidelidade conjugal: um estudo com universitários
Authors: Andrade Morgana Do Nascimento , Mello Ivana Suely Bezerra de , Dias Cristina Maria de Souza Brito
Published: January 2012

Objective: to investigate the conjugal infidelity, from the opinion of students of the University Center of João Pessoa/UNIPÊ. Methods: the sample consisted of 100 heterosexuals persons, with average age of 22.69 years old, being 51 of them from the male sex and 49 from the female sex. In the analysis of the results, it was used the Likert scale of 5 points, to measure the degree of agreement and disagreement of the respondents of feelings related with the conjugal infidelity. The results have been analyzed regarding frequency and percentage. Results: concerning have being or not betrayed the partner, regarding to the sex, it was obtained the percentage of 33% of men against 11% of women declared to have already betrayed; and 40% of women against 16% of men declared never having done it. The feelings in a situation of conjugal infidelity manifested by men were: regretting, remorse and adventure; and by women: adventure, sorrow, and remorse. Regarding the matter about having been betrayed or not by the partner; 12% of men against 28% of women related to have been betrayed; and 37% of men against 23% of women declared the opposite. Conclusion: it is concluded that women are more loyal; that in both sexes, feelings like regretting, anger and desire of  knowing the reason are present in the betrayers and betrayed ones. Descriptors: marriage; sexuality; adult; assistance.
Pattern of alcohol consumption by students of the course of the night nursing PUC Minas
Authors: Botti Nadja , Simões Willy Moreira Batista , Lima Adriano Ferreira Duarte
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the pattern of alcohol consumption among undergraduate nursing students. Methodology: this is about a quantitative-descriptive study with 393 students in undergraduate courses in nursing at the Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Data were collected from a questionnaire and analyzed using descriptive statistic. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the Catholic University of Minas Gerais. Resulted: the students consume alcohol and energy drinks, beer is the most consumed beverage and bars and discos are often used. Events following drinking included: classroom lack, driving vehicles and fights. Women are responsible for diverse consumption of alcoholic beverages and men have less diversification, but consuming more doses per day. Regarding the use of alcohol in the family, students point to the parent as consumer abuse. Conclusion: the significant consumption of alcohol among undergraduate nursing students from Minas Gerais Catholic University is a problem that must be addressed through implementation of preventive and damage reduction program. Descriptors: students; nursing; alcohol.
Caracterização dos condutores de motocicleta vítimas de acidentes de trânsito atendidos em hospital de urgência
Authors: Farias Glaucea Maciel de , Barros Wanessa Cristina Tomáz dos Santos , Rocha Karolina De Moura Manso da , Freitas Mirna Cristina da Silva , Costa Isabel Karolyne Fernandes , Morais Filho Luíz Alves
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to characterize drivers involved in motorcycle accidents and identify injuries according to body region. Methodology: this is about a descriptive exploratory study, prospective, from quantitative approach, performed in the Monsenhor Walfredo Gurgel Hospital Complex (HMGW), from Natal city, Brazil. The population consisted of 4.511 victims of motorcycle accidents attended in 2006. The sample of 371 patients was defined after the inclusion from criteria and calculation of 5% of the population. To collect data, a questionnaire was employed from January to March 2008. This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee (221/07). The data were organized, categorized, coded and entered in a spreadsheet, using the Microsoft-Excel XP, Statisca 6.0 and SPSS 13.0, and analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results: from all 371 victims, 328 (88,40%) has been male; 129 (34,77%) aged from 18 to 23; 207 (55,79%), coming from the Metropolitan Region of Natal. Regarding injuries, the body region most affected was the external surface (39,9%), followed by the head and neck (33,2%). Conclusion: to know these events’ characteristics is indispensable for the planning of promotion and prevention actions, since health education may constitute a transforming element on traffic behavior. Descriptors: nursing; accidents, traffic; motorcycles; injuries.
Acidentes de trabalho entre mulheres brasileiras atendidas em uma unidade de emergência
Authors: Silveira Cristiane Aparecida , Robazzi Maria Lúcia Carmo Cruz , Alves Liliana Amorim , Suazo Sandra Verônica Valenzuela
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the occurrence of Occupational Accidents among women attended in a hospital in São Paulo city, characterizing them. Methods: observational, non-experimental and descriptive study, from quantitative approach. An instrument has been validated by experts for data collection; it were studied the patients’ charts from 2002 to 2003, in an Emergency Unit of a teaching hospital of the Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The study has been approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Clinics Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine University of São Paulo (4799/2004). Results: 82 women were victims of 117 Occupational Accidents. Most of the 82 female Occupational Accidents victims were between 25-40 years old (52.78%); 47.56% were married. Most of the women were nursing technicians and aides (29,27% each). Most of the Occupational Accidents (32.93%) were caused by falls.  Conclusions: suggestions are presented to minimize these events, in terms of protecting women’s work and train health professionals to enable them to offer better care to these accident victims. Descriptors: occupational health; female work; emergency medical services.
Desconfortos, complicações e satisfações de mulheres após mamoplastia redutora
Authors: Faria Ana Lucia De , Santos Teresa Celia de Mattos Moraes dos , Nakamiti Maria Cecilia Pereira , Nascimento Eliana Fátima Almeida , Neves Paula , Gonçalves Mônica da Silva , Pires Tábata de Abreu
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the patients' discomforts, complications and satisfactions in the postoperative reduction mammaplasty. Methods: this is about a prospective, exploratory and descriptive study, from quantitative approach. The population was performed by 21 patients who underwent to a reduction mammaplasty in a plastic surgery clinic in Taubaté/SP city 2007. Data were collected from August to November 2007 and quantified, analyzed and presented in tables and figures. This study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Taubaté (0132/07). Results: the mean age was 41.3 years old; as for marital status, the married women were prevailing; among them, 66.67% had children and breastfed. The reason for the surgery that most stood out was the aesthetic. The test performed in the breast, preoperatively, was the USG and mammography. The most cited discomfort in the postoperative period was the lack of sleep position (38.09%). The abcense of any complications was predominant (71.44%), and the patient's satisfaction with the reduction mammaplasty outcomes was excellent (71.44%). Conclusion: the discomforts, complications, and satisfactions postoperative results went beyond the expectations. The patients felt in harmony with their own images, high self-steem, and high physical, psycological and social levels of satisfaction. Descriptors: trends; nursing; rehabilitation.
Assistência à pessoa com deficiência: competências do agente comunitário de saúde
Authors: Maia Evanira Rodrigues , Almeida Séfora Batista , Oliveira Wéllida Rocha , Pagliuca Lorita Marlena Freitag
Published: January 2012

Objective: to discuss concepts on disability, facilities and difficulties and report on the learning needs of Community Health Agents (CHA) to work with disabled persons in basic care. Methods: this is an exploratory and descriptive research, carried out in Crato-CE, from March to May 2008. Knowledge, previous skills and learning needs were collected from 76 out of 111 CHA who participated in an awareness seminar, using a questionnaire-type registration card. Data were submitted to the content analysis technique. The project was approved by the COMEPE-UFC (245/07). Results: ninety-two percent of the CHA who concluded steps I and II of the Technical Course for Community Health Agents indicate the need for competency development to work with disabled people and their families, related to the concepts of disability, social inclusion, health-disease process, biomedical contents, health promotion and problem monitoring actions. Conclusion: adequate care delivery to disabled people demands that health professionals develop competencies for this purpose. Community Health Agents’ position turns them into essential actors of these actions in Basic Care. There is an urgent need to develop the competencies established in the curriculum framework of the Technical Course for Community Health Agents, applied to the theme. Descriptors: disabled persons; family practice; professional competence.
O acolhimento do profissional da saúde no atendimento à mulher vítima de violência sexual
Authors: Ayres Lílian Fernandes , Amorim Wellington Mendonça , Silva Leila Rangel
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to investigate on the first aid form used for victims of sexual violence, the behavior of health professionals over emergency anticonception procedures, chemoprophylaxis for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Hepatitis B; towards the assistencial demands with regard to the protocol considered by The Health Department. Methods: this is a descriptive study based on the quantitative analysis on which have been studied 204 first aid forms for the victims of sexual violence at Rio de Janeiro Health Department. The study has been approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the College’s Hospital São Francisco de Assis of the University Federal of Rio de Janeiro (003/06). Results: 64 % showed that the emergency anticonception has been managed. The HIV prophylaxis has been perfomed in 61%. On the Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) prophylaxis, 85% have been carried out. The Hepatitis B prophylaxis has been executed im 77% of the cases. Conclusion: during the data collection, it has been observed that the capacitation courses undertaken have contributed to improving the quality of the care. The need for the Public Health to continue on capacitating the health professionals has become evident. This way, the professionals involved in the care to the victims of sexual violence can perform a qualified and effective care.  Descriptors: sexual violence; women’s health; admission; nursing.
Investigação dos óbitos infantis através do modelo Calgary de avaliação e intervenção em famílias
Authors: Casarin Sidnéia Tessmer , Ceolin Teila , Carvalho Rita De Cássia Mourão dos Reis , Heck Rita Maria , Schwartz Eda , Silva Jose Richard de Sosa
Published: January 2012

Objective: to report the use of the Calgary Family Assessment Model (CFAM) in family interviews in an infant death survey in two counties in southern Rio Grande do Sul state.  Methods: a descriptive, exploratory and qualitative approach study performed in 2007 in two southern Rio Grande do Sul counties. One family in each county who had gone through infant death was surveyed by means of home visitations through the use of the CFAM.  The study has a qualitative approach and the pieces of information obtained during the interviews, genogram and ecomap preparation, as well as those collected on the infant death survey form, were considered for data analysis. The study has been approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Medicine Faculty of the Federal University of Pelotas (063/07).  Results: the Calgary Family Assessment Model proved to be useful in approaching families that mourned the early loss of one of their members, bringing together the nursing professional and the family, as well as strengthening the bonds between the family and the public welfare system. Conclusion: this study led us to the conclusion that the nursing professional, by means of a systemic family care approach, is able to provide a broader assistance to family needs. Descriptors: infant mortality; nursing; family; public health.
Perfil epidemiológico do câncer de colo uterino no município de feira de santana, Bahia, Brasil
Authors: Moreira Rita De Cássia Rocha , Souza Ludmilla Oliveira , Silva Carvalho Manoela De Assis , Saldanha Scheila Conceição Sacramento
Published: January 2012

Objective: to determine the cervical cancer epidemiological profile in Feira de Santana city, from 2000 to 2004. Methods: documental research, quantitative methods, descriptive, whose data collection were in annual reports issued by the Municipal Secretariat of Health through the Information System in Cancer of the Uterine Cervix (SISCOLO). The collection instrument was a form consolidated. Descriptive analysis was conducted using statistical tests, calculating the incidence, relative frequency and mortality rates by age. The results are presented in tables. Results: regards to Cervical Intra-epithelial Neoplasia I (CIN I) the age group between 20-39 years old had the greatest number of cases, but in relation to CIN II the age group between 20-39 years old not presented cases in 2004. In CIN III there was an increase in the percentage distribution in the age group between 20-39 years old, there was a decrease in women between 40-59 years old and over 60 years old there were cases only occurred in 2002. The hospital morbidity predominated in the age group between 40-59 years. The absolute frequency shows decrease in the number of cases of hospitalization. Deaths by cervical cancer were predominant in the age group over 60 years old. Conclusion: to know cervical cancer epidemiological variables is fundamental because it makes possible to draw actions which contribute to the women’s health promotion. Descriptors: cancer; cervix uteri; prevention; epidemiology.
A espiritualidade e o viver com câncer no processo de morrer
Authors: Tarouco Renata De Lima , Muniz Rosani Manfrin , Guimaraes Silvia Regina Lopes , Arrieira Isabel Cristina , Campos Nataniele , Burille Andréia
Published: January 2012

Objective: identifying if the spirituality helps the oncologic patients in their terminality process. Methodology: this is about an exploratory and descriptive study, from qualitative approach, performed five patient that were in palliative treatment for the program of oncologic internment home at a small ville in south from Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Data were collected from April to May 2008, by interviews recorded using a semistructured script. This study was approved by the Committee of Ethics in Research of the Hospital Santa Casa (009/2008). Results: data analysis revealed the knowledge of a terminal disease, with the perception of this and the terrain and divine senses for the cancer diagnosis; spirituality in the process of dying, in their internal and external aspects. Conclusion: it was considered that the study just made possible understand that the spirituality helps these people in their terminality process; also to propitiate the professional nurse a glance humanized for the spirituality of the oncologic patient. Descriptors: neoplasia; spirituality; terminal patient; nursing.
Adesão dos profissionais de saúde ás precauções-padrão: uma revisão integretiva da literatura
Authors: Ferreira Milene Dias , Godoy Vivian Stefani , Facchin Luiza Tayar , Silveira Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira , Sonobe Helena Megumi , Gir Elucir , Canini Silvia Rita Marin da Silva
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify and assess the available evidences in the literature about factors that interfere with the adherence of the health workers to standard precautions. Methods: this is an integrative literature review, conducted through electronic search of articles in the following databases: PubMed, digital archive produced by the National Library of Medicine (MEDLINE), Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Latin American and Caribbean Center on Health Sciences Information (LILACS), EMBASE and COCHRANE Library, published between 1999 and 2008. In total, 14 articles were analyzed. Results: the analysis of articles identified a variety of factors that can interfere positively or negatively with the adherence of health workers to standard precautions. Most (13/14) were classified as evidence level 6, since they were descriptive articles. Reasons were grouped in three categories: factors related to individuals, to institutions and to the process of work. Conclusion: although the present study does not provide strong scientific evidences, it permitted the identification of a group of variables that should be better researched in analytical and experimental studies, which can support in a more concrete way the improvement of the levels of adherence of health workers to standard precautions. Descriptors: health personnel; guideline adherence; universal precautions.
Qualidade de vida em portadores de lesão medular: estudo de revisão de literatura
Authors: Silva Gelson Aguiar da , Costa Juliana Neves da , Araújo Thelma Leite de , Carvalho Zuila Maria De Figueiredo , Alves e Souza Angela Maria , Braga Violante Augusta Batista
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify and systematize — in the literature available in computer databases (LILACS and MEDLINE) — studies on the quality of life of people with physical disabilities from spinal cord injury in the period from 1994 to 2004. Methods: this is a descriptive and exploratory study, in which a bibliographic review was performed. The following descriptors were used: people with physical disabilities, handicapped people, spinal cord injuries, quality of life, nursing and nursing care, and 27 articles were found, which comprised the sample for the study. Results: the topics of the articles encountered were the following: well-being of individuals with spinal cord injury; the rehabilitation process; life satisfaction; performance of physical activities and life expectancy. The study indicated an overall lack of publications in the field of nursing, as well as in methodological aspects. It was found that, although improving the life quality of patients with spinal cord injury is extremely important, there is a scarcity of studies on this subject, and it should be further investigated and discussed. Conclusion: therefore, it is important to include an understanding of the subjectivity of individuals with spinal cord injury and their perception on quality of life, aimed at improving nursing care. Descriptors: quality of life; people with disabilities; spinal cord; health of disabled or incapacitated people
A importância do acolhimento à família em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal
Authors: Lucas Thaís Amancio de Macedo Pinto Coelho , Barçante Thales Augusto , Martin Sandra Haueisen , Tannure Meire Chucre
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to describe the importance of partnership between the nursing staff and family of the newborn preterm infants hospitalized in a neonatal ICU, and describe strategies that can be used by professionals, to accommodate these families. Methods: this was a study in the database of the Virtual Health Library were used seven search strategies. The limits were: the subject descriptor; age of newborns (up to 1 month) and infants (1-23 months), work done with humans, published from 2003 to 2008, in Portuguese, English, Spanish. We selected 10 references. It also used a master's dissertation, which addresses the central theme of research. Results: the partnership between the nursing staff and family favors increased contact between parents and son, works for the clinical recovery of the premature and the mother, improves the emotional state of parents, minimizes the occurrence of feelings and physiological complications. Strategies such as the inclusion of parents in caring for the child, demonstrating the importance of the presence in the family unit, and the promotion of education, need to be implemented in the ICU. Conclusion: It is essential that the team becomes a support to the families of newborns admitted to ICU. Descriptors: family; premature birth; interpersonal relations; neonatal intensive care.
Communication about sexual and reproductive health between parents and adolescent children: a literature review
Authors: Gubert Fabiane Do Amaral , Cunha Vieira Neiva Francenely , Da Costa Pinheiro Patrícia Neyva , De Oliveira Eliany Nazaré , Napoleão Albuquerque Izabelle Mont'Alverne
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to analyze publications involving communication between parents and children about issues related to sexuality in the databases MEDLINE, BDENF E LILACS of the Virtual Health Library - VHL from 2004 to 2009. Methods: systematic literature review study, held in VHL, in May 2009, from descriptors: communication, adolescent and sexuality. For the analysis of information, there was the organization of content as thematic categories present in the publications. Results: the 20 references were analyzed, and 12 in the database MEDLINE, five in LILACS and three in BDENF. The results show the family as a reference in the communication and identify the mother, as the main mediator of the dialogue with the children. In studies, it emphasizes the need for educational strategies that strengthen parents, as young people who enjoy communication in the family, tend to experience sexual health in a more healthy and pleasant. Conclusion: place new strategies/experiences in the sexual and reproductive behavior from family relationships promote the understanding of health and quality of life. The nurse must strengthen the social support network of adolescents and actions for health promotion in this field. Descriptors: adolescent; communication; sexuality; nursing.
Assistência ao paciente submetido à artroplastia total de quadril: o saber da enfermagem traumato-ortopédica
Authors: Vital Isabel Cristina , Cameron Lys Eiras
Published: January 2012

Objective: to achieve a mapping of national and international scientific productions about nursing care to patients that were submitted or will be submitted to hip arthroplasty. Methods: this is an exploratory and transverse study that sought to characterize the cross scientific production on the nursing care in hip arthroplasty and the articles were searched on LILACS, MEDLINE, Pubmed, SciELO and BDENF Virtual Libraries in the period of 1976-2008 and were founded 239 publications, the most ever published in international journals. Results: from these, we selected 23 articles, which had full access whether they were in Portuguese or English and was observed that   there is a shortage in national scientific productions about this thematic in nursing area and a necessity of more researches. Conclusion: the analysis showed it’s necessary that more studies must be done to attend the clients’ necessities and the nurses that work on the Orthopaedic nursing area must discuss and go further in the treatment to be institutionalized pre, trans and pos surgical hip arthroplasty for a good attendance to the clients, reduce the troubles and costs. Descriptors: orthopedic nursing; nursing care; patient care; hip arthroplasty.
A privacidade do cliente em terapia intensiva e as implicações para a prática de enfermagem
Authors: Maia Roberta Freitas , Silva Roberto Carlos Lyra da
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify how the issues related to client’s privacy in the provision of caring at intensive care have been addressed by nurses. Methods: this is an exploratory review research, about the scientific production of nursing on the privacy of client critical in intensive care. We considered articles published from 1996 to 2008, using the descriptors: Caution, Privacy, Body exposure, Nursing and Intensive care. The results were analyzed and discussed in a Multireferenciality context. Results: the client’s privacy at intensive care seems to be still, a nurse's concern, which may have ethical and legal implications and techniques, thus compromising the nursing of care and giving room for it to be labeled as inhumane. Conclusion: the study has implications for the practice of care that need to be discussed among the nurses. We must think not only the importance of the rationality of technical and scientific knowledge as foundations and cornerstones of the nursing care in intensive care, but also the subjectivity that is closed in all the actions of caring. Descriptors: privacy; nursing care; intensive therapy.
Causalidade das quedas em idosos
Authors: Mallmann Danielli Gavião , Tambara Darleni Rosa , Hammerschmidt Karina Silveira de Almeida , Franchini Beatriz
Published: January 2012

Objective: to identify the predisposing factors in the literature falls in the elderly. Methods: this was about a review in databases Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and Google Scholar (Google Scholar) and the library collection of UNIPAMPA, using the descriptors: falls and falls in the elderly. Inclusion criteria were: 1) Publication of the period 2000-2009, 2) publication which deals expressly falls in the elderly, and the exclusion criteria: 1) Publications International, 2) Subjects of falls in older people focused on specificity. Results: we found 16 articles on the subject proposed the review, which were used for preparing the same, and two books on the subject. The inadequate environment presents itself as one of the most significant factors in the occurrence of falls, in addition to changes resulting from age and use of medications. Conclusion: falls interfere with the quality of life to undermine the day-day limit of the elderly when the outputs of some activities of daily living. There are prevention methods that can be used to avoid the drop, as the organization's environment. Descriptors: accidental falls; aged; causality.
Aspectos epidemiológicos da sepse em unidades de terapia intensiva
Authors: Farias Glaucea Maciel de , Freitas Mirna Cristina da Silva , Rocha Karolina De Moura Manso da , Costa Isabel Karolyne Fernandes , Morais Filho Luíz Alves
Published: January 2012

Objective: to characterize patients that suffered sepsis in Intensive Care Units. Methods: bibliographic research, performed in the Domínio Público and Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS/BIREME), websites, specifically Base de Dados de Enfermagem (BDENF), Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde (LILACS), Literatura Internacional em Ciências da Saúde (MEDLINE), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO), with studies ranging from 2001 to April 2009. We used the search words: “Sepse” and “Unidades de Terapia Intensiva”. Results: the male gender was most affected (56%), with a related age group of 57 to 71. The main focal point for the beginning of sepsis was the pulmonary system. The most often identified pathogens were gram-negative germs (65%). The washing of hands was approached on 90% of the related studies as the main procedure for infection control. Conclusions: male individuals were most often afflicted by sepsis and averaged 65 years of age. The pulmonary system was the area most often associated with the beginning of sepsis. Gram-negative bacteria were the pathogens most often found in studies and the washing of hands was the most emphasized procedure for the prevention of infections in this environment. Descriptors: sepsis; intensive care units; cross infection; nursing.
Transplante de órgãos e tecidos: aspectos históricos, ético-legais, emocionais e repercussão na qualidade de vida
Authors: Barros Patrícia Madruga Rêgo , Araújo Ednaldo Cavalcante de , Lima Luciane Soares de
Published: January 2012

Objective: to present the scientific production on quality of life, some historical, ethical, legal and emotional involving the transplantation of organs and tissues. Methods: this is a descriptive and exploratory study that it was sought in Medline, Scielo and Lilacs, involving adults, to search using the following descriptors depression, quality of life, transplantation of kidney and chronic disease as well as consultation on text books and articles cited in the references obtained in the review. Results: the scientific production presented had two relevant aspects: the significant technological and evolution and policies concerned with the transplantation of organs and tissues in Brazil and the evidence of an insignificant value people give to emotional and social aspects in patient’s life quality. It was also observed a disproportional between the number of viable organs and the crescent waiting list, related to the failure in the notification of cases of cerebral deaths and to the failure in approaching the families to donate the organs of their family member. Conclusion: Despite the also technological development of dialysis treatment, renal transplantation has been described as the best option in order to provide better quality of life for chronic kidney patient. But it is valid to emphasize that, like any treatment, the transplant has implications that need to be clarified in order to avoid future frustrations and complications or emotional and psychological.  Descriptors: depression; quality of life; organ transplantation; chronic disease.
The health-disease process: a reflection in the light of medical anthropology
Authors: Melo Lucas Pereira de , Cabral Elizabeth Regina de Melo , Santos Júnior José Ademário dos
Published: January 2012

Objective: to discuss the health and disease concepts based on Medical Anthropology. Methods: this is about a critical reflection study. Therefore, was done a critical analysis of modern medical practices and their relationship with the culture. This discussion is based on, mainly, authors' experience in this study and research field and in the literature review. Results: it was discussed the paradigm concept’s and yours developments in health field. Some contributions that the field of Medical Anthropology has brought to the study of the health-disease process. Conclusions: finally, highlighted the importance of a critical perspective and theory based on the various events included in the health-disease and contributions for health professionals. Descriptors: health-disease process; medical anthropology; delivery of health care.
O exercício da liderança pelo enfermeiro no contexto da organização do trabalho em saúde e enfermagem: algumas reflexões
Authors: Santos José Luís Guedes dos , Silva Rosângela Marion da , Prochnow Adelina Giacomelli , Beck Carmem Lúcia Colomé , Leite Joséte Luzia
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to reflect on nurse leadership in a health and nursing work organizational context, as well as to provide material for nurses and nursing students that aim to study and/or improve the exercise of leadership. Methods: a theoretical essay based on a bibliographical narrative review of books, papers, and dissertations; from which three axes of analysis and reflection have been built: searching for a leadership concept, potential development for the exercise of leadership and nurse leadership in the past, present, and future. Results: leadership is an important competence for the nurse in managing the work process and coordinating the activities involving health and nurse care. Thus, the exercise of leadership requires nurses to develop entrepreneurial postures based on the setting of teams, negotiation, power relations share, and exploring human motivation at work. Conclusion: the nurse must be sure of his/her leadership role and try to develop coherently and with a critical view on the reality before different contexts, valuing the multidimensionality of the human being that provides and receives care. Descriptors: leadership; management; nursing, supervisory; nurse's role.
Relato do aprendizado de iniciação científica em um núcleo de pesquisas
Authors: Campos Mariara Cássia de , Cassiano Roberta Peliçari de Toledo , Lopes Maria Gilda Pacheco , Silva Edilaine Cristina da , Furegato Antonia Regina Ferreira
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to report the stages of the accomplishment of a research with nursing undergraduate students who participated in scientific initiation and to reflect about this experience with a team of researchers. Methods: the following stages are reported: insertion of the student in the project, first contacts with the theme and the research, stages of development of a research on depression among nursing students (choice of instruments, sample selection procedures and precaution in data collection), approval by the ethics committee and data analysis procedures. Results: In each stage of this experience, students and the team of the Research Group on Interpersonal Relations (NUPRI)- analyzed progresses and difficulties of the accomplishment of the research and preparation of results for publication. Conclusion: It is concluded that this learning is important to systematize the nursing practice and for the training of future graduate students and researchers. Descriptors: learning; nursing; depression; research.
Construção de saberes em primeiros socorros: promoção da saúde e cidadania
Authors: Fontana Rosane Teresinha , Lima Fabiane De , Dutra Ariéla Müller
Published: January 2012

Objective: to build, along with teachers and students, moments of reflection and exchange of knowledge about behaviors and skills in the management of rescue base in order to assist in the training of multipliers of actions for the preservation of life and to raise awareness of the importance of supportive care in the construction of citizenship. Methodology: this is a report of experience in health education, conducted with the students in the eighth grade of elementary school, and teachers in public schools located in a municipality of northwestern region of the state of Rio Grande do Sul/BR, in 2006. The proposal is guided in working in groups, whereas the environmental group promotes the exchange of ideas between the subject and awareness of the potential of this group for social transformation. Results: the activities involved an exchange of knowledge and experience from the problematization of everyday situations to find solutions to possible problems ahead that require conduct of emergency, respecting previous knowledge and is facilitating the seizure of new knowledge. Conclusion: it is believed that education for the supportive care is a strategy for citizen training and processing, as it involves social actors in the production and preservation of individual and collective health and allows the creation of healthy environments. Descriptors: education health; first aid; health promotion.
Práticas gerontológicas no ambiente hospitalar: um relato de experiência.
Authors: Silva Rosângela Marion da , Beck Carmem Lúcia Colomé , Beuter Margrid
Published: January 2012

Objectives: to discuss the historical trajectory of health policies in Brazil, contrasting the paradigms flexenerian and the social production of health; to deal the range of cultural and ideological factors in historical development in the social field of health, relating them to the role of the University. Methods: it was analyzed the subject from different authors who discussed the matter in order to detect the approach of the relationship between the paradigms and models of health care in the economic, political and cultural predominance. Results: the Universities have contributed to the discussions about the paradigms inherent in the social context of public health in Brazil, assuming the role of training, update and improve the content of their curricula, as well as to respond the demands arising from the society. Conclusion: It was concluded that this situation was crucial in the development of the emerging paradigm and that the University has an important role in the formation of professional critics, and reflective participants in structuring a new paradigm. Descriptors: healthy city; education; health policy.
Nursing diagnosis intolerance to the activity and inefficient cardiopulmonary perfusion tissue: evaluation in patients undergoing gene therapy - preview note
Authors: Rodrigues Clarissa Garcia , Moraes Maria Antonieta , Souza Emiliane Nogueira de , Sauer Jaquelini Messer , Ribeiro Coutinho Andréia Orjana , Kalil Renato Abdala Karam
Published: January 2012

Objective: to evaluate and compare the frequency of nursing diagnosis activity intolerance and ineffective tissue cardiopulmonary perfusion in advanced ischemic heart disease patients before and after gene therapy for myocardial revascularization. Methods: cohort study, in which 20 patients developed ischemic heart disease treated with gene therapy are undergoing clinical evaluation of two nurses with experience of minimum three years in cardiology, to identify the presence or absence of the nursing diagnosis activity intolerance and ineffective tissue cardiopulmonary perfusion. These evaluations will be done before gene therapy and three and six months afterwards. The data will be tabulated for later analysis of absolute and relative frequency as well as comparison between the three moments. Will be used for the coefficient of Kappa analysis of agreement between the assessments of nursing. To compare the dichotomous variables will be used for the Cochran Q-test and for ordinal variables will be used the Friedman test. Descriptors: nursing assessment; nursing diagnosis; myocardial ischemia.
The Ethical Dilemmas Experienced by Nurses: an Approach from the Philosophy of Max Scheler
Authors: Barros Marlise Silva , Silva Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade , Pereira Eliane Ramos , Silva Marcos Andrade
Published: January 2012

Objective: this study intends reflect philosophically about the ethical dilemmas experienced by nurses from the Intensive Care Center at University Hospital Antonio Pedro, from the Theory of Value of Max Scheler. Methods: this is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach. The population shall be defined by the technique of saturation, consisting of nurses of the sector, to be interviewed after the signing of the Free Informed Consent forms, if they wish participate spontaneously in the study. The information will be transcribed, categorized in order of significance and analyzed from the theoretical framework of Max Scheler who looks on the objectivity of values and the process of seizure of emotional character. The project has received approval from the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine / University Hospital Antonio Pedro. Expected results: through the analysis of data, based on theoretical referential, the study intends to contribute to the decision making process of nurses, in front of the possible ethical dilemmas experienced with regard to practical work and, moreover, with the quality of care provided by nurses in the Intensive Care Center. Descriptors: ethics; bioethics; philosophy nursing; intensive care units.
Implicações da viuvez na saúde: uma abordagem fenomenológica em Merleau-Ponty
Authors: Silva Bárbara De Oliveira , Silva Rose Mary Costa Rosa Andrade , Pereira Eliane Ramos , Silva Marcos Andrade
Published: January 2012

Objective: to understand the implications of widowhood on health, relating the life story of the couple, the time of union and the degree of affection to the type and severity of the pathology developed. Methodology: the study is descriptive with qualitative approach. The subjects include the least 10 elderly aged less than 60 years in case of widowhood, and without distinction of color, focusing on the appearance of disease in the period after loss of spouse. The scenario will be the Institute of Gerontological Education in the Municipality of Niterói/RJ. The technique chosen is the self-report and the instrument is the guide for semi structured interview. After data collection and transcription of the speech will be held the stage of defining the data, looking up the units of meaning to be examined in light of the theoretical referential Merleau-pontyan. Expected results: articulating the results, it expects to broaden the knowledge concerning the care of nursing in this context from the reference Merleau-pontyan. Descriptors: widowhood; nursing; psychosomatic.