Abstract The objective of this study was to describe the effect of therapeutic play as a mediator in children learning from 18 to 30 months in the knowledge of the body, hygiene, sleeping, resting, feeding and sphincter control, in a school of early childhood education, in the state of Sao Paulo, including 18 children who were beginning in the process out of nappy. It was proposed to the children to take care of two dolls, changing them, bathing, feeding with […]

Abstract This is a descriptive qualitative approach research based on the Symbolic Interactionism and in the theoretical concept of Michel Maffesoli, which the objective is to understand the meanings of a nursing team in a pediatric internation unit and his daily. It was used as a strategy for data collection two workshops with eleven members of the nursing team and the Convergent Care Research was used for the data analysis. The results show an ambiguity of feelings of the team […]

Abstract The objective of this study was to understand the experience of undergraduate nursing students who used the toy in the care of hospitalized children. It is a phenomenological study, supported by the theoretical and methodological Martin Heidegger, with 10 students who performed activities at the Hospital of Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP. The interviews were recorded from the following question: “Tell me how it was for you to use the toy in the care of hospitalized children.” The […]

Abstract Objective: To determine the influence of music on physiological parameters as heart rate, respiratory rate, systolic, diastolic, oxygen saturation and pain intensity in children admitted it a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Method: quasi-experimental study with 30 children under two years of age (15 in the control group and 15 experimental) admitted to PICU. The musical intervention occurred in a single session (duration: 25 minutes) and the pain intensity and physiological parameters were measured pre and post intervention. Data […]

Abstract Hospitalization of children is a situation that can trigger reactions like fear, stress, regression and insecurity, causing great suffering to children and their families. To help in to her cope and face this hostile situation, the toy / play has been a useful and beneficial resource. The study presents an experience report on the establishment and implementation of a itinerant Toy library in the pediatric ward of a hospital in the interior of São Paulo. This practice was characterized […]

Abstract Objective: To evaluate whether the patient’s identification before the administration of medications and fluids by nursing professionals follows the guidelines established by the World Health Organization, 2007. Methodology: Quantitative study with a descriptive approach, implemented by means of observation, conducted between August and November 2010 with 13 nursing professionals in a Pediatric Inpatient Unit in a teaching hospital of Santa Catarina. Results: Were performed 223 observations in which 142 times the patients were identified in someway before the administration […]

Abstract The diagnosis of cancer in a child is always an unexpected and devastating event for those people close to the child. Living this situation represents a long and unpredictable journey. This was the starting point for the development of an exploratory study, with the aim of deepening the knowledge about the person who assumes the responsibility of caring for such child. The study involved 17 people, of whom 16 were women (mothers) and one man (father). The data collection […]

Abstract The study aimed to determine characteristics of intravascular volume replacement and inotropic drugs administration in children with septic shock, in the initial phase of attendance in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Retrospective study of documentary analysis. Were studied 19 children, with 22 records of initial care, predominantly infants and male, 31,6% died duo to septic shock. Among the 29 catheters used in 22 attendances, 31.0% were peripheral intravenous lines and 69.0% central lines. The solution most applied was saline […]

Abstract During hospitalization, the child is subjected to invasive procedures that cause pain. Pediatric nurses must keep up to perform pain assessment and implement the best treatment. In this article we introduce the concepts of pain, types of pain, the instruments for pain assessment and pharmacological and nonpharmacological methods for treatment.

Abstract When this qualitative study, with a phenomenological – hermeneutic orientation was carried out, we could observe the behavior of nine infants in their relational dynamic with their mothers while they were receiving massage. The phenomenological reduction was performed to search for the essence of the phenomenon, from the description of the undergraduate student – researcher, to answer the following guiding question: Describe how the development of the infants’ behavior during the massage is demonstrated. The units of meaning indicate […]

Abstract Aim: verify the applicability of the manual “My Peripheral Intravenous Puncture” according to the nurse’s viewpoint. Method: a descriptive study. The data collection was held during a workshop with the participation of 35 nurses, 80.0% answered a questionnaire regarding to nurse’s identification and the manuals’ assessment. Results: the manual was classified as optimal in clarity of information (60.7%), and ease of understanding (67.8%). Most nurses found that it contains fundamental information for children to understand the intravenous puncture, the […]

Abstract Objective: Understanding the feelings of these mothers, in the daily of hospitalization of their children. Methods: Qualitative study, conducted with ten mothers in a reference hospital in the countryside of Ceará, in December of 2008 through semi-structured interview. Data were organized according to content analysis. Respecting the ethical aspects of research in humans. Results: It was evident especially feelings of sadness, pity, pain, fatigue, desire of being in place of the child and the courage to face this moment. […]