Abstract The study has an objectives to identify knowledge and practices of day-care centers workers relative to the prevention, early detection and management of respiratory illnesses in children. Fourteen workers from teaching daycare centers were interviewed and 16 from council daycare centers in the city of Sao Paulo, and the data were comparative analysed through statistical tests. A results pointed out that workers from teaching daycare centers recognized several disorders, mentioned pollution and transmission as more important causes, fever and […]

Abstract While professional from industrial areas had started to know that errors can be preventable events, in the health system some continue to believe that these events are characterized as isolated. However, an increasing number of scientific and epidemiological data make it clear to the scientific community and healthcare professionals that errors are present in the healthcare system and that patient safety is a global problem. Prevention systems must be developed to improve results. This study had the aim of […]

Abstract Merleau-Ponty has been contributing significantly to the study about nuances of nursing care for children and adolescents, especially on pediatric nursing when intend to unmask the meaning of being health and becoming illness, and the place of healthful in their lives, even if there is a cancer disease. So, this study was developed to present the contribution of this theorist to pediatric nursing research, methodizing it on the analysis of an interpretative qualitative study that brings the meanings of […]

Abstract The research was developed by nurse students from the first semester of Escola de Enfermagem Anna Nery Nursing, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (EEAN.UFRJ) enrolled in a Interdepartamental Curricula Program called PCI-I. That first training experience in practical field was implemented with school age children among six and fifteen years old, who were subscripted of second and fourth grade of elementary school named Colégio de Aplicação, Instituto Superior de Educação do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro city. […]

Abstract This article, trough theory perceptions, brings the discussion about violence into the health field as a strategic to inform, to become sensible, to make the professionals co-responsible to this area to the prevention and appropriate facility to children and adolescents that are victims of violence. This paper has a purpose to contribute to the reflexion about the characteristics of adolescents, its vulnerability and the risk factors to the violence; to characterize the different kinds of violence committed against children […]

Abstract This is a descriptive study aiming to identify health impairment in children with ages ranging from one to three years during their stay in an infantile educational school. Data were collected in April 2003, in a day care center with 65 children enrolled full time, in the state of Sao Paulo. 40 health events occurred, of which 55% accidents and 45% other type of event..

Abstract Violence is a well recognized public health problem. In this context, the present condition of children’s and adolescent health is requiring a thoughtful consideration and positioning of health professionals and especially pediatric nurses. This paper’s objectives were (a) to report a reflection activity on violence and its implications for pediatric nurses, and (b) to update a discussion on violence, its relationship with health and its prevention. The impact of the terrorists’ attacks of September 2001 was discussed with undergraduate […]

Abstract This is a descriptive and exploratory study to analyze how the child with Down Syndrome expresses his/her needs to the mother. The sample consisted of nine mothers who had children with Down Syndrome with ages ranging from one to twelve months. The results showed that mothers offer to their infants care related to body hygiene and feeding but only a few recognize the need for stimulation and socialization. Regarding acknowledgement of children with Down Syndrome’s needs, the cry was […]

Abstract The childish development follow-up is the most important element among child’s health promotion strategies. Thus, it should be carried out in daycare and kindergarten facilities. So, it aimed at assessing children’s motor skills enrolled in three daycare of a high caring standard in São Paulo city, into two distinguishing steps. The methodology consisted in applying development screening Denver 11 test upon 32 children among 0 through 3 years belonged to the same social-economical class. The results of each child […]

Abstract This paper consists in a literature review about glomerular diseases during the childhood and approach through the family nursing, considering the chronical aspects of this disease with the purpose of updating and reflecting about this theme and Its art state. They comprised: the glomerular diseases in childhood; the epidemiology of glomerular diseases; the glomerular diseases as a health chronic condition during the childhood and the nursing contributions to health chronic conditions and families. The literature demonstrated that knowledge is […]

Abstract This study handled the children’s imaginary about hospitalization by aiming at identifying the child’s image of his/her hospital slay and discussing the nursing role in avoiding the sequels hospitalization related to child’s life. The qualitative approach was developed in accordance with a descriptive method, in a pediatric publica hospital with nine children among 4 through 12 years. The content analysis conducted us to three categories: a hospital as home, its real structure and which belongs to personal world of […]

Abstract In this study, we observed the inquiry into the “Therapeutic Group of Massage and Infants Early Stimulation” at Universidade Federal de São Paulo. The phenomenology approach enabled the comprehension of mother and baby’s behavior in massage therapy. We observed the nine infants’ reactions under that procedure, in order to answer the question: How does the baby express himself/herself? We found out that relaxed and alert infants were in mother interaction during massage therapy. Besides, the infants showed a positive […]