Abstract Objective: This qualitative study aimed to understand the experiences of nurses in caring for families of hospitalized children and the typical experience of nurses’ actions involving such care. Method: It was used as a theoretical philosophical approach the Social Phenomenology of Alfred Schütz. Interviews were conducted with 16 nurses working in pediatric units at a university hospital in São Paulo city. Results: The analysis enabled us to identify the experienced type of nurse in caring for families of hospitalized […]

Abstract This study aimed to identify how mothers perceive the sleep of infants taking part at the Grupo Terapêutico de Massagem e Estimulação de Bebês (Therapeutical Massage and Infant Stimulation Group – GTMEB), one of the levels of activities of the Extension Project Grupo de Massagem e Estimulação de Bebês( Infant Massage and Stimulation Group GMEB),we have used a phenomenological qualitative study designed based on the following question: How do you see your baby’s sleep? Infant sleep for mothers is […]

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 […]