Abstract Objective To analyze the behavior and pain of children submitted to the first dressing after a surgical procedure. Methods This is an observational study, carried out in a pediatric unit of a public university hospital, from December 2016 to August 2017. 112 children were observed during the first postoperative dressing using the Behavior Scale and the Faces Scale of Claro’s pain / FPS-R. The data were analyzed using the SPSS® program in frequencies and proportions. Results 58.0% were seven […]

Abstract Objective Analyze the medication use in children from birth to the first year. Methods Longitudinal descriptive study, conducted between 2013 and 2015. Interviews were carried out with 302 mothers in four stages: maternity postpartum, early puerperal return consultation seven days after birth, household visit 42 days postpartum and household visit one year after postpartum. Results Medication use during the first 42 days of life was 76,8%, whereas, in the course of one year, it raised for 99%, the self-medication […]

Abstract Objective To describe the experience of a family caregiver of a child with a tracheostomy at home. Methods Descriptive research of qualitative approach with five family caregiver in a municipality in the North of Santa Catarina State (Brazil) on the year 2018. The data were collected through interviews and analyzed according to a thematic analysis. Results Six thematic categories were created: experiencing the delivery of news: the necessity of performing a tracheostomy in their child; receiving training and orientation […]

Abstract Objective To diagnose the specialization courses offer in pediatric and neonatal nursing, in Brazilian Under Graduation Institutions. Methods Quantitative, descriptive study covering under graduation institutions with undergraduate nursing courses, registered on the e-MEC website. The data were secondary, collected from the reports generated on the mentioned webpage. They were organized, typed in tables, for descriptive statistical analysis. Results Most of the courses offered are in the specialization modality (96.23%), concentrated in the Southeast Region (29.56%), offered by private institutions […]

Abstract Objective To analyze the knowledge of the professionals of a Basic Health Unit about the actions of the 5th day. Methods Descriptive, qualitative research. An interview script was used for the collection of testimonies, analyzed in their content by the reference of Bardin. Results Twenty-four professionals participated among nurses, nursing technicians, community health agents and physicians. The thematic categories were named: Identifying the actions performed with the mother and her baby; The mother in the context of actions: difficulties […]

Abstract Objective To analyze the findings of newborn screening tests in newborns from a joint accommodation in a school maternity hospital in northeastern Brazil. Methods Descriptive, cross-sectional, quantitative study conducted at a public school maternity hospital. Sample composed of 116 records of newborns admitted to the joint lodging of said maternity. For data collection, an instrument was developed by the researchers for research in medical records. The results were presented in tables, processed and analyzed by descriptive statistics. Results The […]

Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate which factors influence early neonatal mortality, identifying the most prevalent causes of neonatal deaths and describing deaths with avoidable potential. It is a documental analysis of retrospective study. Of the 386 deaths that occurred between 2014 and 2017, 68.7% occurred in the precocious neonatal period. Regarding the causes of death, the variables found in the hierarchical model were: Prematurity / Extreme Prematurity (74%), Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Respiratory Failure (36%), Neonatal […]

Abstract Objective To analyze the actions developed by the nurse in the puericulture appointment to a child, in units of family health. Methods Descriptive research with qualitative approach developed in Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, with nurses that performed the nursing appointment with a child in a programmatic way in units of family health. 21 appointments were observed between January and February 2012. The data were analyzed by the content analysis technique and resulted in three categories: monitoring of the growth […]

Abstract Objective To identify maternal practices in relation to the newborn more common health problems, in the first month of life. Methods Quantitative, exploratory, transversal study, integrating of a multicenter researcher, occurred in 2018, though interviews with 52 puerperae, in a municipality in the west of Paraná, with descriptive statistical data analysis. Results The puerperae were instructed on the care of the baby by the maternity health team (86.5%) and in childcare consultations (83.7%). The recurrent problems were colic (40.4%), […]

Abstract Objective This work aims at understanding the maternal experiences during hospitalization of premature infants in the NICU (Neonatal Intense Care Unit). Methods This work was based on qualitative study, done from May to June 2014, with thirteen postpartum women and their premature infants hospitalized in Neonatal units of two public hospitals in Feira de Santana – Bahia. The data were collected through recorded interviews and submitted to analysis of content. Results The maternal experience was marked by intense suffering, […]

Abstract Objective To know the experience of nurses in a University Hospital regarding family-centered care and the use of the genogram in the daily work of pediatrics. Methods Qualitative study, with data collection carried out through interviews with 8 nurses from pediatric units. Data analysis was guided by content analysis Results Four categories were identified: the perception of family care centered and the institution, using the genogram, advantages of using the genogram and barriers and challenges for the use of […]

Abstract Objective To describe the contributions of using genogram and ecomap in nursing consultations in child care with children under one year of age. Methods Documentary, descriptive and quantitative study with data collection from 49 medical charts of children attending a nursing consultation in 2016 and 2017 at a philanthropic service of primary health care in São Paulo. Results Most of the genograms represented the person-index (89.8%), three generations of the family (89.8%), and members living in the same household […]