As políticas da assistência à infância vêm sendo modificadas no transcorrer do percurso histórico e refletem o valor que a sociedade atribui à criança, repercutindo na maneira como é cuidada. Socialmente valorizada, seu cuidado é baseado em algumas premissas, que destacam que o principal objetivo de todo cuidado é proteger e favorecer seu crescimento e desenvolvimento. Neste sentido, pesquisas em áreas como a psicologia e a neurobiologia, por exemplo, confirmam amplamente a importância das experiências dos primeiros anos de vida […]

Abstract Objective: To analyze the practice developed by the nurse from the Family Health Strategy-FHS during individual or collective care of children. Methods: It is a descriptive exploratory research, with qualitative approach, carried out in FHS territories, in the municipality of Cariré – Ceará, with nine nurses, during the period from February to May 2010. Results: Nurse Practice in children’s health care in FHS develops assistance, managerial, and educational actions and community, individual or collective mobilization, with focusing on sickness […]

Abstract Objective: To measure preterm salivary cortisol level before (baseline) and after heel lance (response) for neonatal screening test while in maternal kangaroo care. Methods: Non-controlled experimental pilot study with 15 preterm infants carried out in a neonatal unit at a university hospital in the city of Ribeirao Preto, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Results: There was no alteration in preterm response salivary cortisol level in relation to baseline (p=0.638) level. Conclusion: Kangaroo position may have prevented the elevation of […]

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 This article objective to describe the experience of the Project for Psychosocial Assistance – “PAS”, describing the interventions with adolescents, and family participation in this process. This Project attends adolescents in ages between 12 to 18 years, and their families in social vulnerability. It’s a multidisciplinary approach through integration strategies that facilitate the family therapy process, such as: individual and group educational workshops, family counseling, home visits, school support, contacts (calls, phone calls); meeting of technical staff; Network meeting […]