Preparar enfermeiros para atuar junto a neonatos, crianças, adolescentes e suas famílias é tarefa importante e complexa. Como já abordado em Editorial( ) desta revista, as experiências da graduação, na maioria das vezes, não garantem uma assistência efetiva a essas parcelas da população. A autora enfatiza a necessidade da obtenção do título de especialista pelo enfermeiro, por meio de cursos lato e stricto sensu e pela SOBEP. No entanto, não se pode desconsiderar o mérito da graduação no processo de […]

Abstract Objective Explain about the development and implementation of the Pediatric Sepsis Managed Protocol in a public university hospital. Methods Descriptive study to report the experience of developing and implementing a pediatric sepsis protocol, built based on the proposal of Convergent Care Research, started in 2017 with an interprofessional team, teachers and students involved in the care of children in the units pediatric patients. Results The implantation and development took place in three stages: pre-intervention, intervention and post-intervention and the […]

Abstract Objective Describe the reasons for hospitalizations for external causes in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Methods This is a descriptive, retrospective research, developed in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of a public trauma reference hospital in the city of Salvador, Bahia. Data collection was carried out through the consultation of medical records, guided by a form of own elaboration with information from children and adolescents hospitalized in the year 2018 and 2019. Sociodemographic (age, gender) and clinical (reason for […]

Abstract Objective Understand the perceptions of storytelling from the perspective of hospitalized children. Methods After a brief storytelling, 12 children admitted to a university hospital in the city of São Paulo were interviewed and their testimonies were treated by Bardin’s content analysis method. Project approved by the Research Ethics Committee and authorized by the hospital service management entity. Results Two thematic categories were created “previous storytelling experiences” and “hospital storytelling experience”. In the first category, all children reported previous experiences […]

Abstract Objective To describe the knowledge of nursing technicians in relation to the care of the peripherally inserted central catheter in neonatal intensive care. Method Cross-sectional, descriptive study, carried out in a pediatric hospital, between the months of May and June 2019, using a structured questionnaire applied to 39 professionals. Results 97% inform the nurse if the catheter is resistant; 97% permeabilize before and after drug infusion; 94% flush every six hours when in continuous infusion; 69% observe signs of […]

Abstract Objective To investigate the incidence and risk factors associated with unscheduled extubation in children admitted to the Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care Units of a reference teaching hospital in Recife – PE. Methods Prospective study carried out with intubated children, between may and august 2013. A structured form was used and data were obtained from medical records and analyzed using SPSS 13.1 and Stata 12.1 software. Results An incidence of 10.9 unscheduled extubations per 100 intubated days was identified. […]

Abstract Objective Evaluate the factors that interfere with the skin integrity of the hospitalized newborn. Methods Descriptive, cross-sectional research, quantitative approach carried out with 46 newborns in a conventional neonatal intermediate care unit of a public tertiary hospital, in Fortaleza-Ceará, from August to October 2020. The data was collected using the Scale of Skin Condition of the Newborn and sociodemographic and clinical forms. It was then statistically analyzed using the binomial, Chi-square, likelihood ratio and Fisher-Freeman- Halton tests. Results It […]

Abstract Objective To analyze the importance of visits by sisters and brothers of newborns hospitalized in Neonatology Units from the experiences reported in the literature. Methods To provide a reflection on the experiences in the world, a review of articles containing the theme of siblings is carried out, selected for the breadth of the study, whether it is quantitative, qualitative or mixed experience. Conclusion The importance of the implementation of sibling visits in the various hospital centers lies in its […]