Atualmente, no campo da saúde da criança, novos desafios têm surgido e vêm sendo estudados por pesquisadores e profissionais da área. Em especial, na Enfermagem Pediátrica com a emergência de um grupo de crianças denominadas, na literatura internacional, pelo Maternal and Health Children Bureau como Children With Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN)() e, no Brasil, como Crianças com Necessidades Especiais de Saúde (CRIANES)(). As CRIANES apresentam condições especiais de saúde com demandas de cuidados contínuos, sejam eles de natureza temporária […]

Abstract This is a qualitative study that had as objective to understand the experience of being mother of a child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD. The subjects were five mothers of children with ADHD syndrome. The children were attending a municipal school of elementary education, in the municipality of Guapiassu, in the state of Sao Paulo. The methodology utilized was qualitative analysis of content and, data were collected through semi-structured interviews. The data analysis revealed that having a child […]

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 Objectives: to elaborate a guidebook for family caregivers with information about the management of the central venous semi-implantable catheters at home. Methodology: phase I: a literature review at databases Medline, OVID and LILACS to access theoretical evidences; phase II: the elaboration of a protocol of catheter’s management. Phase III a guidebook was elaborated based on the protocol. Conclusion: the involvement of the family in the care is relevant to improve the treatment at home with correct information of how […]

Abstract This study aims to identify at the scientific literature the role of nurses in assisting families at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The content analysis showed that the nursing assistance to the families in the NICU is designed more to individual needs of the newborn, with little emphasis on the care of the family. Thus, understanding and knowledge needs of family members provide input for the care to be provided to the family. We concluded that the newborn […]

Abstract To reflect over the hospital class as a child’s right or the institution’s obligation one needs to emphasize its importance for the child’s development. One of the school child’s most remarkable characteristic is the industriousness sense acquired mainly through formal education. This is a period marked by intellectual growth and child’s first commitment with a social group. Studies carried out with children with chronic diseases have shown that sequence to curricular activities is what they missed the most after […]