Abstract The objective of this study was to understand the experience of undergraduate nursing students who used the toy in the care of hospitalized children. It is a phenomenological study, supported by the theoretical and methodological Martin Heidegger, with 10 students who performed activities at the Hospital of Universidade Estadual de Campinas – UNICAMP. The interviews were recorded from the following question: “Tell me how it was for you to use the toy in the care of hospitalized children.” The […]
O brinquedo vem se constituindo em tema de pesquisa para profissionais de diferentes categorias, especialmente, nas áreas da saúde e educação. Os enfermeiros contribuem de forma significativa para a produção científica sobre o assunto, e os primeiros registros de que se tem notícia sobre a importância do brincar para a criança são de autoria de Florence Nightingale(). Na segunda edição de seu livro “Notas sobre enfermagem”, Florence enfatiza que a brincadeira é indispensável para a recuperação adequada da criança frente […]
Abstract The aim of this report is to describe the Nursing undergraduate students experience, at the Federal University of São Carlos, in São Paulo, Brazil, regarding their intervention with educators, during one semester, in the context of the discipline of Health Care of Children and Adolescents, at a children’s education unit in a city in the interior of São Paulo, which takes care for 130 children aged 0 to 5 years. The dynamic adopted for the activity was dialogic with […]
Abstract The principal aim of this article is to review ethical considerations related to the nursing care of children and their families. The literature and ethical standards that are reviewed are drawn primarily from a North American perspective. This provides Brazilian nursing readers with an opportunity to reflect on the merits and limitations of drawing on North American experience, and consider future directions for the ethical development of pediatric nursing in Brazil. The article begins with a description of the […]
Abstract Objective: Analyze the work process of the Health Strategy of the Family-HSF male nurses during the care to the postpartum woman and the newborn; to characterize HSF male nurses profile the qualification needs. Methods: The study is of exploratory-descriptive type, with quantitative approach, accomplished in the municipal district of Sobral – Ceará, in the period of April to June, 2007, with 33 male nurses of the HSF. Results: The principal results: We saw that 100% observe and assess the […]
Abstract This is a descriptive qualitative approach research based on the Symbolic Interactionism and in the theoretical concept of Michel Maffesoli, which the objective is to understand the meanings of a nursing team in a pediatric internation unit and his daily. It was used as a strategy for data collection two workshops with eleven members of the nursing team and the Convergent Care Research was used for the data analysis. The results show an ambiguity of feelings of the team […]
Abstract The objective of this study was to identify the information needs of adolescents with cancer. Interviews were conducted with 12 adolescents treated in specialized oncology services in São Paulo city. Data were analyzed using the content analysis method. The results indicate five categories that represent the information needs of adolescents with cancer: diagnosis and treatment of cancer, the cancer experience, social issues, family experience and uncertainties. The study demonstrates that the extent to which adolescents have their doubts clarified, […]
Abstract Objective: To determine the influence of music on physiological parameters as heart rate, respiratory rate, systolic, diastolic, oxygen saturation and pain intensity in children admitted it a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). Method: quasi-experimental study with 30 children under two years of age (15 in the control group and 15 experimental) admitted to PICU. The musical intervention occurred in a single session (duration: 25 minutes) and the pain intensity and physiological parameters were measured pre and post intervention. Data […]
Abstract This is an exploratory descriptive study with qualitative approach, which aimed to understand nursing team conceptionabout humanized care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and identify possible factors that may affect the applicability of humanized care. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview. With 11 members of nursing staff at a maternity hospital located in São Paulo. Data analysis, showed the following categories: at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, humanization is seen as closeness of parents; is it understood as […]
Abstract Objective: To evaluate whether the patient’s identification before the administration of medications and fluids by nursing professionals follows the guidelines established by the World Health Organization, 2007. Methodology: Quantitative study with a descriptive approach, implemented by means of observation, conducted between August and November 2010 with 13 nursing professionals in a Pediatric Inpatient Unit in a teaching hospital of Santa Catarina. Results: Were performed 223 observations in which 142 times the patients were identified in someway before the administration […]
Dezembro é época de festas, presentes, doces, bebidas e também de muita reflexão!!! Assim, nesse mês, em que comemoramos o Natal, uma data tão esperada pelas crianças, os principais clientes e alvo de toda nossa atenção, aproveitamos para fazer um balanço de 2011. Embora sejamos cientes de que muito ainda temos a realizar, não poderíamos deixar de dizer que este ano foi de grandes realizações, em especial, para a SOBEP […]
Abstract Hospitalization of children is a situation that can trigger reactions like fear, stress, regression and insecurity, causing great suffering to children and their families. To help in to her cope and face this hostile situation, the toy / play has been a useful and beneficial resource. The study presents an experience report on the establishment and implementation of a itinerant Toy library in the pediatric ward of a hospital in the interior of São Paulo. This practice was characterized […]
