Articles - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to analyze male criminals’ perception about marital violence.

Method:

An exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study undertaken with 23 men who were criminally prosecuted for marital violence. A multimethod data collection was conducted, with individual interview and focal group techniques combined, between May and December 2015. The data collected were initially categorized using the NVIVO^® 11 software program, and then organized using the Collective Subject Discourse method.

Results:

the collective discourses reveal that, in the male’s perception, conjugal violence is inherent in a marital relationships: it is a private, reciprocal problem that leaves body marks.

Conclusion:

gender dissymmetry as a social construct is evidenced, signaling the need to create spaces for reflection and re-signification of men and women, from a gender perspective.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To characterize approach methods for intradomiciliary contacts (IdC) of leprosy cases resident in Northern Brazil, during 2001-2012.

Method:

A cross-sectional and descriptive study in the state of Rondônia. Included IdC of leprosy cases diagnosed/reported in SINAN-Ministry of Health (MS), 2001-2012. A semi-structured instrument was applied to the IdCs, with six interventions: complete dermatological examination; complete neurological examination; BCG vaccination; instructions for return to the health unit; BCG guidance; and guidance to mobilize other contacts.

Conclusion:

Despite the favorable indicators of IdC examination coverage in the state, the evaluation process presents patterns that indicate operational quality failures.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to identify possibilities for improvement in the process of teaching and learning homecare in nursing, pharmacy, medicine, nutrition, dentistry and occupational therapy courses.

Method:

qualitative research using the Grounded Theory approach. Sixty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with students, teachers and graduates of the six mentioned courses at a public university in the south of Brazil. Data analysis was performed through open, axial and selective coding.

Results:

the possibilities for improving the process of teaching and learning homecare included: scientific production in the area; use of different teaching techniques; development of extracurricular activities; extension projects; curricular reformulation; and laboratory simulation.

Final considerations:

the strategies cited in this study enable undergraduate courses in health to envisage the possibility of enhance the process of teaching and learning homecare.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To analyze, in the speeches of nurses, the habitus that conforms their professional identity in the primary health care area.

Method:

Qualitative study, carried out from March to October 2015, with nurses of primary healthcare units in the cities of Cajazeiras, in the state of Paraíba, and Maracanaú, in the state of Ceará. Data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews, and analyzed through discourse analysis.

Results:

Nurses, in their practice and perception, perceive that professional identity is linked to the meaning that involves the word “everything”. This situation constitutes a habitus that directs the range of daily actions, often distant from the profession’s core of knowledge.

Final considerations:

Trying to be and do everything in primary health care involves negative repercussions in the professional identity of nurses. Strategic guidance is necessary in order to achieve and embrace elements that reflect the essence of this category.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

To analyze the existence of a relationship between burnout and depressive symptoms among intensive care unit nursing staff.

Method:

A quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study with 91 intensive care nurses. Data collection used a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Maslach Burnout Inventory – Human Services Survey, and the Beck Depression Inventory – I. The Pearson test verified the correlation between the burnout dimension score and the total score from the Beck Depression Inventory. Fisher’s exact test was used to analyze whether there is an association between the diseases.

Results:

Burnout was presented by 14.29% of the nurses and 10.98% had symptoms of depression. The higher the level of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization, and the lower professional accomplishment, the greater the depressive symptoms. The association was significant between burnout and depressive symptoms.

Conclusion:

Nurses with burnout have a greater possibility of triggering depressive symptoms.