Articles - Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to describe the strategies of nurses in the National Institute of Cancer to disseminate its scientifi c capital and discuss the symbolic effects capitalized in the fi eld of oncology in the 1980s.

Method:

historical social studies, with primary sources consisting of written documents and oral reports, and as secondary sources, articles and books on the subject, based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of scientifi c capital and habitus.

Results:

it revealed the effective performance of nurses in this Institute on policies of cancer prevention and control and strategies used in the teaching of oncology nursing at the undergraduate level. In conclusion, nursing stands out in this context, through the dissemination of its scientifi c knowledge, as a participant in the construction of a scientifi c fi eld of oncology nursing in Brazil, highlighting the occupation of important social areas.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to analyze the perceptions of nursing undergraduate students on their self-aging process.

Method:

qualitative study carried out between August and September, 2011 with 18 nursing undergraduate students of a public university in Salvador, Bahia. The interviews were analyzed by means of the Content Analysis method.

Results:

the following thematic concept was apprehended: Perceptions of nursing undergraduates on their self-aging, which generated two subcategories: A) The “don’t think about it” process; B) The context infl uencing the process.

Conclusion:

undergraduates reveal that the aging process is an intrinsic factor to human development. Family ties, spirituality and physical activity would be key mechanisms toward active aging. However, students also reported that their accelerated and stressed social lifestyles led to inadequate habits, such as the consumption of fast food and alcohol, which become negative infl uences in their aging process.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to undergo a content analysis of a metacognitive strategy of indirect assessment in the pre-encounter with the client.

Method:

methodological study. Agreement and inter-rater reliability index for the criteria: relevance, adequacy, clarity, conciseness and accuracy of a technology to the nursing diagnosis reasoning for novices through an electronic form. The sample consisted of 13 raters. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics.

Results:

high agreement and inter-rater reliability for 85 items related to data collection stage and the strategy description. Only fi ve items did not reach the validation criteria and must be rewritten.

Conclusion:

indirect assessment of the pre-encounter is relevant to the diagnostic reasoning process, being possible to develop competencies and diagnostic skills in the novice through strategies, proposals on innovative technology in the form of a diagram.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to build and validate an instrument aimed at monitoring the quality of nursing records in the Home Care Program (HCP) of a university hospital.

Method:

methodological study involving the elaboration of a manual, whose content was later submitted to six experts for validation, reaching a ≥ 80% consensus. The data collection process was carried out in 2012 by means of a questionnaire comprised of the following issues: nursing evolution, nursing diagnosis, and nursing prescription, and standards for the nursing team recommended by the Regional Nursing Council of São Paulo and by the assessed institution. Manual items were judged according to the following variables: relevance, pertinence, clarity and simplicity.

Results:

of the 39 propositions, 100% achieved ≥ 80% agreement in the relevance, pertinence and clarity variables; 92.3% in the simplicity variable. Sleep/rest, Mobility and Check-out variables did not reach a favorable minimum consensus in the prescribed activities and were improved following suggestions from the experts.

Conclusion:

we believe that the instrument will enable the improvement of the HCP’s work process.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

the present descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study aimed to identify the vulnerability of families of elderly citizens cared for by the Family Health Strategy (FHS).

Method:

the research employed home interviews and was developed with a sample of 500 families of aged people cared for by 32 FHS teams in the city of Dourados, MS, Brazil. The Family Development Index (FDI) was adapted in order to classify the families according to their degree of vulnerability.

Results:

the results revealed the presence of multigenerational families with low educational levels among individuals over the age of 20 and high illiteracy rates among elderly citizens. There were 403 families whose vulnerability was acceptable, 95 in severe vulnerability, and two families in a condition of very severe vulnerability. The most critical dimensions of the FDI were the access to knowledge and to work.

Conclusion:

the study identifi ed that there is still a need for further investments that can assist these aged people and their families in the Primary Health Care.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

to understand the working conditions of prison offi cers and the repercutions of labor activity on their health.

Method:

qualitative and descriptive research. Data were collected through open interviews with the prison offi cers of a regional prision and the speeches were submitted to content analysis.

Results:

the results showed unsatisfactory working conditions due to poor material resources and neglect of governmental regarding rehabilitation of convicts, resulting in workers’ exposure to psychosocial risks, dissatisfaction, and emotional distress.

Conclusion:

investments on the security of workers may contribute to their health promotion.

ABSTRACT

Objective:

analyze the maternal experience in a neonatal intensive care unit, focusing on relations of recognition.

Method:

a qualitative study, built on the perspective of Gadamer’s hermeneutics, based on Honneth’s concept of recognition. In-depth interviews were conducted with 10 mothers of children admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit.

Results:

failures were reported in the process of mother recognition in the unit, with consequent feelings of insecurity and obligation to child care, resulting in fragility of self-esteem.

Conclusion:

interactions with health professionals in the NICU and its standards and protocols cause vulnerabilities and affect maternal recognition and autonomy.