ABSTRACT Objective: to evaluate the sexual knowledge and behavior of adolescents about Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Method: a descriptive, observational and quantitative study with a convenience sample of 532 adolescents aged between 10 and 19 years old. An individual questionnaire on sexually transm...
ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the perceptions of professors, students and service professionals of primary health care, regarding their experiences in the Reorientation Program for Professional Training in Health in the Nursing Courses. Method: this is a qualitative research, in the form of a case stu...
ABSTRACT Objective: identifying conditions of individual vulnerability in older adults and investigating the relationship with health indicators through a household survey. Method: a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted with 368 older adults attended by the Family Health Strategy. Data collectio...
ABSTRACT Objective: identify the knowledge and care practices concerning urinary incontinence in elderly women and develop a care proposal for these women for the purpose of health promotion in Primary Health Care. Method: a qualitative, convergent care research was undertaken. The data were collecte...
ABSTRACT Objective: analyze the implementation process of the human milk bank of a university hospital in the state of Espírito Santo and discuss the implications of this deployment to the regional nursing practice. Method: in this historical and social search the primary sources were interviews condu...
ABSTRACT Objective: identify the factors associated with subjective wellbeing in older adults. Method: analytical, cross-sectional study developed in Chile. The sample consisted of 20,351 seniors, who answered a question on overall life satisfaction in the National Socio-Economic Survey, 2011. Subjec...
Actualmente, en los albores del siglo XXI, vivimos una globalización del envejecimiento porque existe en el mundo un aumento progresivo de la esperanza de vida, y una disminución de la fecundidad y mortalidad. Esta transformación demográfica implica un incremento acelerado, drástico e inexorable, de...
Objetivo: Evaluar las intervenciones educativas de enfermería para el autocuidado en las mujeres durante el climaterio. Método: Cuantitativo, cuasiexperimental y transversal. Muestreo de tipo no probabilístico en el que participaron 30 mujeres. Se aplicaron 2 instrumentos: Uno que incluyó datos soci...
Los profesionales de Enfermería conforman un cuantioso estamento profesional que, sin lugar a dudas, cumple un rol esencial en los servicios hospitalarios y de atención primaria. Sin embargo, poco se conoce en torno a sus condiciones laborales y los riesgos ocupacionales que estas implican. Objetivo: ...
En el presente artículo se revisa el caso de una persona adulta hospitalizada en una unidad de paciente crítico, quien ha evolucionado con agitación durante la estadía hospitalaria y que requiere curación de úlceras por presión. A la valoración la enfermera se anticipa a la reacción negativa que...
