Resultados: 6446

Death and dying in the formation process of nurses from the perspective of nursing professors

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This qualitative and descriptive study aimed to identify how nursing course professors approach death and dying in the university and what the implications are on the formation process. Ten professors of the undergraduate nursing course were intentionally selected and underwent semi-structured interviews...

Amongst wishes and possibilities: eating habits of pregnant women from an urban community in Southern Brazil

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This qualitative study had the aim to understand the eating habits of pregnant women living in an urban community in southern Brazil. The method adopted was the ethnonursing approach and data were collected by means of the qualifying guide Observation-Participation-Reflection, with four pregnant women. T...

Nurses' voice when perceiving the pain of child burn patients

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
The objective of this study was to reveal nurses' perception in view of the nociceptive pain in child burn patients. This qualitative descriptive study was conducted at the Federal District Pediatric Hospital in Mexico City. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews with ten nurses working in t...

Production of nursing thesis and dissertations in Portugal, 2000-2010: a bibliometric study

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
The study identifies Portuguese nursing research, produced in the period 2000 - 2010, published via Master's dissertations and doctoral theses, analyzed according to the following variables: institution training masters and doctors, studies' distribution by institution, study supervisors and co-superviso...

Practices of intensive care nurses in the face of technologies: analysis in the light of social representations

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
The aim was to analyze the social representations of nurses' care practices in the face of the technologies applied to the clients hospitalized in intensive therapy. Qualitative field research in the framework of the social representations theory. Semi-structured interviews were held with 21 nurses of an...

Social support network of nurses for the care of their own children

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This exploratory descriptive study, using a qualitative approach, aimed to characterize the social support of nurses in the care of their own children. The participants were ten nurses who were mothers, selected through a snowball method. Data collection occurred from November 2011 to January 2012 throug...

Challenges of environmental education in a hospital institution

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
A study aimed to get to know the challenges of environmental education in a hospital, from the perspective of the individuals involved in its planning and execution. The research used a qualitative approach, case study type, using the workers of the Center for Environmental Education of a hospital group ...

Ethical and social commitment in the teaching plan of nursing education

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This study focuses on the ethical and social commitment in nursing education and its impact on the development of the teaching plan, with the viewpoint that this theoretical reflection can contribute to awaken the interrelationship of the teaching plan and ethical and social commitment in college-level c...

Impaired tissue integrity, related factors and defining characteristics in persons with vascular ulcers

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This transversal study aimed to analyze factors related to, and defining characteristics of, Impaired Tissue Integrity in persons with vascular ulcers, and compare the mean of these factors between the groups presenting different degrees in the severity of tissue compromise. The study was undertaken in F...

Difficulties experienced by the mothers of people with cystic fibrosis

Texto & contexto enferm; 23 (2), 2014
This study aimed to understand difficulties experienced by mothers in life with, and caring for, their children with cystic fibrosis. A descriptive-exploratory study with a qualitative character, its population consisted of 14 women. Data collection involved a semi-structured interview. The statements' a...