Suicide attempt is characterized by complex and multifaceted phenomena with significance on global public health. The aim of this study was to grasp the structure of social representations of suicide of women with history of domestic violence and suicide attempt. The study was developed with a qualitativ...
This is a qualitative descriptive study with the aim to analyze the self-care of elderly cancer patients undergoing outpatient treatment, from the perspective of their autonomy. Fifteen elderly individuals undergoing treatment in a blood-oncology outpatient center of a university hospital participated in...
The aim of this quantitative study was to identify the socio-demographic and academic profile of intensive care registered nurses and participants of the events organized by the Department of Nursing of the Brazilian Association of Intensive Care Medicine. Data were collected by means of 400 questionnair...
The study aims at the identification and analysis, under the view of the nurses, of the axiological value process of the promotion, protection and support related to the maternal breastfeeding. It presents a qualitative and descriptive approach. 11 acting nurses had participated on the Program of Materna...
This qualitative study used a case study approach with the aim of analyzing the cooperation between the Nursing Course of the Federal University of Santa Catarina and the Municipal Health Secretariat of Florianópolis, from the Pró-Saúde I Project. The data, from documentary sources and interviews, wer...
The aim of this study was to analyze the meanings and experiences of early contact and breastfeeding of the postpartum women admitted at a Baby-Friendly Hospital. It is a descriptive, exploratory study, with qualitative approach, that was developed in a teaching hospital in the Northwest of Paraná state...
This is a qualitative and convergent-care study, using the framework of the Carraro Care Model, with the aim to identify how the variables that can interfere in the vital power of postpartum women manifest during home care provided by a nurse. Data were collected between April and June of 2011, using the...
This is a convergent care study with the aim to build, together with the nursing staff, a proposal for care protocol based on non-pharmacological methods for discomfort and pain management in newborns admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit. The study was carried out in a neonatal intensive care unit ...
This study aimed to understand how patients with hypertension perceive their family's influence on adherence and/or non-adherence to treatment. This descriptive, qualitative research was carried out in the city of Maringá, in the Brazilian state of Paraná. Data were collected at the homes of 18 respond...
