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Non-pharmacological strategies on pain relief during labor: pre-testing of an instrument

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Strategies (NFS) on pain relief of parturients as part of a research instrument to be utilized in a Doctoral Dissertation. In order to evaluate the NFS, the Analogous Visual Scale (AVS) was used on 30 parturients attended a...

Long-Term Care Institutions for Elders and the health system

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
OBJECTIVE: Analyze Long Term Care Institutions for Elders (ILPI) organizational social system and its relation to the National Health System (SUS). To identify communication that occurs in the structural couplings between the ILPIs and the SUS and to analyze resonances of the structural coupling between ...

Therapeutic itinerary of the family and adolescent with type i mellitus diabetes

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
This is a qualitative assistential convergent study. Its main objective is to understand the therapeutic itinerary of adolescents with type 1 mellitus diabetes, as well as that of their families. The sample was composed of adolescents, between 15 and 25 years old, involved with a health institution in Fl...

Pain during the labor active phase: the effect of walking

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
This study aimed to verify whether the distance walked is correlated with women's pain level throughout the active phase of labor. METHODOLOGY: We realized an analytic, quasi-experimental intervention study. Study participants were 80 primiparous parturient women, who were admitted during spontaneous lab...

Evaluation of incapacity level in leprosy: a strategy to sensitize and train the nursing team

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
The main problems caused by leprosy are physical incapacities. This study evaluated the level of patients' incapacity in treatment and in discharge in 11 municipal districts of the14th Regional of Health of Paraná, at the same time it promoted discussion and qualified nursing professionals of local team...

Prevalence of mycobacterium tuberculosis among professionals in a university hospital, Mato Grosso do Sul, 2004

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (6), 2007
Several studies have demonstrated an elevated prevalence amongst professionals of mycobacterium tuberculosis, both in the rate of infections and illness. This study was carried out in a School Hospital in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, aiming to establish the prevalence of infection with Mycobacterium tubercu...