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Funcionamiento social del adulto mayor

Cienc. enferm; 12 (2), 2006
Estudio descriptivo relacional, destinado a conocer la autoestima y el funcionamiento social de los ancianos según roles sociales, desde su visión y la de sus cuidadores y la percepción del funcionamiento familiar. Se incluyó a 300 ancianos y sus cuidadores familiares, de los consultorios de atenció...

Practica segura del uso de guantes en la puncion venosa por los trabajadores de enfermeria

Cienc. enferm; 12 (2), 2006
Estudio exploratorio que identifica el comportamiento del uso de guantes durante la actividad punción venosa periférica por los trabajadores de enfermería y los motivos para no utilizarlos. Participaron en la investigación trabajadores de la unidad de internación de Clínica Médica de un hospital d...

What to teach to patients with heart failure and why: the role of nurses in heart failure clinics

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
The most important objective of heart failure (HF) treatment is to reach and preserve patients' clinical stability. Several studies have shown that programs aimed at systematic education, developed by multidisciplinary teams, are positive strategies to work with these patients. Nurses active in HF clinic...

The creation of performance evaluation indicators through a focus group

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
This study was developed in an action research perspective and aimed to create professional performance evaluation indicators for nursing technicians and auxiliaries working at the University Hospital of the University of Sao Paulo. Data were collected through the focus group technique, involving 19 seco...

Chronic condition and normality: towards the movement that broadens the power of acting and being happy

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
This article is an epistemological-theoretical study of the health-disease process, whose central discussion is the frontier between health-disease and between the normal-abnormal of the person in chronic condition. It emphasizes the importance of the subjective dimension, without denying the objective d...

Perceptions about the coordination and functioning of general group meetings at a psychiatric day hospital

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
This study aimed to examine the activity of coordinating general team meetings at a psychiatric day hospital, its functioning and the feelings these meetings aroused in the researchers. The method adopted to carry out this research was the observation and registration of two observers' perceptions. Twent...

Current epidemiological aspects of tuberculosis and the impact of the DOTS strategy in disease control

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
This article aims to present the current situation of tuberculosis and how the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Short Course) strategy has impacted national tuberculosis control programs worldwide, in Latin America and in Brazil. Data reveal a tendency towards a slow decline in disease rates (1 percent)...

Maternal-infant bonding and the mother's participation during venipuncture: a psychoanalytic perspective

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 15 (1), 2007
Professionals discuss accompanying mothers' participation during painful procedures as a possibility of care to mother and child, but there is no consensus on this subject. To contribute to this topic, this study addresses the child's needs during venipuncture in a hospital environment and the mother's p...