AIM: qualitative study, which aimed to identify the barriers that influence nursing care practices related to the sexuality of women with gynecological and breast cancer. METHODS: the study was conducted with 16 professionals of the nursing area (nurses, nursing technicians and nursing assistants) from t...
This descriptive, cross-sectional and quantitative study presents an analysis of knowledge acquired by mastectomized women concerning breast cancer after reading an educational handbook. The sample was composed of 125 women. Data were collected in a specialized cancer facility in three phases: preparator...
This study aimed to analyze the occurrence of skin toxicity caused by drugs used in the protocol of neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy among women with breast cancer. Patient records of 72 women who were subject to this therapy between 2003 and 2006 were assessed. Of the 558 cycles of chemotherapy, 15...
This qualitative study aimed to understand how women having an abortion experience the nursing care they receive. The statements of 13 hospitalized women were analyzed through content analysis. The central category "Nursing care experienced in situations of abortion" was constituted from 4 subcategories:...
Este estudo buscou identificar complicacões, intercorrências e aparecimento de edema pós cirurgia por câncer de mama, e fatores que poderiam estar predispondo ao linfedema do braco do lado operado. É um estudo descritivo, prospectivo e de abordagem quantitativa. A populacão constou de 17 mulheres s...
Considerando a recorrência como possibilidade na vida das mulheres com câncer de mama, este trabalho teve como objetivo identificar como elas constróem o significado dessa possibilidade, a partir de sua própria experiência. O estudo pautou-se nas concepções do interacionismo simbólico, utilizando...
