Aimed at assimilating the impact of diabetes mellitus in children and in the family life under the perspective of the primary caregiver. Descriptive qualitative research conducted with seven mothers in a center of reference in Crato, CE, Brazil in the months of June and July, 2011. With these major thematic categories: characterization of family caregivers; implications of diabetes mellitus in the child’s life ...
The anthropometric measures of 295 workers of a hospital of Fortaleza-CE were analyzed in order to accomplish the present research. It was made a transversal study on the basis of form, contemplating social-economic information and the following parameters: Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-hip relation (WHR) and Abdominal circumference (AM). It was verified that 63.4% of the sample was composed by women; the ages v...
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach that aimed to identify the measures carried out in the health unities in Juazeiro do Norte, State of Ceará, for the management of solid waste. The research was carried out from August to September 2007 and it had samples of 47 nurses’ coordinators of the health sector. In order to collect data, it was used researches as interviews with nurse...
Qualitative research conducted in a diabetes service in the countryside of the state of Ceará, Brazil, with 11 teenagers with diabetes mellitus. The study aimed to understand the experience of adolescents facing the process of living with diabetes. Data were collected in 2007 May and June, through semi-structured interviews. It was observed that the teenager faces diffi culties since the moment of diagnosis, es...
The anthropometric measures of 295 workers of a hospital of Fortaleza-CE were analyzed in order to accomplish the present research. It was made a transversal study on the basis of form, contemplating social-economic information and the following parameters: Body Mass Index (BMI), waist-hip relation (WHR) and Abdominal circumference (AM). It was verified that 63.4% of the sample was composed by women; the ages v...
This is a descriptive and exploratory study with quantitative approach that aimed to identify the measures carried out in the health unities in Juazeiro do Norte, State of Ceará, for the management of solid waste. The research was carried out from August to September 2007 and it had samples of 47 nurses’ coordinators of the health sector. In order to collect data, it was used researches as interviews with nurse...
The Systematization of Nursing Assistance gains more importance in the health scenario every day. Keeping in mind the relevance of the use of the nursing process, the description of the experience implementation of the Systematization of Nursing Care in an Intensive Care Unit was carried out. For that we chose a qualitative approach with emphasis on action research. Three nurses and eight nurse technicians of t...
A Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem a cada dia ganha maior importância no cenário da saúde. Tendo em vista a relevância da utilização do processo de enfermagem, objetivou-se descrever a experiência de implementação da Sistematização da Assistência de Enfermagem em uma Unidade de Terapia Intensiva. Para tanto se optou por uma abordagem qualitativa com ênfase na pesquisa-ação. Participaram da experiênci...
The Systematization of Nursing Assistance gains more importance in the health scenario every day. Keeping in mind the relevance of the use of the nursing process, the description of the experience implementation of the Systematization of Nursing Care in an Intensive Care Unit was carried out. For that we chose a qualitative approach with emphasis on action research. Three nurses and eight nurse technicians of t...
This study aimed to examine the interrelationships between occupation and prevalence of risk factors for type 2 diabetes between workers of the nursing staff and other professionals and occupational health, taking advantage of the chance that workers of the nursing staff, when compared to other developing activities in hospitals, but the performance of other occupations, present a higher prevalence of risk fact...