Background/Objectives: Hypodermoclysis has gained increasing recognition as a safe, effective, and minimally invasive method for administering medication and fluids in palliative care. Despite its advantages, its adoption remains limited, primarily due to a lack of structured training resources for healthcare professionals. This study aimed to develop and validate an educational tool for training clinical nurse...
Background/Objectives: Hypodermoclysis has gained increasing recognition as a safe, effective, and minimally invasive method for administering medication and fluids in palliative care. Despite its advantages, its adoption remains limited, primarily due to a lack of structured training resources for healthcare professionals. This study aimed to develop and validate an educational tool for training clinical nurse...
Objective: To describe the use of medicinal plants by hypertensive and/or diabetic patients served by primary health care centers and at a specialized outpatient clinic. Methods: A quantitative, descriptive, exploratory and cross-sectional study was carried out with 122 participants in 16 Primary Health Care Centers run by the VI Regional Executive Secretariat and at a specialized outpatient clinic of the Walte...
This is a quantitative research that aims to identify the risk factors and the self care practice for precocious detection of breast cancer in mastectomized patients. For so, 100 family member companions of mastectomized patients, undergoing chemotherapy treatment in a hospital of reference in cancer in the state of Ceará were interviewed. The risk factors identifi ed were: age of fi rst menstruation, lower or ...
This is a quantitative research that aims to identify the risk factors and the self care practice for precocious detection of breast cancer in mastectomized patients. For so, 100 family member companions of mastectomized patients, undergoing chemotherapy treatment in a hospital of reference in cancer in the state of Ceará were interviewed. The risk factors identifi ed were: age of fi rst menstruation, lower or ...
The breast cancer used to be reason of fear between the women and in all the society, in general. The simple pronunciation of the word cancer, already generates in the feminine population feeling of fear, sadness, anxiety and negation, which had to the raised index of morbid-mortality and also of decurrent mutilation of the illness, that always compromises the auto-esteem, the social interaction, the affective ...
The goal was to understand the nurse / patient communication process, emphasizing nursing care to mastectomized women. Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were used to interview eight nurses from a referral institution in cancer treatment, using the guiding question: how do nurses perceive their communication process with mastectomized women? Data analysis allowed for the creation of a central theory: t...
Pesquisa quantitativa que objetivou identificar os fatores de risco e as práticas de autocuidado para detecção precoce do câncer de mama em familiares de mastectomizadas. Entrevistou-se 100 familiares acompanhantes das pacientes mastectomizadas por câncer de mama, em tratamento quimioterápico de um hospital de referência em câncer do Ceará. Foram encontrados fatores de risco como: idade da 1a. menstruação infer...
This is a quantitative research that aims to identify the risk factors and the self care practice for precocious detection of breast cancer in mastectomized patients. For so, 100 family member companions of mastectomized patients, undergoing chemotherapy treatment in a hospital of reference in cancer in the state of Ceará were interviewed. The risk factors identifi ed were: age of fi rst menstruation, lower or ...
Objetivou-se identificar aspectos da sexualidade no processo de readaptação de mulheres mastectomizadas. Entrevistamos 19 mulheres nos meses de janeiro e fevereiro de 2002, em um ambulatório da rede pública. Os dados foram analisados considerando a relevância das falas contidas nas categorias: Significado da sexualidade, Mastectomia e sexualidade. Nos depoimentos estava claro que o assunto “sexo” era proibido n...