Objective: to assess the sociodemographic and clinical profile of women in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle admitted to an Obstetric Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Method: this is a retrospective cohort study at the Assis Chateaubriand Maternity School/Fortaleza-CE. Results: puerperal women were predominant (78.5%), the most prevalent age range was 20-34 years (61.4%), cesarean delivery was more frequent (89.6%) hyper...
Objetivo: compreender as práticas de educação em saúde no contexto da formação em enfermagem. Métodos: estudo qualitativo, realizado em Instituição de Ensino Superior da rede privada. Participaram 22 sujeitos, que responderam a uma entrevista semiestruturada, cujas informações foram organizadas e analisadas pelo método de Análise Conteúdo.Resultados: identificaram-se três categorias: educação em saúde e o enfer...
Objective: to understand health education practices in the context of nursing education.Methods: a qualitative study held in a private Higher Education Institution. The participants were 22 subjects who answered a semi-structured interview, whose information was organized and analyzed by the content analysis method. Results: three categories were identified: health education and the nurse as an educator; health...
This study aimed to characterize the profile of newborns (NBs) of a public neonatal unit in the city of Fortaleza using mechanical ventilation (MV). It is an exploratory-descriptive research, conducted with newborns using MV. The sample was composed of 42 NBs that remained for at least 12 hours under ventilatory assistance. The data were collected from April to July 2004, through a form. It was verified that 52...
It is a case study developed into a qualitative approach aiming to analyze the environmental cares and interactions between nursing team, hospitalized premature newborn and his family as strategies to health promotion in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), in Fortaleza, Ceará. On June 2008, as data collection it was used the observation of the nursing care to newborn and the registers from patient chart. As ...
Newborn infants that have impaired lung function because of prematurity or any other diagnosis that interferes in the respiratory system, usually need some type of oxigenotherapy. The objectives of this study were to evaluate physiological parameters (RR, HR, Pulse, SpO2) in neonates submitted to oxigenotherapy in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) during the execution of some painful procedures carried out ...
This study aimed to characterize the profile of newborns (NBs) of a public neonatal unit in the city of Fortaleza using mechanical ventilation (MV). It is an exploratory-descriptive research, conducted with newborns using MV. The sample was composed of 42 NBs that remained for at least 12 hours under ventilatory assistance. The data were collected from April to July 2004, through a form. It was verified that 52...
This study investigated which physiological parameters change when endotracheal and upper airway suctioning is performed immediately before, immediately after and five minutes after this procedure is performed in newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This is a quantitative and longitudinal study, before and after type, performed in the NICU of a public institution in the city of Fortal...
Estudo de caso, de natureza qualitativa, objetivou analisar os cuidados ambientais e as interações entre a equipe de enfermagem, o recém-nascido (RN) prematuro internado e sua família como estratégias para a promoção da saúde em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN), em Fortaleza-Ce. Em junho de 2008, utilizou-se para coleta de dados, a observação do cuidado de Enfermagem ao RN, e os registros do prontuá...
It is a case study developed into a qualitative approach aiming to analyze the environmental cares and interactions between nursing team, hospitalized premature newborn and his family as strategies to health promotion in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), in Fortaleza, Ceará. On June 2008, as data collection it was used the observation of the nursing care to newborn and the registers from patient chart. As ...