The assistance services to newborns need to be structured and organized, and nurses’ participation must be essential for the care practice. We aimed, with this study to describe the main challenges and strategies of nurses that work at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This is a descriptive exploratory study with quantitative approach carried out in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil. 24 nurses of three reference hospita...
This descriptive, qualitative study aims to understand meanings, attitudes, facilities and diffi culties of being a mother” when it comes to care with newborns, during breastfeeding. Fifteen breastfeeding women were interviewed in a city of Ceará about breastfeeding, in 2006. The data were organized in four categories following Bardin’s principles of content analysis. The results of the categories “meanings” an...
Objetivou-se descrever o conhecimento da mãe soropositiva para HIV sobre o calendário de vacinação do filho e conhecer os motivos da não adesão ao esquema vacinal do filho. Estudo descritivo, abordagem qualitativa realizado no ambulatório de uma instituição pública, em Fortaleza-CE. Os sujeitos constituíram-se de 16 mães/cuidadoras de crianças de até dois anos de idade, expostas ao HIV/AIDS. Os dados foram cole...
We aimed to describe the knowledge of HIV seropositive mother on the children immunization schedule and know the reasons for their non-compliance to the children immunization schedule. This is a descriptive study with qualitative approach carried out in the outpatient clinic of a public institution, in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The subjects were 16 mothers or caregivers of children up to two years of age exposed to...
We aimed to describe the knowledge of HIV seropositive mother on the children immunization schedule and know the reasons for their non-compliance to the children immunization schedule. This is a descriptive study with qualitative approach carried out in the outpatient clinic of a public institution, in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil. The subjects were 16 mothers or caregivers of children up to two years of age exposed to...
The aim of this research was to understand the experience of being a father of preterm infant admitted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This is a descriptive qualitative study carried out at a public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil, in 2008. Sixteen fathers were interviewed, based on a semi-structured instrument. The results were analyzed and organized in two themes, with their respective categories: pater...
Objetivou-se compreender a experiência de ser pai de recém-nascido prematuro internado em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal. Estudo descritivo qualitativo, realizado em um hospital público de Fortaleza-Ceará-Brasil, em 2008. Dezesseis pais participaram da entrevista, a partir de um instrumento semiestruturado. Os resultados foram analisados e organizados em duas temáticas, com as respectivas categorias: exp...
The aim of this research was to understand the experience of being a father of preterm infant admitted in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This is a descriptive qualitative study carried out at a public hospital in Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil, in 2008. Sixteen fathers were interviewed, based on a semi-structured instrument. The results were analyzed and organized in two themes, with their respective categories: pater...
Os serviços de atendimento ao recém-nascido (RN) devem ser estruturados e organizados e a participação do enfermeiro é essencial para a prática do cuidado. Objetivou-se descrever os principais desafios e estratégias de enfermeiras que atuam em Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN). Estudo descritivo e exploratório, com abordagem quantitativa, realizado em Fortaleza-CE-Brasil. Foram entrevistadas24 enferm...
The assistance services to newborns need to be structured and organized, and nurses’ participation must be essential for the care practice. We aimed, with this study to describe the main challenges and strategies of nurses that work at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This is a descriptive exploratory study with quantitative approach carried out in Fortaleza-CE-Brazil. 24 nurses of three reference hospita...