Objective: To reflect on suffering in the philosophical context. Methods: In this theoretical discussion suffering is presented in different forms: suffering in the philosophical plane; suffering interfaces; anthropology and suffering; Nursing: a holistic view of human suffering and nursing care. Results: The nurse in their professionalpractice understands that vulnerability often is linked with pain in the bio...
The research aimed to understand the social representations of the nurse specialist in Nephrology regarding professional identity; describe career choice; identify the representations assigned to the profession. Study is an exploratory, descriptive, qualitative, held in Fortaleza / CE, during the period February to May 2012, with 13 units of renal replacement therapy, with a population of 25 nurses nephrologist...
One aimed to describe the selfcare of diabetic nephropathy. Descriptive study assisted in july-august/2004 a Reference Unit for diabetes mellitus in Fortaleza, CE, Brazil. It is a, performed at the referral Secundary diabetes mellitus in Fortaleza-CE with 30 patients, across the medical files, semistructured interview and observation no participant. Predominance the female gender; 51 to 60 age; low educa tion, ...
El aumento en la prevalencia de las enfermedades renales crónicas modifica los objetivos de la atención a la salud, siendo preconizada la monitorización regular de la calidad de vida de las personas mantenidas en hemodiálisis. Objetivó analizar la producción científica sobre el tema calidad de vida en personas que realizan tratamiento de hemodiálisis. Estudio descriptivo y bibliográfico, realizado online - Lite...
Objectives: To identify the causes of co-morbidities and mortality among patients with renal disease who attended the SARA clinic in 2007, and to examine the relationships among personal factors, comorbidities, and risk factors for mortality. Methods: This descriptive retrospective study reviewed medical records of 232 patients with acute renal failure (ARF) on hemodialysis. Results : The majority of patients w...
The chronic renal disease is considered a progressive pathology and an important public health problem. In Brazil, the number of patients undergoing any of the different dialysis modalities keeps growing. During the dialysis sessions, countless complications may occur, such as arterial hypotension, which occurs in 25% of the sessions. This study was aimed to screen the representation by gender within the chroni...
Objetivou-se analisar a auto-aplicação de insulina por diabéticos tipo 2, em uma Unidade de referência em Diabetes e Hipertensão em Fortaleza-CE. Estudo exploratório descritivo, desenvolvido com 80 pacientes, de janeiro a março de 2004. Os dados foram coletados através de entrevista semi-estruturada e analisados no programa Epi-Info 6.0. Os resultados mostraram que 67 (83,8%) dos participantes consideram a insu...
The study aimed at analyzing the self-application of insulin by bearers of diabetes type 2, in a unit of Diabetes and Hypertension reference center, in Fortaleza-CE. It is an exploratory-descriptive study, developed with 80 patients, from January to March, in 2004. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed in the computer program Epi-Info 6.0. The results showed that 67 (83.8 %) pa...