Purpose: To identify the spiritual needs of children and adolescents with chronic illnesses and how these needs are met by health professionals during hospitalization. Design and methods: A qualitative descriptive study was developed with 35 children and adolescents, between 7 and 18 years old, diagnosed with cancer, cystic fibrosis, and type 1 diabetes. Interviews with photo-elicitation were conducted during t...
Objective: to analyze the stressors on patients in neonatal intensive care unit. Methods: a cross-sectional study, develop in a reference public maternity hospital, with 60 nursing professionals who cared for the 24 hospitalized newborn babies. For data collected, a sociodemographic questionnaire and the Stressor Scale in Intensive Care Units were used to identify the stressors. A value of p<0.05 was used for t...
INTRODUCTION: Accidents in chilhood are an important theme for Public Health due to what they represent and also to the repercussions children and their family may present. To investigate the association between risk factors and the occurrence of domestic accidents involving children under the age of five in a municipality in the countryside of northeastern Brazil. METHOD: Analytical, cross-sectional study.Prim...
Objetivo: Analisar os fatores de risco no ambiente doméstico para a ocorrência de quedas em crianças menores de cinco anos.Método: Estudo transversal realizado em maio e junho de 2016 com 344 cuidadores de crianças do Nordeste do Brasil. Utilizou-se um formulário referente às questões socioeconômicas e um check-list para observação do ambiente. Realizaram-se análises bivariadas, utilizando-se teste Qui-quadrado...
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a place that provokes different emotions for people who work there, being a place where assistance is provided to critically ill neonates and often without the possibility of curative treatment, requiring only palliative care. This study aimed to reveal the meaning of caring for newborns without the possibility of curative therapy for the nursing team, analyze the expe...
A Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal (UTIN) é um local que provoca diferentes emoções para as pessoas que lá atuam, por ser um lugar onde é prestada assistência a pacientes neonatais gravemente enfermos e, muitas vezes, sem possibilidade de terapêutica curativa, demandando apenas cuidados paliativos. Objetivou-se desvelar o significado de cuidar de recém-nascidos sem possibilidade de terapêutica curativa par...
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a place that provokes different emotions for people who work there, being a place where assistance is provided to critically ill neonates and often without the possibility of curative treatment, requiring only palliative care. This study aimed to reveal the meaning of caring for newborns without the possibility of curative therapy for the nursing team, analyze the expe...