Objective: to analyze the evidence about the scientific knowledge related to the nursing care to the elderly in the Family Health Strategy. Method: integrative review in order to answer to the following question << What is the available evidence in the literature about the scientific knowledge produced and related to the nursing care to the elderly in the Family Health Strategy? >> A search for articles availab...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to identify the basic human needs and the level of dependency on nursing care presented by institutionalized elders. This observational, quantitative and descriptive study was performed with 67 elder inpatients of a Geriatric Long-Term Care Institution in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil. Data collection was performed using an instrument containing data regarding the institution’...
This work aims at presenting a reflection on the method of research in the health field. Some questions are presented which involve the use of the method of natural sciences and that of social sciences in an attempt at understanding some methodological problems concerning the former and the latter. Problems related to the methodological issues in the elaboration of investigation projects in this field and the n...
The study aims to describe teaching practices - in planning, execution and evaluation of the teaching-learning process - used by faculty of some courses in the health field in Brazil: Odontology, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychology, Nutrition, Social Work and Veterinary Medicine. The sample was made up by 29 faculties enrolled in a didactic subject course at graduate programs. They answered a questionnaire ...
This study aims at understanding the view about the nursing leadership question, through critical analysis of the literature produced predominantly in Brazil on this theme, from 1930 to 1995, contributing to its "dismythification". From the assumption that nursing is a social practice, and therefore articulated with other health practices, we conducted the investigation under a historical-social approach. Empir...