Objective: to analyze the social representations of students in the construction of the professional identity of nurses. Methods: qualitative study with 60 students from the Nursing course of a public university. Collection was done through instruments of aesthetic production scenes. The results were analyzed based on the Theory of Social Representations. Results: a total of 190 objectified images emerged, of w...
This study aimed at assessing the knowledge of professionals that work in the Brazilian Family Health Strategy regarding the rating, classifi cation and prevention of pressure ulcer. This was a descriptive and exploratory study, conducted in July 2014 in the city of Crateús, Ceará State, Brazil. Data were collected using a validated questionnaire. Twelve professionals took part in the survey, including four phy...
Health professionals should be more involved with the various faces and interfaces that influence individuals and collectivities. In that purpose, the nurses must begin to understand this phenomenon from graduation, requiring a transposition of the physical limits of the universities, in order to lead students to a theoretical-practical interaction. Proposals for professional reorientation were being urged for ...
The objective of this study is to describe the performance of Daily Life Basic Activities of seniors in Home Care in the Health Strategy Family Sobral, Ceará. It is a cross-sectional descriptive study with quantitative approach carried out with 62 elderly. According to the Katz index, the partial dependence prevailed with 29 elderly patients (46.7%). There was this study given the importance of strengthening th...
The study aimed to characterize the profile of potential organ donors in a hospital in the northern zone of Ceará, Brazil. This is a quantitative, retrospective and documentary study, performed in a hospital of Ceará, from information contained in the medical records of potential donors, from May to September 2009. Data were tabulated, focusing on the identification process and logistic aspects. We identified t...
Objective: to realize the Systematization of Nursing Assistance to seniors and caregivers at their home having as a theoretical and methodological reference the Theory of Imogene King. Method: exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose subjects were five seniors and their caregivers. The data collection was through interviews and analysis of records. This study was approved by the Ethics ...
Objetivou-se caracterizar o perfil de potenciais doadores de órgãos em hospital da zona norte do Ceará, Brasil. Estudo quantitativo, retrospectivo, documental, realizado em hospital do Ceará, com base em informações contidas em prontuários de potenciais doadores, de maio a setembro de 2009. Os dados foram dispostos em tabelas, enfocando o processo de identificação e os aspectos logísticos. Evidenciaram-se o tra...
The study aimed to characterize the profile of potential organ donors in a hospital in the northern zone of Ceará, Brazil. This is a quantitative, retrospective and documentary study, performed in a hospital of Ceará, from information contained in the medical records of potential donors, from May to September 2009. Data were tabulated, focusing on the identification process and logistic aspects. We identified t...
Literature search in order to analyze the scientific productions addressing aging and challenges for public health in the last 10 years, in databases: LILACS, MEDLINE, SCIELO CIDSAÚDE And, with the descriptors: aging, elderly and public policy. In the analysis of the articles was evident (i) the high cost of health care for the elderly health services, (ii) the importance of interdisciplinary care to the elderl...
To identify, through the Systematization of Nursing Care, the way how the health profile of an elderly person reverberates in the life of the home caregiver. Method: this is a descriptive study, with a case study design and qualitative approach, supported on the theoretical framework of Orem’s Self -Care. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Universidade Estadual Vale do Acarau, under the...