RESUMO
The purpose of the present study was to determine the perception of children by nursing undergraduate students in a Brazilian Public University. The students were asked to write about their perception of children on the first and last day of their academic activities in pediatric nursing. Using a qualitative approach, the authors analyzed the reports and identified the following thematic nuclei: "a small, fragile and innocent being," "citizen human being", "human being in the developmental phase", "a being who has fun", "the environment and child training", and "interaction of children with adults". Results show that at first the students perceived children as fragile, immature beings unprepared to face life and needing adult protection. At the end of the course, they started to see children as developing beings and as citizens with the same rights as adults.
Assuntos
Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Comportamento Infantil , Bacharelado em Enfermagem , Enfermagem Pediátrica/educação , Psicologia da Criança , Estudantes de Enfermagem/psicologia , Adulto , Brasil , Criança , Defesa da Criança e do Adolescente , Desenvolvimento Infantil , Bacharelado em Enfermagem/organização & administração , Humanos , Pesquisa Metodológica em Enfermagem , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
The objective of this study was to reflect upon the difficulties experienced by the authors while doing field work in qualitative researches during their Masters and Doctoral Nursing courses.
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Cuidados de Enfermagem/normas , Pesquisa em Enfermagem , Pesquisa em Enfermagem/métodosRESUMO
The purpose of this study is to reflect about the assistance to be given to parents of preterm and low weight babies, born in neonatal units, based on existing literature and the authors' practical experiences. Although mothers right to be close to their babies is assured by law, most of the nurseries still keep strict visit schedules to parents. However, there are some units where mothers' permanency is allowed. The question, in these cases, is if parents effective involvement in the care of the baby should or should not be allowed. For the nursing care unit, the authors suggest some intervention strategies to adapt parents to the new situation, and to strengthen the relationship between them and the baby. The recommendations are as follows: parents free access to the nurseries; motivation of early physical contact between parents and baby; implementation of multi-professional support groups to help parents during the different stages of clinical evolution; incentive for breastfeeding, and direct care of the babies; structuring of formal and informal groups of support for parents during and after hospitalization.