Ana Amélia Antunes Lima

CRESCENDO COM HIV/AIDS: ESTUDO COM ADOLESCENTES PORTADORAS DE HIV/AIDS E SUAS CUIDADORAS-FAMILIARES

This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which looks at the adolescent process with HIV/AIDS. The purpose is to identify how the adolescent process occurs, from the perspective of these teenagers and their family caregivers. The investigation was performed in Porto Alegre, RS between May and July 2005, and the subjects were four adolescents and three caregivers. Data were collected by means of interviews, which were subject to the content analysis technique. The study revealed that both teenagers and family caregivers did not show concern with the changes typical of the period, especially regarding sexuality questions. Yet, the underlying diagnosis and coping with HIV remain in the family core in order to protect these agents against the stigma of the disease.This is an exploratory study with a qualitative approach, which looks at the adolescent process with HIV/AIDS. The purpose is to identify how the adolescent process occurs, from the perspective of these teenagers and their family caregivers. The investigation was performed in Porto Alegre, RS between May and July 2005, and the subjects were four adolescents and three caregivers. Data were collected by means of interviews, which were subject to the content analysis technique. The study revealed that both teenagers and family caregivers did not show concern with the changes typical of the period, especially regarding sexuality questions. Yet, the underlying diagnosis and coping with HIV remain in the family core in order to protect these agents against the stigma of the disease.

Aspects concerning the implementation of the nursing care systematization: descriptive study

The following descriptive study aimed to identify the factors that ease and make difficult the implementation of the Nursing Care Systematization in two wards of a university hospital. The collection of data happened from September to October 2008 applying a survey to 16 nurses. The data analysis was supported by the tool Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. The results showed the way factors that ease the implementation of systematization in specific meetings approaching the topic and the desire for professional practice change. As examples of shortcoming factors, it is possible to point the performance of nursing itself and the lack of time. Due to the data, it is suggested the bound of other forms of dialogue that enable a sharper discussion of the uncertainties pointed by the nurses in order to help them conduct the nursing care systematization.

The development of the adolescent mother and her baby ’s attachment

The study concerns about the development of the attachment between the adolescent mother and her baby. Its objectives are to know the adolescent’s experience as a mother; to recognize the manifestations of attachment between mother/baby and to know the factors that facilitate and/or interfere the development of the attachment. It is a longitudinal study with a qualitative approach, realized with six adolescent mothers, between thirteen and nineteen years old, and their babies, linked to the Family Health Program (FHP) from Vila Pinto, a popular class comunity in Porto Alegre/RS. The collection of the information was realized through semi-structered interviews and participatory observations. For the analysis of the information, an analysis of the content was used, from where the following cathegories emerged: satisfaction with the maternity; bonding-attachment; familiar support and interrupted project of life. The results indicate that the familiar and the partener’s support are the bonding facilitating factors, since youngesters have this support, show an affectionate relationship with their babies, but we can not to say that others adolescents whose don’t have this support, don’t development of the attachment with your sons.

Nurses and implementation of the Nursing Process: descriptive study

The following descriptive study aimed to identify the benefits and difficulties the implementation of the Nursing Care Systematization. The collection of data happened from September to October 2008 applying a survey to 16 nurses. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics . The results showed in relation to benefits: quality of the patient assistance, the organization of the nursing assistance and definition and appreciation of the role of nurses . The doubts for the execution of implementation were resolubility and lack of time . These results reveal that is possible to promote better management of the nursing assistance through it. This can happen since the organization of the nursing assistance from which the nurser is responsible for enables the quality of the service offered to the patient.