Rafaela Azevedo Abrantes de Oliveira

A concepção das mulheres de Mirandópolis-São Paulo acerca do exame de papanicolau

Aim: To verify the knowledge of women Mirandopolis- Sao Paulo about on the Pap smear. Method: Field research exploratory descriptive quantitative approach, performed in the city of Mirandopolis - Sao Paulo, with a sample of a hundred women, who answered a self-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed with SPSS software, and arranged in percentage. Results: The data showed that 83% of women have performed the Pap smear, 42% of them perform the test once a year, with a loss of periodicity recommended by the Ministry of health. The embarrassment and lack of time presented as the main barrier for not performing the Pap smear. Conclusion: CCU screening should be focused on knowledge, and the reduction of the factors contributing to not realization of the pap smear, which comes from a relationship of trust and empathy among users and health professionals.

Percepções culturais de acadêmicos e enfermeiros sobre a sistematização da assistência de enfermagem

Aim: to identify the perceptions of students and nurses on the nursing care systematization in relation to teaching and applicability. Method: study design and descriptive survey, focusing on subjective from the cultural perspective aspects. We interviewed 28 nursing students and 20 nurses. The reports were analyzed according to deductive thematic analysis. Results: the following thematic units were obtained: “The NCS as a tool for quality care”, “The teaching of NCS and the care provided” and “The applicability of NCS”. Conclusions: the teaching and application of NCS in the context studied, yet fail to produce desired results, such as improvement in scaling nursing and unity among the team, which would facilitate the implementation of NCS in the clinic. The effective participation of teachers with theoretical and working knowledge facilitates the construction and application of the nursing process.

Interaction between professionals and cancer survivors in the context of Brazilian and Canadian care

ABSTRACT Objective: analyze cancer survivors’ reports about their communication with health professional team members and describe the similarities and differences in interactional patterns between Brazilian and Canadian health care contexts. Method: This study adopted a qualitative health research approach to secondary analysis, using interpretive description as the methodology, allowing us to elaborate a new research question and look at the primary data from a different perspective. There were in total eighteen participants; all of them were adults and elderly diagnosed with urologic cancer. After being organized and read, the data sets were classified into categories, and an analytic process was performed through inductive thematic analysis. Results: This resulted in three categories of findings which we have framed as: Communication between professional and survivor; The symptoms, the doubts, the questions; and Actions and reaction. Conclusion: This comparative study allowed us to bring to the attention of health professionals, especially nurses, findings regarding effective communication, humanization and empathy, supporting both inside and outside support groups, giving pieces of advice, and advocating for the survivor as is necessary. The study also showed the importance of self-development of these professionals as they fight for better quality in the health system for their patients.

Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation

Objective The aim of this study was to identify the perceptions of blood donors and recipients regarding the act of donating blood. Method This descriptive study with a survey design focuses on subjective and cultural aspects. Twenty donors and 20 recipients in the blood bank at the time of data collection participated in the study. Interviews were analyzed according to deductive thematic analysis. Results Two themes emerged – perceptions of donors and perceptions of recipients. Both groups saw the act of donating blood as something positive, though donors associated their reports with the experiences of people close to them who needed blood transfusions, while the recipients associated donations with the maintenance of their lives as, for them, a blood transfusion was a necessary medical treatment. Conclusions Perceptions regarding blood donations are culturally constructed, as the participants associated knowledge acquired in the social world with moral issues and their life experiences. Hence, in addition to helping others, these individuals feel socially and morally rewarded.

Caracterização social e clínica dos homens com câncer de próstata atendidos em um hospital universitário

This study’s aim was to describe the social and clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with prostate cancer, cared for by a university hospital in the interior of Sao Paulo, Brazil. This descriptive, retrospective study included a search for the characteristics of patients cared for in this hospital between 2001 and 2013. Data were tabulated and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The primary diagnosis of 1,641 out of the 2,620 patients included in the study was prostate cancer; patients were 73 years old on average; most were married, Caucasian, had completed middle school and were retired. The procedures included prostatectomy, transurethral resection, hormone therapy, lymphadenectomy, orchiectomy and chemotherapy. Studies addressing the difficulties and needs concerning treatment and care delivery faced by men affected by PC are needed, as well as studies aiming to identify in greater details the social characteristics of patients.