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Objective: To Know the experiences of adult patients hospitalized on the use of nasogastric tubes or nasoentérica Enteral Nutrition. Method: Qualitative, descriptive, involving eight patients. Results: Information obtained from the subjects who joined the research emerged from an analytical category that talks about the condition of using the probe of positive adaptation, discomfort, loss of taste, food monotony, loss of autonomy, thirst and dry mouth. Besides these, it was reported that denote feelings suffering, despair, grief, shame, embarrassment and rejection. Conclusion: This study may contribute to professionals and students in the health area, to reflect and enhance the service to users of probes.

Objective: Identify scientific production national and international about occupational risks of nursing team that act in the hospital. Method: Study type integrative literature review. The bibliographic survey occurred by Virtual Health Library, in database BIREME, Lilacs, Scielo, Cochrane Library and Medline. The descriptors used were "nursing team" or "nursing" and "occupational risks" or "occupational risks" and "work accident". Results: 204 articles were identified and the end sample was composed by 30 scientific articles developed by nursing or with your participation, published in national or international territory. Conclusion: From the search of the produced was revealed the need to implement moments of continuing education, focusing reflexives practices, because the field of occupational health, sometimes centers on punctual training, when the worker receive instructions on how to proceed/behave.

Objective: Evaluates the personality of Administration students at night of a University in the northwest of Rio Grande
do Sul, looking from the identification of personality traits and indicative of disorders of it. Method: Quantitative,
descriptive, conducted from April to June of 2010. It used a sociodemographic questionnaire and a neuroticism scale
factor – it investigates vulnerability, psychosocial disturbance, anxiety and depression. Results: The prevalence of
leisure activities, that are related with welfare and quality of life. In the personality evaluation was found that most of
the students showed expected scores in the four dimensions evaluated, what means that they do not show disorders
symptoms. Conclusion: A large percentage of students showed scores that were not expected in the four dimensions
evaluated, indicating that important symptoms are experienced eventually

Objective: To identify difficulties experienced by women with breast cancer undergoing cancer treatment. Method: A qualitative descriptive study, developed with women with breast cancer undergoing some form of cancer treatment, receiving care at a Center for High Complexity in Oncology - CACON a hospital in the northwest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. To collect data we used open interview. Results: There were difficulties in impaired self-image, side effects, prejudice, social rejection and physical limitations, which aroused feelings of sadness, hopelessness, despair, but the maintenance of life prevails in the face of difficulties and these are support in God. Conclusion: These results enable assist health professionals and families in coping with these difficulties, because they need professional support, family and friends.