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Objective: To evaluate the influence of prenatal care abandonment in fetal and neonatal mortality. Methods: Assessment study, descriptive and exploratory, primarily on documentary evidence, using a quantitative approach, conducted from October to November 2014. It was used as a data source, 400 death certificates and 400 investigation files of fetal and neonatal deaths and reported in the years 2010 to 2013 were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences, to obtain the absolute and relative frequencies, nominal and numerical variables and chi-square Person. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the State University of Maranhão (CAAE 26463814.2.0000.5554). Results: When the correlation between prenatal neglect and fetal and neonatal mortality was evaluated, it was observed that the mortality of fetuses, and newborns whose progenitors have left the prenatal care was a growing event. Conclusion: It was possible to confirm the direct influence of prenatal cessation in fetal and neonatal mortality.

Objective: analyzing how scientific studies describe Burnout syndrome in nurses of urgent and emergency services. Method: an integrative literature review conducted by databases BDENF, IBECS, LILACS, MEDLINE and SciELO, through descriptors: burnout and nursing. From the 3087 selected publications for descriptors, only 11 articles met the criteria for inclusion and exclusion. Results: among the selected articles, 07 dealt with the stress; 04 spoke of the quality of life and leisure; 01 approached about somatic symptoms associated with Burnout and 03 detailing on Burnout syndrome, addressing the predictors and symptom dimensions in accordance with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Conclusion: this study is important for population, professionals and managers acquire knowledge about the syndrome and may contribute to the development of coping strategies that will minimize the risk of triggering Burnout.

Objective: evaluating the standardization of vaccination rooms in Caxias, Maranhão. Method: this is an exploratory, observational, cross-sectional study of descriptive type, of a quantitative approach, conducted in the period May to August 2014 in 21 vaccination rooms of Basic Health Units in the city of Caxias, MA. The vaccination rooms were evaluated in relation to the physical space, the permanent material, the support material and consumption, the material to extramural vaccination activity and to printed and manually. Results: from the 21 vaccination rooms, 05 were not running. Therefore, we evaluated 16 vaccination rooms. Of these, 62,5% were considered good and 37,5% achieved bad index. Conclusion: in the present study, we observed failures in various vaccination rooms, making it difficult to provide a service of suitable protection, standardized by the Ministry of Health.