Suchergebnisse

Objectives: Analyze how parents recognize pain on their premature newborn children, Obtain knowledge about painful
behavioral signs of the premature newborn recognized on them by their parents and describe the care practiced by
them to minimize the pain of their premature child. Method: Qualitative study. Data collection instrument was the
semi-structured interview with nine parents of premature newborns in a neonatal intensive care unit of a university
hospital in Rio de Janeiro, it was applied between August and September 2011. Results: The analysis of thematic
content was chosen as our data analysis, from this analysis five (5) categories were originated: The crying; Perception
of body changes; The perception of face alterations; The perception of emotional alterations and Care performance to
minimize pain. Conclusions: It was concluded that parents recognize signs of painful behavior of their premature
newborn, identifying them by body, facial and emotional changes.

Objective: To apprehend the ethical aspects guiding care provided by nurses to the hospitalized child. Method: A qualitative study focusing on Alfred Schutz sociological phenomenology. In this sense, 10 (ten) nurses crowded in hospitalization units of a municipal hospital located in the city of Rio de Janeiro were interviewed in 2011. Results: For data analysis the phenomenological interview was adopted, with 02 (two) categories: Respecting child's privacy and; respecting hospitalized child's family. Conclusion: The nurse's interaction with the child's family allows actions of care based on respect and strengthening ties, because family is recognized as an essential element in nursing assistance.