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Objective: to describe the therapeutic itinerary of children/adolescents with cancer and their families. Method: qualitative descriptive study carried out with 11 mothers and one grandmother of children/adolescents undergoing cancer treatment, guided by the theoretical framework of the Health Care Systems Model. Data were collected from March to September 2019, through semi-structured and audio-recorded interviews, submitted to Morse and Field content analysis. Results: for the family, the path taken throughout the process of searching for diagnosis and cure was characterized by suffering and ambiguous feelings. Throughout the therapeutic itinerary, each family established their way of acting, perceiving, communicating, relating and making decisions. Final considerations: knowing the therapeutic itinerary of families of children/adolescents with cancer can guide assertive nursing interventions and support the development of strategies that improve the early diagnosis of the disease, favoring a better prognosis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the perspective of nurses on the transitional care of the person with chronic noncommunicable disease from hospital to home. Method: qualitative, exploratory and descriptive study. The study scenario was a University Hospital in southern Brazil. Data collection occurred through semi-structured interviews with 28 nurses and managers, between July 2018 to May 2019, in which the analyses were made by the themes. Results: The nurses point out some strategies of transition of the care, as the inclusion of the caregiver in the orientations and the telephone contact. They also indicate the need for recognition of the health network by professionals and the challenge of articulation between different services. Final considerations: the transitional care goes beyond the reductionist logic of simple individualized orientation to hospital discharge. The nurse can lead the change and promote the consolidation of safe and qualified practices, due to its insertion in the various scenarios of health care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the perceptions of nursing and medical graduate students about patient safety competencies in the teaching-learning process. Method: this is a qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, conducted from September to November 2019 with 24 graduate students in medicine and nursing, from a public university in southern Brazil. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview guide and analyzed by discursive textual analysis. Results: perceptions about patient safety competencies were related to the culture of safety, teamwork, effective communication, risk management, optimization of environmental and human factors, and conduct in the face of adverse events. Final considerations: students have satisfactory perceptions regarding the patient’s safety competencies in their education; however, they demonstrated weaknesses in knowledge and its application in practice, especially in the action before errors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the patient safety strategies adopted by the multidisciplinary team in high-risk pregnancy. Method: descriptive, qualitative study conducted with the multidisciplinary team responsible for specialized care for high-risk pregnancy in a city in southern Brazil. The interviews took place in March 2020 and the results were grouped into thematic categories. Results: two themes were highlighted: safety in embracement and flow of care to high-risk pregnant women, represented by the role of primary and secondary care in assistance to pregnant women, early identification of risk factors and/or aggravations to pregnancy and guidelines for the safety of high-risk pregnant women, identifying the need for individualized multiprofessional care to the needs of pregnant women. Conclusion: strategies for the safety of high-risk pregnant women go beyond safety protocols and denote the need to adapt to the context of secondary care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the process of handover of nurses in Adult Intensive Care Units. Method: study with a qualitative approach, whose data collection was performed between October and December 2020, through nonparticipant observation and semi-structured interview conducted in five intensive care units of a public hospital in the state of Bahia, Brazil. Results: two main categories emerged: Praxis of the handover to improve care and barriers that impair communication during the handover. It was possible to understand the process of shift, based on the looks of intensive nurses, which have structural elements for effective communication that reverberate in the continuity of care. Final considerations: in the process of handover of nurses, structural and environmental conditions, such as parallel conversations, dispersion, lack of attention, interruptions, anticipated egress and noise were characterized as barriers that caused failures and interfered in the communication process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand how health professionals working in the pre-hospital experience the communication of bad news to the family in the pediatric emergency, as well as to propose a communication protocol based on these experiences. Method: qualitative research with theoretical-methodological support based on Symbolic Interactionism and Inductive Thematic Analysis, through semi-structured interviews, in the 2nd semester of 2019. Results: the professionals experienced the difficult communication process under the influence of the hostile environment. They set out actions to try to care for and receive the family. Family care generated reflections and a desire to provide adequate care. After the analysis of these experiences, the Protocolo Acolher was proposed. Final considerations: health professionals working in the pre-hospital feel unprepared and extremely uncomfortable before communicating bad news. The protocol developed can collaborate in directing pre-hospital care professionals and help them in the process of communicating bad news. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the care for the frail elderly provided by family-related inpatient caregivers, as well as their interaction with the Family Health Strategy, from the perspective of caregivers. Method: exploratory-descriptive, qualitative study conducted with 17 informal family-related caregivers of frail elderly from a Family Health Strategy in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Data collected between September/2019 and February/2020, through an interview with semi-structured script and questionnaire. Content analysis was performed, thematic type. Results: most caregivers were women, 26-79 years old, white and brown, married and low schooling. Effective communication between the health team and the family/elderly caregiver, to the detriment of high turnover of professionals of the Family Health Strategy, excessive demand for functions and lack of training and technical ability of the caregiver. Final thoughts: care for the frail elderly belonged to the female universe and aroused a mixture of feelings. Interaction between caregivers and family health strategy was generally mediated by the Community Health Agent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to identify the difficulties in addressing palliative care and terminality in the perception of Nursing and Medical students from a public university. Method: this is an exploratory, descriptive study with a qualitative approach, whose data collection was carried out between September 2019 and January 2020, through semi-structured interviews. Results: two main thematic categories emerged: Challenges of communication in palliative care and Unpreparedness to deal with dying and death. Final thoughts: Nursing and Medical students present difficulties related to communication in palliative care and end-of-life situations. This unpreparedness was also present in dealing with death, human suffering and moral conflicts arising from religious beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to understand the family perception on the experience of emergency care to one of its members. Method: descriptive study of qualitative nature, carried out in three municipalities in Southern Brazil. Data were collected in June 2015 through semi-structured interviews, held in the home of 16 individuals who accompanied their relatives in the emergency unit. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and submitted to thematic Content Analysis. Results: the families revealed intense suffering during the emergency care with the family member. The fast and effective care, the presence of effective communication and the possibility to monitor the assistance were perceived by the family, when present, as care qualifiers and, when absent, as disqualifiers. Conclusion: the family life during the emergency care has been characterized by intense suffering, which is directly influenced by how health professionals receive and meet the patient and his/her family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cancer is a disease of high incidence that brings psychosocial changes in people's lives. With the theoretical perspective of Symbolic Interactionism, this qualitative study aims to analyze the perceptions and the feelings of women with breast cancer. The data was collected using semi-structured interviews with thirteen women diagnosed with breast cancer who perform treatment at an oncology department in a municipality of São Paulo. Content Analysis assumptions were used for data organization and interpretation. The results show that the cancer is perceived sometimes as a death sentence and sometimes as a disease that can be cured. It is concluded that the feelings should be taken into consideration by the health professionals during the healthcare practices directed to women with breast cancer, based on ethical values and principles of beneficence, autonomy and justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]