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Copyright of Portuguese Journal of Mental Health Nursing / Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Saúde Mental is the property of Portuguese Society of Mental Health Nursing and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

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Objective: Evaluate the application of a technological strategy, Interactive Quiz "Handling Medical Waste", as a facilitating tool for in-service training on the management of Medical Waste for professionals working in High-Risk Maternity Hospitals. Methods: Exploratory, descriptive research, quantitative approach, developed in the period from January 14 to 17, 2020. The population consisted of 60 professionals from different categories, selected through convenience sampling. Data were collected through the application of a semi-structured questionnaire at the end of the participation of professionals in the training activity. The data found were entered into Google Forms, whose resources helped in the descriptive analysis of frequency and interpretation. Results: Of the total of 60 participants, 90% considered the relevance of the topic excellent, as much as 85% the subjects covered, 88.3% the methodology used, 58.3% the time devoted to the activity, 63.3% the use of the activity, and the contribution to improving the quality of care, 81.6%. However, 60% of the participants did not issue criticism or suggestions about the activity developed. Conclusion: The study showed that the implemented strategies were essential to encourage the involvement and participation of the multidisciplinary team in in-service education activities, contributing to Good Practices in the management of Medical Waste. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem is the property of Revista Eletronica de Enfermagem and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of Health Sciences Journal / Revista Ciências em Saúde is the property of Hospital de Clinicas de Itajuba - Associacao de Integracao Social de Itajuba and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: To report the experience of undergraduate nursing students in the process of including nurses in the welcoming visit for pregnant women in a public maternity hospital of Belém in the state of Pará. Methods: A descriptive study with a qualitative approach, of the experience report type, held from April to November 2019. The setting was a public, teaching, medium and high complexity state hospital. Participants included nurses, undergraduate nursing students, and pregnant women. Results: The experience has shown that the inclusion of nurses in the welcoming visit for pregnant women is essential to build a bond between the professional who works at the hospital and the pregnant woman and her companion. It is worth emphasizing that this initial visit proved to be an important opportunity for health education. The use of strategies such as booklets, conversation circles, and hospital tours were effective in increasing the interaction between those involved. Conclusion: The welcoming visit for pregnant women was fundamental to ensure that these patients had access to information regarding the gestational period, delivery, and assistance inside the hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Revista Enfermagem Contemporânea is the property of Revista Enfermagem Contemporanea and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: Analyze the consultation and registration in the Child Health Handbook regarding follow-up in the primary care service. Methods: This is a cross-sectional quantitative study developed in municipalities in the 17th Regional Health Region of Londrina, in the state of Paraná, southern Brazil, from July 2017 to February 2018 in maternity hospitals and six months later, at home, being 230 women who participated in the two stages. Pearson's Chi-square test was used, the statistical significance adopted in all analyzes was 5%, expressed as p-value. Results: There was an under-registration ofvital signs and breastfeeding assessment in medium-sized municipalities. As well as filling out consultations in the third and fourth quarters, both in large and medium-sized municipalities. Conclusion: It is necessary that health professionals recognize the Child Health Handbook as a primary document for monitoring the infant and that it is completed correctly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Enfermagem Brasil is the property of Atlantica Editora and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: To analyze, from the point of view of the preceptors, how the training process in the residency modality addresses the good practices recommended by the national and international guidelines for assistance in normal childbirth. Methods: Qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study carried out with thirty-five preceptors, 14 nurses and 21 doctors who work in the obstetrics services of the State Department of Health of the Federal District. Data were collected between March and June 2018 through interviews and analyzed according to Bardin's Content Analysis with the support of NVivo® Software. Results: Five thematic categories were identified: addressing good practices in care for normal childbirth; unnecessary practices that remain; norms and routines in the assistance to normal childbirth; work processes in the residency setting, and search and update the evidence for teaching good clinical practices. Conclusion: The study showed the need to reorganize the teaching scenario for residency programs with continuous actions aimed at strengthening the pedagogical processes in order to expand the disruptive potential of new health professionals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: Work accidents occurred in a public reference maternity hospital were analyzed. Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out with data from 102 injured professionals in a public reference maternity hospital. Descriptive statistical analysis and Fisher's exact test were performed. Results: The study pointed out the highest annual prevalence of occupational accidents in 2017 (2.44%), with a predominance of females (75.5%) and workers with 1 to 5 years of service (32%). The most affected professional was the Nursing Technician (38.6%); hands / fingers were found to be the most affected body parts (53.6%) and sharp perforations as the most commonly found causative agents (48.5%). Conclusion: There was a need for greater investment in continuing education actions in relation to notification and preventive measures with a view to reducing the occurrence of work-related injuries. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Enfermagem Brasil is the property of Atlantica Editora and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: To identify the profile of the counter-referrals performed by the Liaison Nurse at a usual risk maternity hospital. Methods: Quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional research with retrospective data collection, carried out by documentary survey (spreadsheet data) of the Hospital Management Unit of a public maternity hospital in Paraná. Results: Of the 988 counter-references made, 294 were related to newborns and 694 to women. Counter-references related to adolescent pregnancy stand out; multiparity; sexually transmitted infections (STIs); hypertensive pregnancy syndrome; postpartum bleeding; infection treatment. And for newborns: treatment for infection; prematurity; contact with STIs and malformations. Conclusion: The counterreferences of the usual risk maternity, carried out by the liaison nurse, to the other points of the assistance network contribute to the continuity of care. This professional, when seeing the user beyond his line of care, within the Health Care Network, provides health, education and services necessary for the continuity of care for the puerperal woman or the newborn. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze postpartum weight retention in women assisted in the public health service in a municipality in southern Brazil. Method: cohort study conducted with 85 puerperal women. Socioeconomic, obstetric, anthropometric data, eating habits, physical activity, breastfeeding and emotional factors were collected through interviews in two moments: in the hospital, in the immediate puerperium; and at home, six months after delivery. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the analysis. Results: the incidence of postpartum weight retention greater than 1 kg was 54.1%, associated with excessive gestational weight gain (68.4%), eutrophic nutritional status/low weight at the beginning of pregnancy (65.8%) and overweight six months postpartum (61.8%). Women who did not breastfeed exclusively up to six months retained more weight. The prevalence of body dissatisfaction was high (82.4%). Conclusion: the risk factors for postpartum weight retention were pre-gestational eutrophic nutritional status and excessive weight gain during pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze the frequency of good obstetric practices in maternity schools. Method: this is a descriptive, retrospective and documental study of a quantitative approach, which analyzed 428 medical records. Results: 90.91% of the women in labor had a companion, 81.82% had been fed, 82.50% had childbirth in vertical position and 83.12% had skin to skin contact. Early clamping was present in 28.90%, and 44.17% used synthetic oxytocin. It was observed the amniotomy (15.00%), the use of the partograph (37.50%) and the application of non-pharmacologicalmethods for pain relief (43.18%). Conclusion: in the maternity schools analyzed, the frequency of good obstetric practices occurred more criteriously in some cases, but it would still be necessary to adjust the assistance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Copyright of Revista Enfermagem Digital Cuidado e Promoção da Saúde is the property of Revista Enfermagem Digital Cuidado e Promocao da Saude and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Objective: To analyze adverse events and associated factors in high-risk maternity hospitals in educational institutions in Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil. Methods: Cross-sectional, retrospective and analytical study, in which 480 medical records of women hospitalized in maternity hospitals were evaluated in 2016, with the outcome of surgical delivery. A retrospective chart review instrument was used, adapted and validated for maternity hospitals in Brazil. The search for tracking criteria was used to analyze the occurrence of adverse events, a process evaluated in two stages, with the verification of the event and the resulting damage. Results: The presence of 1051 tracking criteria was evidenced, representing 163 adverse events, which were located in 26.8% of medical records. The damage was temporary, requiring intervention in 28.8% and an increase in hospital stay in 60.1% of cases. Conclusion: The frequency of adverse events proved to be high, with the profile and types of incidents similar to the already established causes of maternal morbidity and mortality, being more related to hypertensive disorders, hemorrhages and infections, associated with the poor control of clinical situations during pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium, which runs through the entire network of maternal and child care. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Objective: The objective of the study was to analyze the epidemiological profile of syphilis cases in pregnant women in a maternity hospital from Teresina, Piauí, in 2016. Method: Descriptive and documental epidemiological research with quantitative approach, carried out at the Epidemiological Surveillance Service of the maternity, from November 2016 to January 2017, based on data from the Notification of Injury Information System (SINANNET). Data were stratified according to age group, education, gestational age in diagnosis, titration of the non-treponemic test, syphilis classification and partner adherence. Results and discussion: In relation to the prevalence, seventy-five cases were notified in 2016, corresponding to 2,8%. The disease was prevalent in women aged from 20 to 29 years old who had incomplete elementary school education. The majority (77,33%) were diagnosed in third trimester, 22,7% of the pregnant women presented VDRL of 1:16, the most frequent clinical classification was tertiary and latent with 61,33% of the cases, with regard to the partners' adherence, only 32% performed the treatment. Conclusions: It's necessary a rigorous diagnosis, treatment and follow-up in the attempt to reduce cases of syphilis in pregnant women and congenital syphilis, as well as to break the chain of transmission with directed strategies and actions in the fight against the disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective: to analyze the sociodemographic and epidemiological profile of mastitis in women hospitalized in a public maternity hospital from 2005 to 2011. Methodology: descriptive, documental and retrospective study with a quantitative approach, covering all cases of women with mastitis from 2005 to 2011 in Reference Maternity in Piauí. Results: most of women were teenagers and young adults (61.5%), single (36.4%), from the capital city (61.5%), with complete elementary education (34.6%), and housewives (36.5%). They all used antibiotic therapy. The majority did not present recurrence (94.2%), and the main clinical complication was breast engorgement (67.3%). Conclusion: mastitis is a frequent pathology that significantly interferes with the success or failure in breastfeeding. Nursing assistance with an emphasis on health education through guidelines on good breastfeeding techniques and prevention of mastitis becomes imperative. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of ConScientiae Saúde is the property of Nove de Julho University and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Hypertension pregnancy-induced is a public health problem. Objective was to identify the maternal mortality ratio for hypertension in the years 2000 to 2013, in municipalities of the first Health Region of the State of Ceará. This's a descriptive, retrospective and quantitative epidemiological study of secondary data, carried out from maternal deaths due to hypertension occurred between 2000 and 2013, in municipalities of the first Region of Health of the State of Ceará, obtained on the website of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System. Data collection took place in January 2016. 76 maternal deaths due to hypertension were identified in municipalities of the first Health Region of the State of Ceará, of which 69 (90.8%) occurred in Fortaleza-CE; 544,618 (94.6%) of the population with the highest number of live births. In 2004, 2006 and 2013, there were more records of maternal deaths due to hypertension, all with 08 cases. Eclampsia was the most prevalent among the deaths, 31 (40.7%). Maternal mortality ratio was higher in 2013, with 20.3 maternal deaths due to hypertension for 100,000 live births. Nurses and health professionals should be trained to promote quality and humanized care and thus reduce maternal morbidity and mortality rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Adolescent motherhood as a cultural phenomenon represents an excellent test for human understanding, when studied through a network of meanings. This study aimed to identify the semantics regularity used by adolescents in pregnancy-childbirth cycle about motherhood at this stage of life. Descriptive study with 317 free word association tests with adolescents in pregnancy-childbirth cycle, analyzed through descriptive statistics and correspondence factor analysis. Ethical precepts were followed. Signs assumed principles with multiple, but complementary, characteristics according to how participants signified them, identifying with representational bias. The word was the unit for apprehending the content in context. The educational model of motherhood at this stage of life was structured as positive, neutral, or negative. Feelings of happiness and affection permeated evocations of being a mother, giving the idea of virtue with motherhood. In contradiction, it was anchored by the difficulty of developing this role in adolescence. Thus, there is urgent need for proper monitoring of adolescents, from prenatal to postpartum, since it carries knowledge that, when included in everyday life, provides congruent care in identity construction of being an adolescent or expectant mother. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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