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ABSTRACT Objective: To validate the content of an evaluation matrix for the nursing process in the hospital context. Method: A methodological study conducted in four stages, carried out from March to December 2022. Including: bibliographic research and selection of structuring foundations; construction of the logical model and analysis and judgment matrix; content validation by a committee of judges (n=11) using the Delphi technique; analysis of content validation data by calculating the Concordance Rate and Content Validity Index. Results: At the end of the two rounds, the matrix had a concordance rate of 90% regarding format and 100% regarding other structural aspects. It also had a 100% concordance rate regarding the scope and representativeness of the matrix domains. Regarding the average Content Validity Index, the values were 0.97 and 0.98, for clarity and representativeness, respectively. Conclusion: The evaluation matrix - consisting of four dimensions and fourteen evaluation items referring to the necessary stages for the implementation and operationalization of the nursing process - demonstrated excellent content validity, which can contribute to supporting institutional initiatives for its consolidation in hospital nursing services.

Objective: to know and understand the perceptions and meanings attributed to the biographical and relational identity of being a nurse by the social group that acted as director of the Department and Division of Nursing of the University Hospital of the University of São Paulo. Method: social-historical study with a qualitative approach. Data collection occurred between March and November 2017. The theory of Claude Dubar was used as a theoretical reference. Eleven interviews were conducted, which were analyzed by the technique of Discourse Analysis. Results: two categories emerged. The first highlighted the articulation process, the practice of care, and the Teaching-Assistance Integration program, and addressed aspects related to power and the model-reference. The second listed the role of the teacher/manager and emphasized issues related to recognition and respect. Conclusion: this study may contribute to the recognition and visibility of the Nursing area, especially in the field of assistance, management, and teaching.

Objetivo: conocer y comprender las percepciones y significados atribuidos a la identidad biográfica y relacional de ser enfermera por el grupo social que actuó como director del Departamento e Divisão de Enfermagem do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo (Departamento y División de Enfermería del Hospital Universitario de la Universidad de São Paulo). Método: estudio socio-histórico con enfoque cualitativo. La recogida de datos tuvo lugar entre marzo y noviembre de 2017. Se utilizó como referencia teórica la teoría de Claude Dubar. Se realizaron once entrevistas, que se analizaron mediante la técnica del Análisis del Discurso. Resultados: surgieron dos categorías. El primero destacó el proceso de articulación, la práctica asistencial y el programa de Integración Docente-Asistencial, y abordó aspectos relacionados con el poder y el modelo-referencia. El segundo enumeró el papel del profesor/director y hacía hincapié en cuestiones relacionadas con el reconocimiento y el respeto. Conclusión: este estudio puede contribuir al reconocimiento y visibilidad del área de Enfermería, especialmente en el ámbito asistencial, de gestión y docencia.

Objetivo: conhecer e compreender as percepções e significados atribuídos à identidade biográfica e relacional do ser enfermeira pelo grupo social que atuou como diretora do Departamento e Divisão de Enfermagem do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo. Método: estudo histórico-social de abordagem qualitativa. Coleta de dados ocorrida entre março a novembro de 2017. Utilizou-se a teoria de Claude Dubar como referencial teórico. Foram realizadas 11 entrevistas, as quais foram analisadas pela técnica da Análise do Discurso. Resultados: emergiram duas categorias. A primeira evidenciou o processo de articulação, a prática do cuidado e o programa de Integração Docente-Assistencial, e abordou aspectos relacionados ao poder e ao modelo-referência. A segunda elencou o papel do docente/gestor e enfatizou as questões relacionadas ao reconhecimento e ao respeito. Conclusão: esse estudo poderá contribuir para o reconhecimento e visibilidade da área da Enfermagem, especialmente, no campo da assistência, da gestão e do ensino.

ABSTRACT Objectives: Understand the perception during the care work of nursing professionals who work in inpatient units in the care of patients with a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 and describe the experience and challenges of their work in this area of work. Method: Exploratory, descriptive, qualitative study. The interviews were individual, carried out in person. Socio demographic data were previously collected through a self-applied questionnaire. Results: The sample consisted of 25nursing professionals, 84% nurses and16% nursing technicians. From the analysis of the content of the participants' speeches, six thematic categories were constructed:Uncertainty and fear of anything new and of the unknown; Personal and social challenges working with COVID-19; The relevance of human and material resources, linked to permanent in-service education for coping; Ambiguity of feelings of the participants in the face of expressions of support or prejudice on the part of the community; Reactions of health professionals to non-compliance with the recommendation of social distancing by the population; Insufficient professional training to face the pandemic. Conclusion: The experiences and challenges that emerged in this research unfold in different ways, such as fear of the unknown, social and personal challenges to be overcome, as well as the impact of social behavior on the lives of nursing professionals and even the issue of training and professional preparation to face the pandemic.

This study aims to understand how, why and for what reason, a group of nurses and History of Nursing researchers chose to create the Brazilian Academy of Nursing History in 2010. This study aimed to describe motivations and expectations of the nurses and researchers in this field as well as to identify the historical circumstances, struggles and political forces involved in the creation of institution. It is observed that the social actors involved in the creation of the entity came from the Research Group "History and Legislation of Nursing" and that political forces and struggles were among researchers in the history of nursing because there were disparate interests in the creation of this entity. Among the contributions of the Academy is the fight for the continuity of teaching nursing history in the universities, and the 2007 Ibero-American Symposium on Nursing History that was the propulsion for its creation.

Esta editorial tiene el objetivo de reflexionar sobre los enfoques históricos de enseñanza en administración para la formación de la identidad enfermera. Se han empleado diversos documentos históricos que recogen información relevante sobre enfermería en general y sobre administración de enfermería.

Objective: To report the joint experience of reorganizing materials from the collection of the Cultural Historical Center of the Ibero-American Nursing of the School of Nursing of the University of São Paulo, carried out from 2013 to 2015. Method: The partnerships and restructuring and reorganization strategies of the project were listed in the period between 2013 and 2015, which covered three stages to achieve it and the collections that integrate this center were listed. Results: It was noted that the reopening of the new Center, in an accessible and better distributed space, increased the number of site visits, which today is a mandatory stop in activities of some undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the Institution, as well as in the activities that seek to expose what is and what does the nursing profession, as is the case of the event "USP and the professions", promoted by the Pro-Rectory of Culture and Extension. Conclusions: This "new" Center has achieved its goal of not being a static and lifeless museum, but of being a place of reconstruction of the identity and history of a profession, often mystified.

Objetivo: compreender as percepções dos profissionais de enfermagem em relação aos possíveis desfechos decorrentes da pandemia da COVID-19 para a profissão. Método: estudo de abordagem qualitativa, fundamentada na História Oral, mediante entrevista e aplicação de um questionário socioeconômico/profissional, realizado na unidade de internação de uma instituição de saúde de grande porte, localizada no município de São Paulo, capital do estado de São Paulo. Resultados: foram extraídas das entrevistas duas categorias relevantes: Crença no fortalecimento da enfermagem no pós-pandemia e Descrença na melhora da imagem da enfermagem no pós-pandemia. Considerações Finais: as identidades profissionais são construídas mediante as interações sociais entre o eu (indivíduo) e o outro (grupos sociais e institucionais). Esta interação é marcada por conflitos que resultam na reconstrução desta identidade e com possíveis reflexos na prática profissional. Descritores: História da Enfermagem. Enfermagem. Construção Social da Identidade. Identidade Própria. Crise de Identidade.

ABSTRACT Objectives: to analyze the experiences of management nurses over the primary socialization process that contributed to their professional choice and identity. Methods: qualitative and explanatory study grounded in Dubar's theory, carried out with 11 management nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed, and categorized by applying discourse analysis. Results: the motivations for the professional choice and identity of management nurses were found. They were related to family influence in childhood, nursing representations, perception of care practices experienced in a health-related situation in the family, choice of nursing given its academic titles, lack of knowledge about the nursing profession, and assertive choice of this profession. Final Considerations: professional choice was closely linked to initial social processes in people's lives and the idea of a socially and uniquely built professional identity.

ABSTRACT Objective: To understand the experience of judicialization due to error from the viewpoint of nursing professionals. Method: Qualitative study with two nursing professionals sued for error in a state in southern Brazil. The data were collected between January and June 2018 through an online survey and analyzed with the Oral History technique. Results: The reports discussed the experience of error and its influence on professional practice. The perception of being unable to intervene in errors and the lack of support from institutions and professional associations were mentioned as causes of emotional suffering, a feeling of injustice, and revolt. Nonetheless, both participants mentioned receiving support from the local health sector union and hoping to carry on with their profession. Conclusion: Emotional suffering caused by judicialization is amplified by a feeling of helplessness regarding error prevention and lack of institutional support.

Objetivo: compreender como as enfermeiras vivenciam a ação de deliberação moral no cenário de prática. Método: pesquisa fenomenológica fundamentada no referencial de Alfred Schutz realizada mediante entrevistas com 12 enfermeiras de um Serviço de Atendimento Móvel de Urgência. Da análise ideográfica e nomotética foram obtidas as categorias concretas do vivido. Resultados: emergiram três categorias: significados da ação da deliberação moral das enfermeiras no atendimento pré-hospitalar móvel de urgência que se referem ao contexto do atendimento; o conhecimento técnico-científico como fundamento para a ação da deliberação moral; e a dimensão social das relações estabelecidas entre as equipes como fonte de problemas éticos. Conclusão: foram desvelados fatores que incidem na prática, revelando elementos que favorecem a deliberação, como as experiências do vivido, o compartilhamento das situações e os conflitos que demandam a tomada de decisão. Emerge, assim, um novo olhar para a prática das enfermeiras pautada em um agir ético, responsável e prudente. Descritores: Bioética. Enfermagem. Enfermeiras e Enfermeiros. Resolução de Problemas. Socorro de Urgência.

Introdução: trata-se de um estudo com base filosófica de Michel Foucault que buscou analisar a constituição do sujeito; no caso em questão, buscou-se compreender a enfermeira que milita pela profissão. Objetivo: analisar os aspectos constitutivos de militantes na Enfermagem. Métodos: pesquisa com método histórico, que usa o método de história oral, com uma abordagem qualitativa; foram entrevistadas 11 enfermeiras que militaram ou militam por situações profissionais. Após o uso da técnica de entrevista semiestruturada, os dados foram organizados no software n-vivo 10, e o método de análise foi a hermenêutica dialética. Resultados: as enfermeiras se constituíram militantes a partir de vivências comunitárias, familiares, nos movimentos sociais e na militância profissional, e de convívio com as diferenças éticas e sociais. Os discursos apontam para a constituição de sujeitos militantes fora dos espaços instituídos da sala de aula. Conclusões: ao olhar para a constituição de sujeitos militantes sob a ótica da hermenêutica dialética, encontramos a convergência interna entre as subcategorias apontadas, a produção de sujeitos militantes e as categorias analíticas deste estudo. Identificamos possibilidades formativas de sujeitos militantes e indicamos a necessidade de revisão dos processos formativos de enfermeiras.

This article aims to map and discuss the sociodemographic, sociocultural and academic profile of one ordinary student enrolled in a Nursing course linked to a Private High Education Institution in São Paulo city, Brazil. An exploratory-descriptive study was done, using a simple and not inferential statistic. It was revealed that the majority were female, originally from white ethnicity, married, belonging to evangelical groups, aged between 31 and 40 years; most of them have predominantly about four members in it's families; the family income is about one thousand and three thousand reais and the majority have economic dependence. The majority group was graduated in elementary/middle level in public schools; had a student scholarship during graduation; the largest number decided to choose nursing as the first choice. Most of them were brazilians; concentrated in the southeast region of the country and comes from the eastern region of São Paulo state; 26% used to watch television as the main leisure activity. This study may become an important tool in the restructuring of actions that address the demands of students and the nursing profession.

This article represents the results of a study that dealt with the negligence committed by nursing professionals in the exercise of their function and aimed to identify and classify the cases of professional negligence judged by the Regional Council of Nursing of São Paulo in the period of 2001-2010. This is a documentary, exploratory and descriptive study of a quantitative nature carried out at the headquarters of the Regional Nursing Council of São Paulo - COREN-SP; the body responsible for supervising the professional practice. The data that underlies the research was composed of 482 ethical processes concluded between 2001 and 2010. 68 lawsuits of negligence were identified. Precarious care was the type of negligence that obtained the highest percentage (51.47%); the adult, elderly and children groups as victims of neglect were 30.77%, 30.18% and 29.58%, respectively. Negligence caused damages to the patient in 92.90% of the analyzed cases. The nursing assistant was the category that most committed negligence (46.45%) and the hospital institution is the place with the highest incidence (84.62%). The surgical medical clinic was the most frequent specialty clinic (34.31%). The complaints originated at COREN-SP (52.67%). The trials resulted in 37.87% convicted professionals. The results of the study draw the first moves of a negligent act by providing accurate data on the type of event, the profile of the victim and the professional, the presence or absence of harm, the prevalent specialty, the origin and outcome of the lawsuits and the type of institution involved, forming the first picture of negligence in the nursing environment.

Identidad profesional del enfermero gestor a la luz del Modelo Estructural Dialéctico de los Cuidados Identidade profissional do enfermeiro gestor à luz do Modelo Estrutural Dialético dos Cuidados Objetivos: identificar, na literatura científica, as configurações identitárias inerentes às práticas gerenciais do enfermeiro que atua em ambiente hospitalar e analisá-las à luz do Modelo Estrutural Dialético dos Cuidados (MEDC). Materiais e método: trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa. Foi realizada uma revisão integrativa que possibilitou selecionar 15 artigos, analisados à luz do MEDC. Resultados: a partir dos 15 artigos selecionados, foram estabelecidos três eixos temáticos: liderança, cuidado e conflitos. Conclusões: conclui-se que o MEDC possibilitou averiguar os modelos identitários do enfermeiro, como agente gestor, nas diversas pluralidades articuladas aos processos identitários desse profissional. To reference this article / Para citar este artículo / Para citar este artigo da Silva TA, Solano MdC, Siles J, de Freitas GF. Professional Identity of Nurse Manager in the Light of the Structural Dialectic Care Model. Aquichan 2019; 19(3): e1935. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5294/aqui.2019.19.3.5 Received: 05/02/2019 Accepted: 12/06/2019

his paper aims to describe and analyze the contributions of the School of Nursing, University of São Paulo (EEUSP) in the construction and consolidation of professional nursing in Brazil, since its inception in the early 1940s. This is a socio-historical study on the legacy of the pioneering leaders of Brazilian nursing (Edith de Magalhães Fraenkel and Maria Rosa Sousa Pinheiro) and the examination of the latest contributions from other directors of EEUSP, with emphasis on the following themes: building of professional nursing, consolidation and strengthening of professional nursing education and nursing practices in Brazil. It sas outlined an itinerary of Brazilian nursing through the history of the professional life of Edith de Magalhães Fraenkel and Maria Rosa Sousa Pinheiro, first and second directors of EEUSP. The contributions of EEUSP for the professionalization of Brazilian nursing were numerous, especially in nursing education at the undergraduate and graduate levels and to strengthening of nursing as a socially and politically relevant practice in the national and international scenes through research and academic production.

Abstract OBJECTIVE To analyze the history of the life and activism of Portuguese nurse Maria Augusta Sousa. METHOD Sousa's life story was obtained by means of semi-structured interview swith Sousa as the oral source of data. NVivo qualitative research software was used for data analysis. Content analysis focused on thematic analysis based on the theoretical and philosophical ideas of Michel Foucault, in particular, power and techniques of the self. RESULTS Alienation and political participation were revealed as pertinent issues. In techniques of production of activist subjects, the following were highlighted: the importance of the review of formal education; actions of involvement with the world, society and the profession; and finally, techniques of the self, techniques of constitution of activist subjects, professional identity and way of being. CONCLUSION The constitution of the nurse Maria Augusta Sousa as an activist came about through questioning of how to be, education in the context of her family, and political engagement in Catholic Youth. This impacted her trajectory of contributions to Portuguese nursing, as expressed in the following achievements: the integration of nursing training into higher education; the creation of the Regulation of Nurses Professional Practice; and implementation of the Order of Nurses.

State and international entities can have profound effects on the development of a country’s nursing profession. Through a global health governance lens, this paper explores the development of nursing in Brazil during the early twentieth century, and its intersections with national and international interests. Accordingly, we will show how state policies established an environment that fostered the institutionalization of nursing as a profession in Brazil and supported it as a means to increase the presence of females in nation building processes. The State focused on recruiting elite women for nursing, in part due to the Rockefeller Foundation’s involvement in the country. Nurses who worked for Rockefeller came from well-educated classes within US society with specific ideas about who should be a nurse and the roles of nurses in a healthcare system. These women served as the primary vehicles for interacting with Brazilian health authorities responsible for health system development. Their early efforts did not, however, ensure a system capable of producing nursing human resources at a rate that, in present day Brazil, could meet the health needs of the country. Findings from this paper offer new avenues for historians to explore the early roots of professional nursing through a global health governance lens, improve the understanding of the intersection between international politics and professionalization, and highlight how these factors may impact nursing human resources production in the long term.

Objetivo: analisar práticas de liberdade de enfermeiras militantes. Método: pesquisa histórica, baseada no métodode história oral com abordagem qualitativa, realizada com 11 enfermeiras que militaram/militam por questões profissionaisdesde a década de 1980 no estado da Bahia, Brasil. Os dados coletados em entrevistas semiestruturadasforam organizados no software n-vivo 10 e analisados com base na hermenêutica dialética. Resultados: identificadaspossibilidades formativas e de resistência nas práticas de implicação com o mundo. Conclusão: as práticas deliberdade são geradoras de militância/militantes, havendo uma noção de dupla intencionalidade, que representacaráter dialético em si.Descritores: Enfermagem. Política. Liderança. História da Enfermagem. Atitudes e prática em saúde.

Resumo Objetivo Descrever ocorrências éticas de enfermagem nos processos éticos (PEDs) julgados pelo Conselho Regional de Enfermagem de São Paulo (Coren/SP). Métodos Estudo retrospectivo de natureza quantitativa, realizado no Coren/SP. Amostra constituída por documentos de 399 profissionais de Enfermagem obtidos em 254 PEDs julgados no período de 2012 e 2013. Utilizou-se instrumento de coleta de dados sendo tabulados e analisados por meio de estatística descritiva. Resultados A categoria dos Auxiliares de Enfermagem (46,12%) foi a mais envolvida nas ocorrências, com maior prevalência de iniciantes no exercício profissional, idade média de 36 anos. As ocorrências mais evidenciadas foram Iatrogenias por omissão (22,6 %), Iatrogenias por erro na administração de medicamentos (22,1%), crimes ou contravenções penais (18,0 %). Conclusão Os resultados foram de suma importância para identificar as características das ocorrências e dos profissionais envolvidos e com isso, a necessidade de aprofundar a discussão sobre os problemas éticos na prática cotidiana da Enfermagem.

RESUMO Objetivo Historicizar as mudanças na formação de recursos humanos em enfermagem no Brasil, no período de 1942 a 1961, a partir da presença de 35 enfermeiras americanas designadas para trabalhar em cooperação com o SESP. Método O estudo utilizou como fontes relatórios redigidos pelas enfermeiras, que descrevem suas impressões, sugestões e atividades desenvolvidas no país, e foram analisadas a partir da análise de discurso de Michel Foucault. Resultados O período mencionado foi marcado pela presença americana nos projetos de enfermagem desenvolvidos pelo Serviço Especial de Saúde Pública (SESP). Os discursos indicaram que o período foi marcado por muitas mudanças na enfermagem brasileira, em especial no que diz respeito à captação e formação de recursos humanos para a profissão. Conclusão Pode-se afirmar que elas, através de seus discursos e influência, foram centrais para a consolidação de um novo paradigma na formação de profissionais de enfermagem no Brasil.

RESUMO Objetivos Identificar e analisar os enunciados discursivos que caracterizam a formação de RH em enfermagem, na década de 1940 pela Cruz Vermelha Brasileira. Método A abordagem das fontes documentais se deu através dos pressupostos do Método Histórico, problematizado a partir do pensamento de Michel Foucault. Resultados Historicamente, a formação dos recursos humanos (RH) em enfermagem, sobretudo na década de 1940, foi influenciada por um modelo peculiar de ensino, o militar. A Cruz Vermelha Brasileira vinculava-se ao Ministério da Guerra e a formação em enfermagem tinha ênfase na conduta moral, na disciplina, no respeito à hierarquia, que culminava na produção de “corpos dóceis” femininos na enfermagem. Os atributos esperados da enfermeira se constituíam na tríade da formação da identidade profissional à época: abnegação, disciplina e obediência. Conclusão O referido modelo reverbera práticas na formação ainda arraigadas na atualidade, seja no âmbito da gestão, da assistência e do ensino na enfermagem.

Objetivo: analisar a trajetória de vida de uma enfermeira militante. Método: trata-se de uma pesquisa histórica, com abordagem qualitativa, tendo sido aprovado no Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa, CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531. Os dados foram coletados por meio da técnica de entrevista semiestruturada a uma expoente da enfermagem brasileira. Para tratamento de dados, adotou-se a análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: seu percurso, da década de 80 aos dias atuais, é permeado por engajamento em diversos campos: estudantil, ocupacional e sindical, mobilizado pela identidade profissional. Compreende-se que os sindicatos são uma forma de representação profissional, entendidos como importantes organismos sociais. Conclusão: destacam-se a centralidade da militância política e a importância de estudos que abordem a alienação e a identidade profissional do enfermeiro, imprescindíveis para a valorização e reconhecimento profissional, com consequências para o cuidado em enfermagem mais ético, autônomo e cidadão. ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the life trajectory of a militant nurse. Method: this is a historical research, with qualitative approach, approved by the Ethics Research Committee, CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview to an exponent of Brazilian nursing. Data were analysed by content thematic analysis. Results: from the 80’s to the present her life trajectory is permeated by engagement in several fields: student, professional and union, mobilized by professional identity. It is understood that professional unions are a way of professional representation, understood as important social bodies. Conclusion: this study highlighted that the centrality of political militancy and the importance of studies that address the alienation and the nursing professional’s identity, are essential for professional’s valorization and recognition, which has as consequences a more ethical and autonomous nursing care. RESUMEN Objetivo: analizar la trayectoria de vida de una enfermera militante. Método: se trata de una investigación histórica con un enfoque cualitativo, aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación, CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de la técnica de entrevista semiestructurada a un exponente de la enfermería brasileña. Para el análisis de datos adoptamos el análisis temático de contenido. Resultados: desde los años 80 hasta la actualidad su trajectória de vida es permeado mediante la participación en diversos campos: estudiantes, profesionales y sindicales, movilizados por la identidad profesional. Se entiende que los sindicatos son una forma de representación profesional, entendida como instituciones sociales importantes. Conclusión: se destaca la centralidad de la actividad política y la importancia de los estudios que se ocupan de la alienación y de la identidad profesional de los profesionales de enfermería, esenciales para el desarrollo y el reconocimiento profesional, con consecuencias para el cuidado de enfermería más ético, autonómico y nacional.

Objetivo: identificar a inserção da professora Josicélia Dumêt Fernandes na enfermagem, com ênfase no seu engajamento profissional e atuação na Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem. Método: pesquisa histórico-social, baseado no método de história oral, tendo sido seu projeto aprovado no Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa, CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531. Os dados foram coletados por meio da técnica de entrevista semiestruturada. Para tratamento dos dados optou-se pela análise de conteúdo temática. Resultados: destacou-se a centralidade da militância política em defesa de uma formação em enfermagem com qualidade e atenta às dimensões do ser-enfermeira: técnica, política e social, expressas em sua produção científica essencialmente voltada para a área da educação em saúde e em enfermagem. Conclusão: estudos que abordem a contribuição de enfermeiras militantes são importantes, de forma a favorecer a discussão de problemas expressos pela alienação e ausência de identidade – aspectos imprescindíveis para valorização e reconhecimento profissional. ABSTRACT Objective: to place Josicélia Dumêt Fernandes, as a teacher, in the nursing profession, emphasizing her professional engagement and role in the Brazilian Nursing Association. Method: social history research, based on the oral history method, approved by the Research Ethics Committee (CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531). Data were collected by semi-structured interview and treated by thematic content analysis. Results: the study revealed the centrality of her political militancy in favor of quality in nursing education attentive to the technical, political and social dimensions of being-a-nurse, as expressed in her scientific production, essentially in the fields of health education and nursing. Conclusion: studies that address the contribution of militant nurses are important to fostering discussion of problems expressed in alienation and lack of identity, which are essential to valorization and recognition for the profession. RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar la inserción de la profesora Josicélia Dumet Fernandes en enfermería, con énfasis en su compromiso profesional y desempeño en la Asociación Brasileña de Enfermería. Método: investigación histórica y social, basada en el método de la historia oral: su proyecto fue aprobado por el Comité de Ética en Investigación, CAAE: 28775614.2.0000.5531. Los datos fueron recolectados a través de la técnica de entrevista semiestructurada. Para tratamiento de los datos recolectados se optó por el análisis de contenido temático. Resultados: se ponen de relieve la importancia del activismo político en defensa de una educación en enfermería de calidad y atenta a las dimensiones del ser enfermera: técnica, política y social, expresadas en su producción científica, esencialmente volcada al área de la educación en salud y en enfermería. Conclusión: los estudios que aborden la contribución de enfermeras activistas políticas son importantes para facilitar la discusión de problemas expresados por la alienación y la falta de identidad - aspectos esenciales para la valorización y el reconocimiento profesional.

The present study aimed to describe and analyze the career of Edith Magalhães Fraenkel and her important legacy to Brazilian nursing. The methodology chosen was a documentary analysis of her areas of participation based on documents of the Historical Cultural Center of Iberian-American School of Nursing of the University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo, USP) and in the Rectory of the same University. The following thematic topics were categorized: preparation for leadership, moving to São Paulo, creation of the School of Nursing of USP, event organization, and unique developments at the end of her career. We conclude that Mrs. Edith Fraenkel is the most important figure of Brazilian nursing, thanks to her immeasurable work as a leader of the profession, nationally and internationally.

It describes Samora Machel’s life, a Mozambican nurse, who led guerrillas until successfully obtaining the independence of the Republic of Mozambique. Reporting his life history and his role in the country’s health, it is aimed at showing that politics can become a way of other nurses, in other countries, may also go through this path for the benefit of the whole population and through exercising leadership also contribute to improve health and living conditions of the communities. Besides fighting against racism, discrimination, illiteracy, poverty and drought during his more than 10 years in the government, Samora Machel had to fight internally against opponent political forces. Anyway, he was an example for his country where he is reverenced and venerated as a national hero.

Preservation of documents is justified by the importance of the existing collection of documents in October XXXI Academic Center of the School of Nursing of USP in order to provide for the organization and the access to future researchers interested in the history of nursing, as well as safeguard the collective memory of that profession. This study aimed to sanitize, organize and prepare an inventory of documentation of October XXXI Academic Center of the School of Nursing. Methodologically, documents were submitted to the diplomatic and typological analyzes and then were cleaned and organized in terms of archival, according to thematic affinity. For this purpose, we developed spreadsheets in Excel. The results revealed a large mass of documents, which was organized by thematic affinity, yielding a total of 9 subjects, totaling the amount of 1028 documents: National Union of Students -UNE (134), State Union of Students -UEE (131); Incoming Correspondence general (76); Correspondence Received - USP (140); Entities and Institutions Nursing student (60); Correspondence issued (229); Organisation Finances (150); Sparse Documentation (99) and Iconographic and Press material (9). The present study allowed a fresh look at the value of the document as a source of research and re-signified the social locus of collective memory.

The aim this paper is to reflect on the concepts and meanings attributed to bullying in labor relations in the context of the literature about this theme. Bullying is a phenomenon characterized by embarrassment, humiliation, constant and repeated violence. This situation can occur in different ways and times, however, labor relations bullying is more important because of the injury which can cause physical and psychological health of the worker, beyond the damage to the company as a result of injury to health its employee. Bullying at work, although in existence since the beginning of labor relations and hierarchical, it is still an issue that has recently been discussed and researched. Preventive measures against bullying are possibilities to curb its occurrence and ensure good relations in the workplace. Preventive measures for these outbreaks the desired effects are needed the direct intervention of companies in search of the organization’s work environment and improving the organizational climate.

This is a study of social-historical approach, contributing to the recovery of memory and identity of the profession of nursing. The objectives of this study were to identify the situations of facilities and/or difficulties towards professional development during the undergraduate course and after insertion in the labor market by alumni EEUSP formed in the de1980/1981. We used the Oral History of Life for data collection and technique of Bardin technique for interpretation and analysis of findings. Seventeen graduated nurses were interviewed: some subjects revealed facilities for professional practice as to have more than a job, autonomy and actuation in different areas of knowledge and of practice. Other research collaborators considered that the difficulties they experienced were related to working conditions, remuneration, working hours, among others aspects. The study provided the continuity of the pioneering work started in the 1970s, in that school, were identified in which the graduates in the period 1946 to 1979, contributing to the recovery of historical memory of nursing.

Several authors point out that the male presence in nursing has been significant at certain times and historical contexts, or they were driven by religious piety and charity, or were taken by military obedience to superior orders or requirements of war. Because of this, we highlight the importance of studies on gender in nursing, how to identify and analyze what men were graduates of the School of Nursing at USP, in the period 1950 to 1990. As material and method, it is notable that the data was collected after obtaining the opinion of the Ethics in Research of EEUSP, being used for this purpose, an instrument previously developed and information was obtained through the formulary of graduated students at the Service of Graduation of EEUSP, enabling thus raising socio-demographic data on the target population of the study, with respect to nationality, ethnicity, religion, marital status, considering also proportionality between men and women graduated from that school. The parents of graduated students were identified with data on educational level and profession. The study provided a better understanding of the profile of the population and revealed a great disproportion in the gender issue in nursing, because the majority of the graduates of this school are women, which is part of the phenomenon of the feminization of nursing, from the consolidation the paradigm of modern nursing.

Introduction: The Nursing School of University de São Paulo SP (EEUSP) was established in 1942 and for 17 years it offered the internship for their students. This study aimed to identify the socio-demographic profile of eastern students formed who experienced the boarding system in the EEUSP, in that period of 1953 to 1970, and analyze the findings based on the literature on the history of nursing. Material and method: the data was collected after obtaining the successful evaluation of the Ethics in Research of the EEUSP, being used an instrument to collect data, previously developed, to identify the socio-economic status of subjects of investigation. Thus, data were obtained through the documents of entry of the former students at the Service of the Graduate of EEUSP. Results: The findings have enabled us to contextualize events and relevant social aspects of eastern culture, revealing the interface of these aspects with the professional choice and the story of these women. Discussions: The pedagogical project, the theoretical and practical preparation, the fields of training and the facilities of this system of the boarding school system possible to say that the school attracted the interest of many candidates for the nursing program at the time. This study helped to rescue the history of EEUSP, from the look of the documents that portrayed a little history of these former students, highlighting the effort of this institution for training nurses to work in different scenarios of professional practice.

This paper intends to analyze the exclusion of black women process from the origins of the Brazilian professional nursing. Based on the proposition of the anthropology of care, this study shows that black women cared sick people before the nursing professionalization in Brazil. Results of this process have created a professional identity for Brazilian nursing essentially characterized by white woman, daughter of elite. A reflection allows us to suppose that black representations in Brazil have reiterated stereotypes that has prevented from inclusion of blacks into modern nursing, while the black representation within Brazil has projected black women as morally disqualified, characterizing them as inappropriate for practicing the art and science of caring.

Introduction: This paper focused the analysis and questioning the use of historical sources and types of ethical and legal. Objectives: Reflecting on the classification of historical and ethical-legal in the light of national and international literature and discuss opportunities and innovations in this regard. Methodology: A descriptive, exploratory and qualitative approach. Results and discussion: From the historical trajectory of the classification of sources, the findings indicated the need for expanding the concept of documents / sources and the possibility of articulating different sources in studies that have as object the history of nursing.

This research was performed with 33 nurses from 11 Health Units in São Paulo. This article aimed at identifying the perceptions of the nurses about the acupuncture practice. Interview data was analyzed based on Bardin (2004) and distributed within four categories: perceptions on acupuncture (1), difficulties (2), facilities in the acupuncture practice (3) and ethical-legal dilemmas (4). The results evidenced: credibility on technique (1); limiting factors, such as work overbook, lack of material and human resources and health policy (2); facilitating factors, such as: highly qualifying courses and implementation of acupuncture services by a multi-professional team (3); and regarding the ethical-legal dilemmas, the opinion that not only physicians are entitled to exercise the acupuncture in the public health system.

A critical-reflective analysis, based on Bioethics and the patient/client's rights, taking autonomy, justice, no-maleficiency and charity as a reference. Thus, aspects regarding profesional and institutional responsibility are discussed. The professionals' ethical obligation towards ensuring humanised care without hazards/damage for patients and relatives is highlighted.

In the nursing, an increasing search for the research of qualitative nature, caused for the desire of the researchers in knowing the experiences of an illness not only is observed or determined events under the approach of the citizen and under the pathophysiological aspects. The present article is about an update study, in which if it intends to rescue the relevance of the study of the phenomenology for improvement in the quality of the assistance of nursing given to the customers, in view of whom our objective profession the satisfaction of the necessities basic human beings as well as the promotion of a care that exceeds the illness, and can articulate it the existence of the citizens.

O presente estudo teve como objetivos identificar e discutir o perfil dos egressos da pós-graduação stricto sensu na área de concentração de Administração/Gerenciamento em Enfermagem, da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, no período de outubro de 2008 até junho de 2011, no tocante às áreas de conhecimento a que esses egressos estavam vinculados no mestrado e no doutorado. Trata-se de um estudo exploratório, descritivo, retrospectivo, pautado em análise documental. A população foi constituída por 250 egressos, sendo 169 mestres e 81 doutores. O perfil dos egressos permitiu apreender e discutir o percentual de continuidade para o programa de doutorado; o tipo de instituição que absorve o egresso de mestrado e de doutorado; e as áreas de atuação dos mesmos.

O objetivo do estudo foi caracterizar o perfil de licenciandos de enfermagem, identificar a fluência digital, o conhecimento, a habilidade e o interesse no uso de ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem. Trata-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, exploratório-descritiva realizada com 51 licenciandos de enfermagem por meio de questionário. Dos participantes do estudo 51 (100%) afirmam ter conhecimento em informática, sendo que 26 (49%) indicam um nível intermediário; 47 (92%) fazem uso diário da Internet; 51 (100%) navegam em redes sociais e possuem e-mail; 51(100%) utilizam MSN e 32 (62,7%) Skype; 41 (82%) acessam Chats, 33 (64,7%) Fóruns de discussão e 22 (43%) Blogs; 33 (64,7%) utilizam frequentemente o Moodle e 26 (51%) o COL; e a grande maioria (45- 88,2%) relatou interesse no uso de ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem. Os alunos foram considerados fluentes digitais e apresentaram conhecimento, habilidade e expressivo interesse no uso de ambientes virtuais de aprendizagem em sua formação acadêmica.

Este relato de experiência teve por objetivo descrever o processo de avaliação no Estágio Curricular de Administração em Enfermagem do Curso de Graduação da Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, à luz da metodologia dialética. Nesta perspectiva, o conhecimento é construído em três momentos: síncrese, análise e síntese, em que a tarefa pedagógica do professor é mediar as fases de mobilização, construção e síntese do conhecimento por meio da dúvida e da crítica. Concluiu-se que avaliação da aprendizagem valorizou as relações interpessoais e a participação dos sujeitos envolvidos, por meio do acolhimento e estabelecimento de vínculos em todo o processo, favorecendo a concepção do conhecimento a partir da problematização da práxis criando situações construtivas e significativas, desenvolvendo múltiplas competências.Este informe de experiencia tuvo el objetivo de describir el proceso de evaluación en el estagio curricular de administración en enfermería del Curso de Graduación de la Escuela de Enfermería de la Universidad de São Paulo, bajo la luz de la metodología dialéctica. En esta perspectiva, el conocimiento se construye en tres momentos: síncrese, análisis y síntesis, en que la tarea pedagógica del docente es mediar las etapas de movilización, de construcción y de síntesis del conocimiento producido a través de la duda y de la crítica. Se concluyó que la evaluación del aprendizaje valoró las relaciones interpersonales y la participación de los sujetos implicados, a través de la acogida y el establecimiento de vínculos en todo el proceso, alentando la concepción del conocimiento a partir de la creación de situaciones problemáticas de la praxis, creando situaciones constructivas y significativas desarrollando múltiples competencias.This experience report had as purpose to describe the evaluation process in curriculum clerckship of nursing administration in the Nursing Course of the School of Nursing at the University of São Paulo, in the light of dialectical methodology. In this perspective, knowledge is constructed in three stages: síncrese, analysis and synthesis, in which the pedagogical task of the teacher is mediating the steps of mobilization, construction and synthesis of knowledge through the doubt and criticism. It was concluded that assessment of learning valued interpersonal relations and participation of the subjects involved, through the host and establishment of links in the process, encouraging the development of knowledge from the practice of creating problem situations constructive and meaningful, developing multiple competences.

Esse trabalho objetivou identificar e analisar as percepções dos enfermeiros acerca das enfermidades tratadas e tratáveis pela acupuntura. Foram consideradas: (1) as enfermidades das entrevistadas que já haviam se submetido ao tratamento com acupuntura; (2) as enfermidades que as enfermeiras têm e que poderiam ser tratáveis pela acupuntura; (3) sugestões de doenças tratáveis pela acupuntura para o paciente de Unidades de Saúde. Pesquisa de natureza exploratória foi realizada com 33 enfermeiras, em 11 Unidades de Saúde da Região Sudeste do Município de São Paulo, onde havia a terapia de acupuntura. Os resultados demonstraram que a acupuntura foi mais utilizada para o tratamento de estresse (3/21, equivalente a 10,7%) e para ansiedade, enxaqueca, lombalgia, mioma e obesidade (2/21, correspondente a 7,1% cada uma). Foi mais sugerida para o tratamento de doenças músculo-esqueléticas (34/82, equivalente a 41,5%), e doenças crônico-degenerativas (8/82, equivalente a 10%).Este trabajo objetivó identificar y analizar las percepciones de las enfermeras acerca de las enfermedades tratadas y tratables por la acupuntura. Fueron consideradas: (1) las enfermedades de las entrevistadas que ya se habían sometido al tratamiento con acupuntura; (2) las enfermedades que las enfermeras tienen que podrían ser tratables por la acupuntura; (3) las sugestiones de enfermedades tratables por la acupuntura para el paciente de Unidades de Salud. Investigación de naturaleza exploratoria fue realizada con 33 enfermeras, en 11 Unidades de Salud de la Región Sureste del Municipio de São Paulo, donde había la terapia de acupuntura. Los resultados demostraron que la acupuntura fue más utilizada para el tratamiento de estrés (3/21, equivalente a 10,7%) y para ansiedad, migraña, lumbalgia, mioma y obesidad (2/21, correspondiente a 7,1% cada una). Fue más sugerida para el tratamiento de enfermedades músculo-esqueléticas (34/82, equivalente a 41,5%), y enfermedades crónico degenerativas (8/82, equivalente a 10%).The objective of this study was to identify and analyze nurses' perceptions about diseases that are treated by acupuncture, taking into consideration: (1) the diseases of nurses who had received acupuncture treatment; (2) nurses' diseases which might be treated by acupuncture; (3) suggestions of diseases treatable by acupuncture. This exploratory study was performed with 33 nurses working at 11 health units in southeast São Paulo; places in which acupuncture treatment was available. Results showed that acupuncture was mostly used for stress (10.7%), anxiety, migraines, lumbar pain, myoma and obesity (7.1% each). Acupuncture was suggested as treatments mostly for musculoskeletal diseases (42%), and chronic-degenerative diseases (10%).

A produção intelectual apresentada no I Simpósio Ibero-Americano de História da Enfermagem foi organizada a partir de três eixos temáticos: antropologia do cuidado, história das instituições de ensino, de assistência e agremiações de enfermagem e história de vida, totalizando 198 estudos. Mediante os resultados apresentados a produção mostrada no simpósio apontou para a tendência dos estudos em história da enfermagem, nos eixos temáticos, pela ordem de interesse dos pesquisadores em: história das instituições, antropologia do cuidado e história de vida.La producción intelectual presentada en el I Simposio Ibero-Americano de Historia de la Enfermería fue organizada a partir de tres bases temáticas: antropología del cuidado, historia de las instituciones de enseñanza, asistencia y agremiaciones de enfermería y historia de vida, totalizando 198 estudios. Mediante los resultados presentados, la producción presentada en el simposio reveló la tendencia de los estudios en historia de la enfermería, en las bases temáticas, por la orden de interés de los investigadores en: historia de las instituciones, antropología del cuidado y historia de vida.Intellectual production presented in the I Symposium Ibero-American of Nursing History was organized in three thematic bases: anthropology care, history of the institutions of teaching, caring and associations of nursing and history of life, totalizing 198 researches. Results of production in the Symposium showed that tendency of the researches in the nursing history in the thematic bases, according with interest of researchers in: history of institutions, anthropology of care and history of life.

Trata-se de um estudo exploratório e descritivo com abordagem qualitativa, que compreende sentimentos que perpassam o processo de trabalho do enfermeiro em três universidades privadas do Município de São Paulo, revelando-se experiências enriquecedoras de significados do saber-fazer na prática docente. Assim, a presente investigação tem como objetivo identificar os aspectos geradores de prazer e de sofrimento no processo de trabalho do enfermeiro docente, analisados segundo o referencial teórico de Christophe Dejours, pontuando-se a importância de fatores psicossociais em relação ao objeto estudado. Os resultados da investigação apontam para as relações ambíguas presentes no processo de trabalho dos docentes, expressando sentimentos de prazer e sofrimento decorrentes dessa prática e evidenciando as condições e a organização do trabalho como elementos que podem potencializar tais sentimentos no cotidiano do trabalho do enfermeiro naquelas instituições.Se trata de un estudio exploratorio y descriptivo, que comprende los sentimientos que pasan por el proceso de trabajo del enfermero en tres universidades privadas de la ciudad de São Paulo, mostrando experiencias ricas de significados del saber hacer de la práctica docente. Así, el presente estudio tiene como objetivo identificar los aspectos generadores de placer y de sufrimiento en el proceso de trabajo del enfermero docente, analizados según el referencial teórico de Christophe Dejours, señalando la importancia de factores psicosociales en relación con el objeto de estudio. Los resultados de la investigación apuntan para las relaciones ambiguas presentes en el proceso de trabajo de los docentes, expresando sentimientos de placer y sufrimiento derivados de esa práctica y evidenciando las condiciones y la organización del trabajo como elementos que pueden potenciar estos sentimientos en el cotidiano del trabajo enfermero en estas instituciones.This is an exploratory and descriptive qualitative approach, which includes feelings that go through the work process of nurses in three private universities in the city of São Paulo, revealing rich experiences of know-how meanings in the teaching practice. Thus, this research aims to identify the causes of pleasure and suffering in the work of the faculty nursing, and analyze then according to Christophe Dejours' theory, pointing the importance of psychosocial factors in relation to the studied object. The results of the research point to the ambiguous relationships present in the work process of facultys, expressing pleasure and suffering resulting from the practice and showing the conditions and organization of work as elements that enhance these feelings in the daily work of nurses in these institutions.

This study aimed to know and understand the actions of nursing auxiliaries and technicians who work in the intensive care unit of the school hospital at the University of São Paulo in relation to ethical events. Data were collected through interviews with eight nursing auxiliaries and technicians (NAs and NTs), with experience with ethical events, and were analyzed according to sociological phenomenology. Participants' experiences permitted to uncover the following concrete categories of meaning: minimization of the risk in these events for patients, openness/dialog within the nursing team, nurses' guidance and supervision of activities performed by NAs and NTs, valuing justice in interpersonal relationships, and respecting the right of patients to be informed about such events. The actions of NAs and NTs in ethical events revealed their intention to ensure delivery of safe care to patients.El estudio tuvo como objetivo conocer y comprender las acciones de auxiliares y técnicos de enfermería, que trabajan en la Unidad de Terapia Intensiva del Hospital Universitario de la Universidad de San Pablo, frente a acontecimientos éticos. Los datos fueron obtenidos por medio de entrevistas con ocho auxiliares y técnicos de enfermería (AEs y TEs) que experimentaron el fenómeno, siendo analizados bajo el marco teórico de la fenomenología sociológica. Las experiencias de los colaboradores permitieron revelar las siguientes categorías concretas del significado experimentado, minimizar los riesgos al paciente en esas situaciones; mantener el diálogo entre los miembros del equipo de enfermería; orientación y supervisión de las actividades de los AEs y TEs por los enfermeros; valorización de la justicia en las relaciones interpersonales, así como el respeto al derecho del paciente a ser informado sobre tales situaciones. Las acciones de los AEs y TEs, en los acontecimientos éticos, revelaron la intención de asegurar una asistencia que ofrezca seguridad al paciente.O estudo objetivou conhecer e compreender as ações de auxiliares e técnicos de enfermagem, que trabalham na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva do Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo, frente às ocorrências éticas. Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevista com oito auxiliares e técnicos de enfermagem (AEs e TEs) que vivenciaram o fenômeno, sendo analisados segundo o referencial da fenomenologia sociológica. As experiências dos colaboradores permitiram desvelar as seguintes categorias concretas de significado vivido, pois eles buscam a minimização dos riscos dessas ocorrências ao paciente, a abertura e diálogo entre os membros da equipe de enfermagem, orientação e supervisão das atividades dos AEs e TEs pelos enfermeiros, valorização da justiça nas relações interpessoais, bem como respeito ao direito do paciente de ser informado sobre tais ocorrências. As ações dos AEs e TEs, nas ocorrências éticas, revelaram a intenção de assegurar assistência segura ao paciente.

Este artigo trata dos deveres e responsabilidades dos profissionais de enfermagem frente ao processo de medicação. A partir de um levantamento acerca da legislação vigente, os autores realizam considerações sobre as implicações legais que incidem sobre os profissionais de enfermagem, especialmente aquelas relacionadas aos desvios na qualidade da assistência e que envolvem a medicação, bem como sobre as contradições que a legislação apresenta e que cerceiam o acesso às informações sobre os medicamentos a esses profissionais.El presente articulo trata de los deberes y responsabilidades de los profesionales de enfermería adelante al proceso de medicación. A partir de una revisión de la legislación vigente, los autores hicieran consideraciones acerca de las implicaciones legales que pueden incidir en los profesionales de enfermería, especialmente aquellas relativas a los desvíos en la calidad de la asistencia y que envuelven la medicación, así como las contradicciones que la legislación presenta y que cercean el acceso a las informaciones sobre los medicamentos por parte de eses profesionales.This article treats of the duties and responsibilities of nursing staff concerning medication process. From a survey about the valid legislation, the authors made considerations about the legal implications to the nursing staff, especially related to the assistance quality detours involving the medication process, as well as the contradictions in law that restrict the information access about medication to these professionals.

El estudio tuvo como objetivo identificar el perfil de la mujer/enfermera y analizar las representaciones de la enfermería en el contexto de la americanización de la prensa. Las fuentes utilizadas fueron las imágenes y entrevistas publicadas en la Revista de la Cruz Roja Brasileña durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1942-1945) bajo los auspicios de la era Vargas. Los resultados fueron analizados de acuerdo a los postulados de la historia social, destacando la singularidad y la vida cotidiana de los individuos o grupos sociales, y centrando la reflexión sobre el contexto sociopolítico. A través del análisis podemos inferir que las imágenes y los informes publicados en la revista citada, muestran a las enfermeras como héroinas, patriotas, o "ángeles cuidadores", adjetivos que son empleados en apoyo o como una adhesión de la sociedad en general a la guerra, pero también, al gobierno dictatorial de Getúlio Vargas (1930-1945). Creemos que reflexionar sobre el pasado de la enfermería no sólo significa evocar la memoria de la atención, sino también percibir la historia de la identidad profesional.

Este trabalho teve por objetivo identificar as características das ocorrências éticas, envolvendo a assistência de enfermagem, em um hospital particular de grande porte do município de São Paulo. Houve 190 ocorrências comunicadas à Comissão de Ética de Enfermagem (CEE) da Instituição, entre 1995 e 2004. Na maioria das ocorrências éticas não houve dano ao paciente, nem à Instituição de saúde ou ao profissional envolvido. Do total de 398 providências tomadas, em 94,5% dos casos foram de orientações dadas pela CEE aos profissionais de enfermagem, destacando-se também orientações feitas pela chefia imediata deles. Em 93,7% das ocorrências, envolvia apenas um profissional. As unidades de internação constituíram o cenário para 76,3% das ocorrências éticas. Como resultado, pode-se mencionar que o estudo demonstrou a importância da orientação aos profissionais, para prevenir ocorrências danosas à clientela.En este trabajo se tuvo como objetivo identificar las características de las ocurrencias éticas, que involucran la asistencia de enfermería, en un hospital particular de gran porte del municipio de Sao Paulo. Hubo 190 ocurrencias comunicadas a la Comisión de Ética de Enfermería (CEE) de la Institución, entre 1995 y el 2004. En la mayoría de las ocurrencias éticas no hubo daño al paciente, ni a la Institución de salud o al profesional involucrado. Del total de 398 providencias tomadas, en el 94,5% de los casos fueron de orientaciones dadas por la CEE a los profesionales de enfermería, destacándose también las orientaciones realizadas por la jefatura inmediata de los mismos. El 93,7% de las ocurrencias, involucraba apenas a un profesional. Las unidades de internamiento constituyeron el escenario para 76.3% de las ocurrencias. Como resultado se puede decir que el estudio ha demostrado la importancia de las orientaciones a los profesionales para prevenir ocurrencias dañinas para los pacientes.This study aimed at identifying characteristics of ethical occurrences related to nursing care in a large private hospital in the city of São Paulo. There were 190 occurrences reported to the hospital's Nursing Ethical Committee (NEC) between 1995 and 2004. Most occurrences caused no damages to the patient, the health institution, the nursing staff or the professional involved. From the total of 398 procedures taken, 94.5% of the cases were advices given to nursing staff members by the NEC, including advice from the immediate superiors to the staff members involved. In 93.7% of the occurrences only one staff member was involved. Clinical units accounted for 76.3% of the services involved with ethical occurrences. As a result, it may be said that the study showed the importance of giving advices to the staff in order to prevent customers from damaging occurrences.