[Domiciliary assistance in natural delivery]. / Assistência ao parto normal no domicílio.

This study presents the experience of an obstetric nurse and of a couple who had their third child. It focuses on care standards that value women and couples in the childbirth and delivery process. It describes the care given to a couple during the pregnancy stage and during home delivery. The experience enabled the active participation of the couple and their children in the childbirth process, which essentially provided satisfaction to the family and to the professional.

[Prostitution: causes and future perspectives in a group of young girls]. / Prostituição: causas e perspectivas de futuro em um grupo de jovens.

This is a descriptive exploratory study developed at the city of Natal/RN, through interviews with 10 young girls that made sexual programs at the Meio and Ponta Negra beaches. The purpose was to identify the reasons that made young girls to opt for this activity and the future perspectives of this group. Authors identified that the principal cause that leads these kids to become prostitutes was the lack of financial conditions, and, also, that they believe in future, to be able to work, to leave the prostitution, to have a profession and a better life. Therefore, there is a need for decisions by the responsible agencies and for society in general to give alternatives to these young kids to leave prostitution and mainly to prevent the ingress of new adolescents in this activity.

[Continuing education in nursing: knowledge, activities and limitations found in a maternity school]. / Educação continuada em enfermagem: conhecimentos, atividades e barreiras encontradas em uma maternidade escola.

The purpose of the present study was to verify the knowledge, activities and the principal challenges of a group of 16 nurses regarding continuing education. As results, many important activities in nursing continuing education were developed, for example: speeches, instructions, courses etc, and we found out that there are many difficulties and barriers to develop a continuing education program at the mentioned institution.

[Safe maternity: experience with a new practice in natal/newborn care -- Brazil]. / Maternidade segura: relato de experiência de uma nova prática em natal/RN-Brasil.

This is a descriptive work of the experience report type developed in the Januário Cicco School Maternity/UFRN in Natal/Rn since 1996, when five nurses gegun changes in her professional practices, through of the Project of "Especialization of Obstetric Nursing: Nursing Midwifery Skills for a Safe Maternity." The objectives of the study are to reduce or to eliminate risks for the women that wish to stay pregnant and/or to have kids and to guarantee na humaning assistance during pregnant, delivery, pos-natal and childbirth that will be obtain through of conscious professionals that works with value complex, decisions and actions, involving the health/ill, process related of the woman in the pregnant pos-natal cycle. Were created Standards of Quality in the Admission Assistance, Labour, Delivery, Pos-Natal, childbirth and Domiciliare Visit until one month of life. Since it implantation, the Project already shows some changes in the service the active participation of the nurse in the childbirth process, offering, essencially, satisfaction at the parturient and to the professionals involves in the Project.

[Knowledge and opinions of a group of adolescents about the prevention of AIDS]. / Conhecimentos e opiniões de um grupo de adolescentes sobre a prevenção da AIDS.

This descriptive study was developed in a State School, located in the city of Natal-RN, with the purpose to identify the knowledge and opinion of a group of adolescents about AIDS prevention. 30 questionnaires were applied and among the main obtained results, the authors found out that the adolescents are not well informed regarding this disease. Among the mentioned prevention methods they found the use of condom, but not in a systematic way by 50% of the population studied.

[Application of the nursing process based on Orem's theory: a case study with a pregnant adolescent]. / Aplicação do processo de enfermagem baseado na teoria de Orem: estudo de caso com uma adolescente grávida.

This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach that aimed at applying the nursing process based in Orem Self-Care Theory, through a case study with a pregnant adolescent in order to identify the nursing diagnosis in the above mentioned clients, based on NANDA'S nursing diagnoses. Results obtained identified three nursing diagnoses: prejudiced adaptation, sleep disturb and familiar change process. The application of the nursing process based in Orem and the importance of the diagnosis identified for clients nursing care were evidenced.