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OBJECTIVE: Analyze adolescents' perceptions about support networks and their health needs. METHOD: Analytical and interpretive study using focus groups conducted in municipal state schools in Fortaleza, in the State of Ceará during the first semester of 2012. The sample comprised 36 male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years attending the ninth grade of the second phase of elementary school. RESULTS: Thematic analysis revealed that the health care support network and interaction between health professionals, education professionals and family members was insufficient, constituting a lack of an integrated network to enable and provide support for health promotion. CONCLUSION: Coordination between education, health and family services has the potential to act as a support network to help meet adolescents' healthcare needs and demands.
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Adolescent Health Services , Delivery of Health Care , Education , Family , Social Support , Adolescent , Brazil , Female , Humans , Male , SchoolsABSTRACT
The authors explain in a standardized model of nursing care for children and adolescents durning pre-operative phase, the first part in the global surgical process. This phase commences at the moment a surgical intervention is deemed necessary and finalizes when the child/adolescent is transported to the operating room. The authors perform a systematic and holistic evaluation, using the Gordon Functional Health Patterns. Special emphasis is given to aspects such as the perception-management health pattern, the nutritional-metabolic pattern, the elimination pattern, the exercise-activity pattern, the dream-rest pattern, the self-perception pattern and the adaptation-stress tolerance pattern. They evaluate the perception and responses children of varying ages provide to being separated from parents. They highlight the cultural factors which must be born in mind in order to achieve an adequate evaluation and individualized care. The authors select the Nursing Diagnoses of NANDA, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, which most frequently appear in this pre-operative phase: fear/anxiety, risk of aspiration, risk of an alteration in health maintenance, and risk of infection. Finally, the authors describe the nursinginterventions related with these diagnoses.
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Preoperative Care/nursing , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Nursing Diagnosis , Risk FactorsABSTRACT
The authors explain the second phase in surgery procedure which is known as intra-operative, developing a standardized model of nursing care for children and adolescents during the intra-operative phase. This phase commences in the operating room from the moment the child/adolescent arrives after being brought from a hospital ward and lasts until the child/adolescent is transferred to the recovery room. The authors perform a systematic and holistic evaluation, using the Gordon Functional Health Patterns. The authors select the Nursing Diagnoses of NANDA, the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, which most frequently appear in this intra-operative phase: risk of lesion, risk of infection, risk of hypothermia, and risk of asphyxiation. The authors also mention the potential complications which could appear during an operation according to the age of the child, the type of anesthesia used, the surgical technique used, and the overall health of the patient prior to surgery. Finally, the authors describe the nursing treatments related to the potential complications and the outlined nursing diagnoses.
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Surgical Procedures, Operative , Adolescent , Age Factors , Child , Humans , Nursing Diagnosis , Surgical Procedures, Operative/nursingABSTRACT
The authors explain the third and last phase in the surgical process, the post-operative phase. The authors propose a standardized model of nursing care for children and adolescents. The third and last phase in the surgical process commences at the moment the child arrives in the recovery room and lasts until he/she is released from the hospital. This phase includes the treatment applied in the recovery room and later in a hospital ward or in the child's home. The authors use the Gordon Functional Health Patterns. Special emphasis is given to the perception-management health pattern, the nutritional-metabolic pattern, the elimination pattern, the exercise-activity pattern, and the cognitive-perception pattern. Of special importance is the vigilance during the first post-operative hours, as well as the child's parenteral nutrition or total parenteral nutrition, TPN, and the evaluation of pain according to the age of the child. The authors select the NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association) Nursing Diagnoses which appear most frequently in this post-operative phase.
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Postoperative Care/nursing , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Nursing DiagnosisABSTRACT
AbstractOBJECTIVEAnalyze adolescents' perceptions about support networks and their health needs.METHODAnalytical and interpretive study using focus groups conducted in municipal state schools in Fortaleza, in the State of Ceará during the first semester of 2012. The sample comprised 36 male and female adolescents aged between 13 and 16 years attending the ninth grade of the second phase of elementary school.RESULTSThematic analysis revealed that the health care support network and interaction between health professionals, education professionals and family members was insufficient, constituting a lack of an integrated network to enable and provide support for health promotion.CONCLUSIONCoordination between education, health and family services has the potential to act as a support network to help meet adolescents' healthcare needs and demands.
ResumenOBJETIVOAnalizar las percepciones de los adolescentes acerca de las redes de apoyo a sus necesidades de salud.MÉTODOEstudio analítico interpretativo, llevado a cabo en escuelas del Municipio de Fortaleza, CE, en el primer semestre de 2012, por medio de grupos focales. Los sujetos de la investigación fueron 36 adolescentes de ambos sexos con edades entre 13 y 16 años y que cursaban el último año de la educación básica brasileña.RESULTADOSEl análisis por categorización temática permitió la comprensión del fenómeno, desvelando que la red de apoyo a los cuidados sanitarios de los adolescentes y la interrelación entre los profesionales sanitarios, la escuela y los familiares es insuficiente, configurándose la ausencia de una red integrada que favorezca y dé soporte a la promoción de su salud.CONCLUSIÓNLa articulación entre los sectores educativo, familiar y sanitario puede funcionar como red de apoyo a las necesidades y demandas de cuidados de los adolescentes.
ResumoOBJETIVOAnalisar as percepções dos adolescentes sobre as redes de apoio a suas necessidades de saúdeMÉTODOEstudo analítico interpretativo, realizado em escolas do Município de Fortaleza, CE, no primeiro semestre de 2012, por meio de grupos focais. Os sujeitos da pesquisa foram 36 adolescentes de ambos os sexos com idades entre 13 e 16 anos e que cursavam o 9oano do ensino fundamental II.RESULTADOSA análise por categorização temática permitiu a compreensão do fenômeno, revelando que a rede de apoio aos cuidados à saúde dos adolescentes e a inter-relação entre os profissionais da saúde, da escola e familiares é insuficiente, configurando a ausência de uma rede integrada que favoreça e dê suporte à promoção de sua saúde.CONCLUSÃOA articulação entre os setores educacional, familiar e de saúde pode funcionar como rede de apoio às necessidades e demandas de cuidados dos adolescentes.