[The physical assessment and the intensive care unit nurse]. / O exame físico e o enfermeiro de UTI.

The goal of this study was to analyse some practicing, teaching and learning aspects of physical examination done by ICU's nurses. It was accomplished with 26 ICU nurses that concluded the Intensive Care Nursing Specialization Course at the School of Nursing at São Paulo University. The results showed that 31 (68.9%) of the 45 presented items were done frequently by more than 50% of the nurses. The professional practice was considered the most important moment to physical examination learning. The responsibility by teaching was attributed to undergraduation course by 69.2% of the nurses.

[The basic needs of the spouses of infarct patients in the acute phase of the treatment]. / Necessidades básicas das esposas de pacientes infartados, na fase aguda do tratamento.

The purpose of this study was to identify the basic needs of the spouses of patients with myocardial infarction. The concepts of basic needs from Maslow were used as conceptual framework. The data's analysis showed the following needs affections of this population: safety, belongingness and love, esteem.

Avaliacao, por docentes e alunos, do processo de integracao das disciplinas enfermagem medica e enfermagem cirurgica. / Evaluation by instructors and students of the integration process of medical-surgical nursing

a por cento (29/32) dos determinantes transferiveis eram do tipo Fi.