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G M Moura

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[Absenteeism as a variable in human resource planning in nursing].

The study of absenteeism in Nursing is an important item that subsizes planning and adjusting human resources, regarding the continuity of nursing labor 24 hours a day in a hospital. Absenteeism is the absence from work at moments workers should be regularly executing their duties. We identified an absenteeism rate and also characterized the kinds of absences from work among nursing personel in surgical wards of a University Hospital. This investigative study had a quantitave, qualitative and retrospective aspect. Data were obtained from January to December of 1998. Results showed 29.63% of absences on that period. This total is composed by 23.28% of predictable absences and 6.35% of non-predictable absences as an index of calculated absenteeism.

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Decrease in the ratio of high- to low-affinity isozymes of (Na+ +K+)-ATPase during the development of rat cardiac ventricles.

The ratio of (Na+ +K+)-ATPase (EC 3.6.1.3.)isoforms with high and low affinity for cardiac glycosides was studied in heart preparations from neonatal, 3-month and 6-month old Wistar rats. Biphasic ouabain inhibition curves of (Na+ +K+)-ATPase activity indicated that the relative contribution of the high-affinity process decreased from 34% at 9 days to 23% at 3 months and to 10% at 6 months. Scatchard plots for [3H]ouabain binding were curvilinear and indicated that the relative contribution of the high-affinity sites (Kd = 0.1-0.25 microM) decreased by about one-half between 3 months (19-24%, N = 2) and 6 months (9-11%, N = 2).

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