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I A Mendes

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2001

[The challenge of caring for children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes at home].

This is a descriptive study concerning mothers of children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes. Its purpose is to identify available resources and analyze the difficulties that these mothers find to control the disease at home. To that end, direct interviews were used and the results enabled us to reach the following conclusions: the resources used for the control of diabetes at home are scarce and, when available, they are not handled adequately; communication between mothers and the health care team was limited. The results also pointed to the need for equity in the assistance to families of children and adolescents with type-1 diabetes by providing support for such families to manage children with chronic diseases.

Adolescent↗
PubMed2001

[Analysis of expectations on the nurse's leadership in the light of Grid's theories].

Based on the understanding that leadership is a fundamental resource for nurses in health institutions, the aim of the authors was to analyze, under the light of Blake & Mouton's Grid Theories, the expectations of the Nursing team regarding nurse's leadership. The analysis was based on four investigations performed in different contexts of Brazilian Nursing and data were collected through the application of the "Grid & Leadership in Nursing Instrument" developed by Trevizan. Results show that the subjects prefer the Grid style 9.9. The authors discuss the results and emphasize the need for the development of leadership in Nursing.

Humans↗
PubMed2000

[Contribution of teaching organizations to the process of partnership between faculty and clinical nurses].

The rapid changes that are occurring in the societies have affected daily life of organizations that also need to equip and adapt themselves to correspond to this need. The first initiatives were related to the search for transformations in the organization structure and in the applied management model in order to form work teams, exchange and share information. The main purpose of this study is to point out five disciplines on the learning organization proposed by SENGE (1990) as a reference that can contribute to the process of faculty and clinical nursing partnership. Authors believe that continuous development and learning of those disciplines by nurses can enable the consolidation of this partnership between academic and clinical nursing institutions.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed2000

[Characterization of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes in therapeutic follow-up].

This descriptive study with mothers of children and adolescents carriers of diabetes type 1, aims to characterize these children and adolescents enrolled in elementary and high school, either public or private, while in therapy. To reach our purposes, we used direct interviews whose results led us to the following conclusions: most of them (83%) have been carriers of the disease for more than five years; 93.3% had been submitted to hospital treatment, considering hypoglycemia as the most frequent reason (46.7%). It also points toward the need to develop equity while caring for the family of children and adolescents with diabetes type 1, giving them support to cope with the child carrier of a chronic disease.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1999

Humanizing nurse-patient communication: a challenge and a commitment.

Nurse-patient communication has been a pre-established, unvarying, technical professional and impersonal form of manifestation, reflecting mainly the achievement of nurse's instrumental role. This situation is opposed to our nursing concept as well as to the professional values that we incorporated during our professional life, all of which emphasize the importance of the person and the patient and the meaning of the visualisation of care to a total human being. The present study aims at discussing this question, propitiating an opportunity of reflection about the necessity of humanizing this relationship in the Brazilian scenery. Thus, we focused on the importance of nurse-patient relationship not only as an essential component of nursing assistance but also as a treatment in itself. In addition, we stimulate nurses to examine the way they are taking care of human beings: as objects to be manipulated and treated or as persons that need care and comprehension. The article is concluded with the thesis that nursing is not a technical profession that manipulates knowledge and technologies but a work of valuing human beings, their freedom and dignity.

Communication↗
PubMed1998

[Invasion of the personal space of hospitalized patients: adaptation of an instrument of measurement in Brazilian culture].

The invasion of patient's territorial and personal space and its effects have been object of several international studies. In view of its importance and searching for an instrument of measure to develop research in this area, the present study aimed at adapting the instrument "anxiety due to territory and space instrucsion questionnaire" to the brazilian culture. Authors fully described the phases of this process and utilized the software SPSS for the psychometric analysis.

Anxiety↗
PubMed1998

[Leadership and communication in nursing management].

Considering communication and leadership, authors examine the role of the leader as a focus of reception and transmission of information, based on the classification of Mintzberg related to their informative roles, such as the leader acting as monitor, disseminator and spokesman. Contextualizing this approach in the scenery of nursing management, authors study the dimension of nurses-leaders role as an essential element of communication in the systems of organization of nursing care.

Communication↗
PubMed1997

[Situational leadership: a model for application in Brazilian nursing].

Leadership is a very important theme to the management of nursing care provided to the patient. This study aimed at presenting key-concepts of the leadership model developed by Hersey and Blanchard, entitled Situational Leadership. We believe that this model can bring relevant contributions to nurse's leadership skills.

Brazil↗
PubMed1997

[The surgical nurse: his/her leadership of auxiliary nursing personnel].

This investigation as carried out in order to promote follow-up in the studies concerning nurse's leadership in the hospital context. Emphasys is given to the nurses that works in surgical ward unities. As a theoretical framework, authors utilized the model of leadership proposed by Hersey and Blanchard, named Situational Leadership. The objective was to analyze the correspondence of opinion between nurses and nursing auxiliary personnel about the leadership style of nurse should adopt in accordance with the maturity level of an element of the auxiliary personnel based on six categories of activities that were studied. Authors found out that nurses should adopt the styles of participant leadership, such as E3 (participating) and/or E4 (delegating).

Adult↗