[Preceptorship in the perspective of comprehensive care: conversations with nurses].

The aim of this study was to understand preceptorship in nursing practice fields and its association with comprehensive care. This study was based on qualitative field research conducted in Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, from April to June 2012. A total of 20 preceptors were interviewed in the practice fields of three higher education institutions at three public state hospitals and one basic health unit Thematic analysis enabled apprehension of the theme 'preceptorship in the perspective of comprehensive care' and the empirical categories: (dis)articulation in teaching-service: distancing from academic institutions; welcoming students in the practice field.

[Experiencing acute stroke: the meaning of the illness for hospitalized patients].

The aim was to understand the meaning of the experience of the acute stroke patient. This was a qualitative study, based on the conceptual theory of symbolic interaction. It was conducted in a unit specialized in the treatment of stroke at a tertiary hospital in Fortaleza-CE and the ethical aspects were respected.

[Cardiovascular risk factors in young adults of a city of the Brazilian northeastern].

This study investigates the cardiovascular risk factors in young adults in the interior of northeastern Brazil. This quantitative study conducted with 351 young adults from school 12 public schools in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará, at random selected and stratified by school and turn. The results were mostly female, mixed, combining study and work, without a partner and living with their parents.

[Use of alteplase in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke: what nurses know?].

The study aimed at analyzing the knowledge of nurses about the use of alteplase in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. An exploratory descriptive study was conducted in a stroke unit of a public hospital in the city of Fortaleza, Brazil, in the month of October 2010. The study included ten nurses, with a mean age of 25 years.

[The nurse interacting and relating: the context of nursing care in a semi-intensive unit].

This study aimed to understand the meaning of nursing care to nurses in the hospital. This is a qualitative research, based on theoretical and methodological assumptions of symbolic interaction. It was performed in a semi-intensive unit of a tertiary public hospital in Fortaleza-CE, Brazil.

[Home healthcare: a critical appraisal on nursing scientific production].

The aim was to analyze the nursing scientific production concerning to home health care, from bibliography in electronic addresses of nursing journals, covering the period between 2000 and 2007. Two themes were identified: organization of home care and perceptions of caregivers and their families about the home care. There was the interest of authors in define concepts that reflect the ways of organizing the professional assistance in home and in identify the characteristics of caregivers and their families.

[Interpreting the hospitalization experiences of patients with spine lesion].

Qualitative study with theoretical axis in symbolic interactionism interpretative of Norman Denzin that had as objective to comprehend the meanings of experiences lived by being victim of spine lesion in context hospital and to describe the narratives in range of experiences lived. The subjects of research were seven patient victims of spine lesion traumatic hospitalized in unity of neurology of Institute Dr. José Frota, sited in Fortaleza/Ce.

[The experience of the family caregiver of stroke victim: an interactionist approach].

This qualitative research aimed at understanding the experience of familiar caregivers in the process of caring for persons disabled by stroke, in their home. It was held in the Program of Domiciliary Assistance of a tertiary public hospital in Fortaleza-CE, with nine caregivers. The statements were obtained through interviews recorded and organized into categories, then interpreted according to the Symbolic Interactionism method: why I take care?, Realizing the family victimized by stroke, the daily activities of caregivers, perceiving themselves as caregivers and the changes in the lives of caregivers.

[Family caregiver activity: meanings and beliefs].

This qualitative study aims at apprehending the meanings and beliefs of caregiver of people with methabolic syndrome in the domiciliar context. It used the symbolic interactionism as theoretical referential, following the content analysis approach of Bardin. For data collection the semi-structured interviews and the free observation were used, in the period from march to may, 2005.

[Management in nursing: a critical view about the knowledge produced in Brazilian journals (2000-2004)].

This study aimed at analyzing the scientific production about management in nursing in Brazilian journals through bibliographic research in the period from 2000 to 2004. This bibliographic study considered data bases and libraries during the period of May to July 2005. From the texts submitted to categorization apprehended the following categories: general considerations about management; the formation of nurse in management area; models of management in nursing in practice and management theories used; difficulties in nursing management; suggestions of changes and solutions to be searched.