[Nursing workers' (dis)comfort: a matter of social (in)justice].

An exploratory, descriptive study carried out with 52 Nursing workers from a university hospital. Its purpose was to identify the levels of comfort concerning both work and care received by clients, workers' needs and strategies to increase their levels of comfort. An analysis of interviews showed that most participants (79% and 85%) referred high and average levels of comfort, respectively, in relation to work and health care.

[Pregnant adolescents in a transition phase: a nursing focus on caring-researching].

The objective of this study is to understand the change women go through in their daily life, considering the transition during adolescence and maternity. It aims at understanding the existential meaning of the pregnant adolescent, facing transition, as a located phenomenon, in the simultaneity of life events. Data were collected through the discourse of eight pregnant adolescents who answered a phenomenological interview guided by the question: "What is it to be a pregnant adolescent undergoing transition, as a located phenomenon, in the simultaneity of life events?" The comprehensive analysis of the reports was based on the Heideggerian hermeneutics.

[Thoughts about the concepts self-care and self-care agency].

In this paper the author presents some aspects of Orem's self-care theory and discusses her views of self-care agency, utilizing a cognitive approach based on Perry's theory of cognitive development. Some studies which offer support to her approach are reviewed.