Environmental variables and errors in the preparation and administration of medicines.

Objective: to identify the relationship between environmental factors and errors in the preparation and administration of antibacterial.

Method: an observational, cross-sectional study conducted between August and December, 2014 in two clinical units. The sample consisted of 265 doses of medication, observed in different shifts that through a form had the environmental conditions of noise, illumination, humidity, temperature and physical space measured in the preparation and administration stages.

[World-view, cultural care and environmental concept, the daily care of the elderly with diabetes mellitus].

This study aimed to analyze the daily care of the elderly with DM in the light of the theoretical assumptions of Leininger. This is a study descriptive, qualitative, with the participation of 8 elderly patients with DM in a health unit in Fortaleza. Information was collected through interviews with semi-structured.

[Nursing research and epidemiologic profile of the northeast].

This study aim at analyzing the relationship between the epidemic profile of the Brazilian Northeastern region and the scientific production of the Masters Degree Program in Nursing/UFC, through the identification of the themes researched between 1995 and 2001. In order to achieve these objectives, we developed an exploratory and descriptive study which had as its primary source data from OPAS/OMS, demographic and socioeconomic indicators and IDB for 2000, which reflected on the classification of themes according to the "Categorical Scheme for Lines of research". Results showed that most of the scientific production in this program relates to the following lines of research: life quality and determinants of disease and health (71.