Assessment of nurses' knowledge about magnetic resonance imaging in a university hospital in Sao Paulo.

The aims of this descriptive study were to determine the academic profile of nurses in a university hospital, assess their level of knowledge about magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and verify whether this knowledge was acquired during their undergraduate or graduate education. Ninety randomly selected nurses working in inpatient wards and outpatient units of a university hospital participated in the study. Data were collected through a questionnaire completed by the participants between August and October 2009.

[Computerized system for managing nursing care indicators at Hospital São Paulo].

Indicators are tools that permit to define parameters that will be used to make comparisons between a result and its expected value, as well as to add a value of judgement in this regard. The purpose of this study is to describe the experience of a group of nurses in the development of a computerized system to manage nursing care indicators at Hospital São Paulo. Four stages were used to implement the indicator management system: developing a nursing care indicator handbook; performing a manually registered pilot test; developing the computerized system; and performing the pilot test of the computerized system in eleven units at the hospital.

[Development and implementation of Animals-Assisted Therapy in a university hospital].

This report refers to the experience of the Board of Nursing of Hospital São Paulo, Universidade de São Paulo, in the development and implantation of Animal-Assisted Therapy, as one of its projects humanization of hospital: 'Projeto Amicão'. Aiming to offer patients a positive experience that differs from the routine of the hospital environment, some units of the Hospiral São Paulo received the visit of an animal for sessions of Animal-Assisted Therapy. The results achieved among patients and its companions and health professionals were positive, in addition to arouse the attention and the interest of other health institutions and the media.

Clinical and socio-demographic characteristics of persons with traumatic paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil.

Objective: To evaluate the clinical profile of individuals with paraplegia living in São Paulo, Brazil.

Method: The sample consisted of 60 outpatients with traumatic paraplegia from whom clinical and demographic data were obtained.

Results: The patients were predominately men (86.

[The meaning of smoking within the context of larynx cancer].

The objective of this qualitative study was to understand beliefs and values established as to the relation between larynx cancer and smoking by using the Collective Subject's Speech strategy. Three patients, three healthcare providers and three family members participated in the study. Data were collected in semi-structured interviews.

[Nursing personnel downsizing in a teaching hospital].

The objective of this study was to adjust the downsizing of nursing personnel in a teaching hospital to the resolution of Federal Nursing Council no. 293/2004. The classification of patients in levels of complexity care was done and the required time for the nurse care also was verified.