[Teaching communication therapeutic techniques in nurse-patient relationship: conceptual basis - Part II].

The conceptual basis used in this research are presented in this papers. The author presents the basis concepts underlying human communication theory, therapeutic communication and interpersonal relationship.

[Teaching communication therapeutic techniques in nurse-patient relationship - Part I].

In this paper the author presents a literature review about communication in nursing and psychiatric nursing. She emphasyses the use of therapeutic communication by nurse.

ANEMIA: an expert consultation system.

Anemia is a knowledge-based consultation program for anemic states. It has been built using an artificial intelligence programming scheme, called EXPERT, which was developed at Rutgers University. At present, ANEMIA is able to provide assistance in the diagnosis and management of 64 disease entities.

Classification of anaemia on the basis of ferrokinetic parameters.

Quantitative information on abnormalities of erythropoiesis and mechanisms of anaemia has been obtained in 136 anaemic patients by means of ferrokinetic studies. To derive a functional classification of anaemia based on ferrokinetic parameters, agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis and principal coordinate analysis were utilized as techniques for unsupervised classification. Two main clusters were found and named anaemia with low potential erythropoiesis and with high potential erythropoiesis, since the most discriminant parameter between them was total erythroid iron turnover, a measure of total erythropoietic activity.

[Psychiatry nursing and mental health team members].

This paper is based on a study on the functions of the nurse, as a member of the multiprofessional team, in one Psychiatric Hospital. The populations interviewed was composed of 16 nurses, 17 phisicians, 7 social workers, 3 occupational therapists and 3 psychologists. The results showed that not even the nurses had a clear idea of their functions.

Quantitation of reticuloendothelial iron kinetics in humans.

Reticuloendothelial iron kinetics were investigated in a simultaneous dual-isotope study in 10 healthy adult subjects in whom 55Fe-ferric hydroxide phosphate colloid was used to label the reticuloendothelial iron pools, and 59Fe-transferrin was used to define plasma iron kinetics. The simultaneous clearance of 55Fe and 59Fe from plasma and the uptake of each into red blood cells were measured over 14 days. The 55Fe-colloid was cleared almost immediately, and its iron was rapidly released to bind to plasma transferrin.

[Nursing concept - an attempt of phenomenological approach].

The authors present a brief literature review about the phenomenological approach in nursing research. This issue is an attempt in phenomenological analysis of the concept of nursing. The answers to the question "what is nursing?", made by 251 nurses, were grouped in categories and compared with HENDERSON'S and HORTA's nursing concepts.

[Nursing care to the woman in the perinatal period - psychosocial aspect].

The authors describe the components of obstetrical nursing as the woman in the perinatal period, the existent problem, the context where the woman is assisted and the nursing care that is given to her. The emphasis is placed in the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. The authors present instruments to support nursing care as observation, interviews, domiciliary visit, and the record of these three itens.

Immunoregulatory T cells in measles. The relationship between reduced lymphocyte proliferative response to PHA and increased proportion of circulating suppressor-cytotoxic T cells.

Viral infections are often associated with immunodeficiency states. Although T lymphocytes have been thought to suppress the host's immune response, the precise cellular basis for this phenomenon remains unclear. Therefore, we characterized peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 9 measles virus-infected children by means of monoclonal antibodies directed against surface antigens expressed on human T lymphocytes and T-cell subsets.

Competing models for the analysis of red cell survival obtained with 51Cr labelling technique.

A computer program for the analysis of 51Cr labelled red cell survival data was used in 84 patients and 8 normal subjects to estimate the parameters of 7 competing models derived from different hypotheses of the red cell destruction process. The purpose was to establish the optimal complexity of a red cell survival model to be used. Senescence or random destruction were the most common identified patterns of red cell death (79% of the cases).

[Nursing care to patient on electroconvulsive therapy].

Eletric convulsive shock therapy has become a controversial topic in psychiatric services. Patients continue to have electroconvulsive therapy. The team nursing has seen the treatment as just another task.

[Instrument to analyse periodicals of nursing].

Studies about spreading of knowledge in nursing are recent. In order to contribute to the study of the nursing literature in Brazil, it was developed a model of instrument to analyse periodicals. The instrument was tested in a nursing periodical and it was found to be effective in stablishing who writes, what is written and even to relate the papers with present state of health and the historical evolution of the profession.