[Health and education: alternative courses for the development of nursing personnel]. / Saúde e educação: cursos alternativos para desenvolvimento do pessoal de enfermagem.

To promote therapeutic educational activities for nursing personnel in order to decrease stress, to improve interpersonal relations and the search for self-knowledge are the objectives of the courses promoted by the Departament of Nursing of FCM and by The Continued Education Nursing Service of the University Hospital of UNICAMP. Respiration, relaxation, body sensibilization and awareness, and theater interpretation techniques were taught in the following courses: The Hospital and Human Relations, Dance and Creativity, Yoga and Mental Relaxation. The estrategy employed was "group experience", with the participation of nurse's aides, nurses technicians, practical nurses, and registered nurses during working hours in 15 to 20 meetings per course. "Individual statements" written by the participants were used as a research tool, and the method employed was content analysis. The evaluation demonstrated that the "experience" facilitated relations among the members of the work team, opened the space for effective communication, favored self-knowledge, and helped with the problem solving. The analysis demonstrated the importance of the continuity of alternative courses to help employes improve their relations with themselves, with others and with their work, and to properly value their health/learning.

[Ethnographic research: the beginning of understanding]. / Pesquisa etnográfica: iniciando sua compreensão.

This study aimed at presenting a number of theoretical considerations related to ethnographic investigation viewing the disclosing of that type of nursing research. This study shows the definitions provided by various authors in addition to the methodology aspects regarding this type of approach.

[The joint hospitalization of mother and child at the Hospital das Clínicas of the State University of Campinas. The assessment of a group of mothers]. / Hospitalização conjunta mãe e filho no Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Avaliãçao de um grupo de mães.

This investigation is a field study involving 84 mothers who participated in the rooming-in program in the Pediatric Ward at the University Hospital of UNICAMP, Campinas São Paulo. The purpose of the study was to identify the mother's opinions concerning the hospitalization of their children under the rooming-in program, as well as to make a contribution towards the improvement of planned nursing care in the Pediatric Unit. Data collection was obtained through the use of a structured interview with each mother. The interview form included some mother's opinions concerning rooming-in. The results showed that these mothers considered the rooming-in program important for the treatment of the child, and that they related as "good" and "excellent" about care given in the unit.