[Motor capacities involved in the psychomotor skills of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation technique: recommendations for the teaching-learning process]. / Capacidades motoras envolvidas na habilidade psicomotora da técnica de ressuscitação cardiopulmonar: subsídios para o processo ensino-aprendizagem.

It is a bibliographic study about the identification of the motor capacities involved in the psychomotor skills of the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) which aims to obtain subsidies to the planning of the teaching-learning process of this skill. It was found that: the motor capacities involved in the psychomotor skill of the CPR technique are predominantly cognitive and motor, involving 9 perceptive-motor capacities and 8 physical proficiency capacities. The CPR technique is a psychomotor skill classified as open, done in series and categorized as a thin and global skill and the teaching-learning process of the CPR technique has an elevated degree of complexity.

[The nursing process: factors that facilitate and obstruct teaching]. / Processo de enfermagem: fatores que dificultam e os que facilitam o ensino.

The present study intends to identify how the teaching nursing process in the Graduation Schools of the São Paulo State are presented. The population was composed of 247 percents. As part of the methodology a questionnaire was elaborated. It was sent to 899 percents of the 32 public and private nursing schools of the São Paulo State. The results demonstrated that the factors that difficult the teaching of the nursing process were bigger in number than the factors that facilitate. However, the teaching of the nursing process, despite the presented difficulties, has been offered to the teachers of public and private schools of the São Paulo State.

[Leisure forms used by nurses]. / Formas de lazer utilizadas por enfermeiras.

The present study, of exploratory character, has as objectives to know the leisure activities, developed by a sample of thirty nurses as well as your periodicity, during the day-off. For collection of the data a questionnaire was used, being classified sixteen different activities was detected. The most significant results show tendency of the population studied to the inactivity physical, little contact with the nature and certain social isolation. This research recommends activities to stimulate and to facilitate the leisure to the category.

[Human resources for the intensive care unit at the municipal district of São Paulo]. / Recursos humanos das unidades de terapia intensiva do Município de São Paulo.

The study had the purpose to investigate aspects of the ICUs from the Municipal district of São Paulo, regarding the composition of the clinical staff; characteristics of the nursing personnel and nurses' characterization. Data were collected through 47 questionnaires distributed in 32 hospitals. Results show that: the morning and the afternoon shifts have a larger number of people from all clinical categories, the majority of the nursing personnel work 36 hours per week, nurses' wages varied from 700 to 1,500 "reais" and 66.1% of them were enrolled in Master Programs. Authors concluded that 79.2% of the clinical staff was formed by the nursing personnel.

[Continuing education of the intensive care units nursing staff in the city of Sao Paulo]. / Educação continuada da equipe de enfermagem nas UTIs do município de São Paulo.

This study is part of a project about ICU's characteristics in São Paulo city. This article describes the continuing education programs for nursing staff. 43 ICUs were analysed and the questionnaire answered by the ICU nurse coordinator was used to collect data. Results showed that 34 (79.1%) of the ICUs have initial program for training each nursing staff category and 18 (41.9%) had regular continuing education program focusing primarily on nursing procedures and routines and the update in pathologies. Continuing education programs are developed primarily by ICU's nurses. 50.2% of the nurses answered that they attended specialisation/extension courses too, in Medical Surgical Nursing or in other areas or in both areas. Due to this result and the development of the ICU's nurses as specialists, some suggestions are presented to improve the continuing education program in these Units.

[The teaching/learning process in uterine palpation and measurement: the effect of practice]. / Processo ensino-aprendizagem da técnica de palpação e mensuração uterina: influência da prática.

The present study related to the teaching-learning process concerning the uterine measurement and palpation technique, it was intended to analyze the influence practice had on the Undergraduation Nursing students' skills acquired knowledge by the use of that technique. Applying a standard instrument previously developed for this study, the students' evaluation was carried out in two phases. The results showed a significant improvement in the students' performance skills and descriptive knowledge. Thus, this study was able to stress the importance of practice for the motor-perceptive skills in the teaching-learning process.

[Aspects of the social reintegration of stoma patients]. / Aspectos da reinserção social do ostomizado.

The social rehabilitation represents a challenge to ostomy patient and a concern for health professional team. This study intends to verify the difficulties related to returning to the daily domestic, leisure, job and sexual activities showed by 45 ostomizeds after hospital discharge in different periods of late post operative. The data was obtained from patients assisted by two Outpatient Services of São Paulo city, through the interviews. The patients were selected by previous established criteria agreement and then subdivided in three groups as the post operative period. It's possible to verify that the majority of the clients didn't returned totally or returned only partially to the daily activities like before the disease or surgery, specially in the sexual area. They justified these difficulties by physical problems, insecurity and the use of inadequate appliances.

[The physical assessment and the intensive care unit nurse]. / O exame físico e o enfermeiro de UTI.

The goal of this study was to analyse some practicing, teaching and learning aspects of physical examination done by ICU's nurses. It was accomplished with 26 ICU nurses that concluded the Intensive Care Nursing Specialization Course at the School of Nursing at São Paulo University. The results showed that 31 (68.9%) of the 45 presented items were done frequently by more than 50% of the nurses. The professional practice was considered the most important moment to physical examination learning. The responsibility by teaching was attributed to undergraduation course by 69.2% of the nurses.

[The measurement of the psychomotor capacities involved in the technic of the intramuscular injection]. / Medida das capacidades psicomotoras envolvidas na técnica da injeção intramuscular.

This study is to verify the psychomotor skill using psychomotor capacity measure. The authors describe two tests that will be used by nurses denominated "electronic psychomotor" and "perferation". Those tests are applied in the first stage of this study to analyse the teaching-learning process of intramuscular injection. Three groups of undergraduate nursing students in different stages of evolution of the course, were analysed and were verified that there was homogeneity among groups in relation to psychomotor capacity.

[The teaching of patient evaluation: the delineation of the content of nursing diagnosis]. / O ensino da avaliação do paciente: delineamento do conteúdo pelo diagnóstico de enfermagem.

The nursing care is based on the nursing assessment. In the nurse's professional activity there aren't clarity and consensus about the clinical entities, problems or phenomenons that nurses intended to care. Difficulties in deciding what should be collected are determined by this indefinition, that it is also present in nursing graduate courses. In this article the authors discuss that the Nursing Diagnosis can be the framework for the nursing assessment.

[Hospital care in the city of São Paulo--the situation with intensive care]. / Aspectos da assistência hospitalar no Município de São Paulo--a situação da assistência intensiva.

The purpose of this study was to characterize the hospitals of the municipality of São Paulo, with or without Intensive Care Units (ICU). It was analysed the maintainers entities of these hospitals, the type of assistance, and their geographic localization in accordance to the proposition of SUDS (Unificated and Decentralized System of Health). The results demonstrated that there is an uneven distribution of those resources with concentration in central areas, predominance of general and private hospitals and the use of those resources have been difficult to population.

[Assistance in rehabilitation: a process marked by deficiencies]. / Assistência em reabilitação: um processo marcado por deficiências.

This study characterizes some rehabilitation's agencies which provide assistance to deficients from Grande São Paulo. Analysis of data showed: the inadequate number and geographic distribution of theses institutions; the predominance of private agencies which promote variable services; just two agencies offered nursing services; the major group of patients was childrens and adolescents of both sexes. The authors believe that it's fundamental to make a reflexion about the resources to assist the deficient patients, the quality of the assistance and the effective participation of the nurse in this process.