[Adherence to the five moments for hand hygiene among intensive care professionals]. / Adesão dos profissionais de terapia intensive aos cinco momentos da higienização das mãos.

OBJECTIVE: To identify the adherence of health professionals of an intensive care unit to the five moments for hand hygiene. METHOD: Cross-sectional analytical study with a quantitative approach, based on secondary data from a database of a hospital infection control service at an institution in southern Brazil. A total of 793 observations were analyzed from July to December 2012. RESULTS: Hand washing was not performed in 446 (56.2%) of the observations, and the adherence rate was 43.7%. The greatest adherence to hand hygiene was among the physiotherapists (53.5%) and the lowest adherence was among the nursing staff (29.2%). The indications with the lowest adherence rates to hand hygiene were "before touching the patient" (18.4%) and "before aseptic procedure" (20.9%). CONCLUSION: We conclude that adherence to hand washing does not comply with the national and international guidelines, especially when we consider the current scenario of growing infections caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms.

[Work capacity of nurses in a university hospital]. / Capacidade para o trabalho de enfermeiros de um hospital universitário.

This is a cross-sectional study that evaluated the work ability index (WAI) and the sociodemographic and work-related aspects of 93 nurses in a university hospital. The data were analyzed using descriptive and analytical statistics. The sample was predominantly female (98.9%), with 41.7 (SD = 9.0) years old 63.4% have a partner, sleep 6.9 (SD = 1.3) hours daily, 8.6% smoked and 37.6% performed regular physical activity The WAI score was 40.1 (SD = 3.7), indicating a good work capacity. There were correlations between WAI and age (r = -0.22, p = 0.0394), duration of work (r = -0.23, p = - 0.0295), and sleep (r = 0.26, p = 0.0162). Nurses who live alone and non-smokers had higher average than those with a partner and who smoked (41.3 and 39.6; 40.4 and 37.8; p = 0.0476). Thus, healthy life habits such as sleeping 7 hours or more and not smoking were positively associated with work capacity.

[A touch on masculinity: prostate cancer prevention in traditionalist Gauchos]. / Um toque na masculinidade: a prevenção do câncer de próstata em gaúhos tradicionalistas.

This cross-sectional and quantitative study was carried out with 88 traditionalist gauchos, who took part in the Farroupilha Camp in 2009. It verified their adherence to prostate cancer examination, also analyzing which variables influence in the adherence to digital rectal examination. Participants had an average age of 58.5 years, with high income and schooling level. Most (92%) lived longer in urban areas, had healthfollow-up at private health services (70.5%) and have had some preventive examination for prostate cancer (83%). The ones who had preventive examination had higher education, income and access to private health services. There was lower demand for preventive exams by those who lived most of their lives in the rural area. However, there was no relationship between the place where participants lived longer and adherence to digital rectalexamination. Findings indicate correspondence in the adherence to preventive examinations with other studies carried out in Brazil.

[Voluntary work, demographic, social and economic features and health self-perception by elderly people from Porto Alegre (Brazil)]. / Trabalho voluntário, características demográficas, socioeconômicas e autopercepção da saúde de idosos de Porto Alegre.

The objective of this cross-sectional, comparative study was to describe the demographic, socioeconomic and health characteristics of elderly voluntary workers of a Non-governmental organization of Porto Alegre, and investigate the influence of voluntary work and the referred characteristics on the subjects' self-perception of health, compared to a paired group of elderly individuals who did not perform any voluntary work. Through interviews it was found that 87.4% of the elderly voluntary workers were women, with complete secondary education, had their own income and followed a religion and a healthy lifestyle. The comparison of data from both groups showed that self-perception of great health was more common among voluntary workers (30.5% compared to 6.1%, p = 0.054). Multivariate analysis revealed that performing voluntary work and having fewer diseases influenced the individuals' having a positive self-perception of their health (p < 0.05). Study results support the hypothesis that voluntary work may be a mechanism of health promotion among the elderly.

[Southern Brazilian Nursing School's profile in the period of its founders]. / Perfil de uma Escola de Enfermagem do Sul do Brasil no período das fundadoras.

Founded in 1950, the Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)--Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Nursing School--was the first nursing school in the State, being until today a reference in the education of nurses in southern Brazil. This research project is aimed at characterizing the profile of this course in the early 50's, and to analyze how these characteristics influenced the Nursing School's foundation and consolidation. For such purpose, a study was developed based on the methodology of Oral History within the time frame of 1950 and 1957, the management period of the founder Nine protagonists that lived then were interviewed through a semi-structured script. Is was found out that the period was marked by extremely strong features regarding a rigid moral education, control, body discipline,fight for autonomy, resistance against domination, and a quite high degree of requirements of the students converging into the Nightingale's model of education.

[Voluntary work: an alternative to promote health for the elderly]. / Trabalho voluntário: uma alternativa para a promoção da saúde de idosos.

This article is a thematic reflection. It aims at presenting volunteer work as an alternative for promoting health for elders in Brazil. Having as a starting point the definition of volunteer work, this study contextualizes this type of activity in Brazilian society, explaining it also as an instrument that makes possible for people to experience an active and healthy aging process. The text presents international studies with elders who volunteer and, as a result, have found a relationship between volunteering and satisfaction with their lives and have had less symptoms of depression and a more positive evaluation of life when compared to elderly who do not volunteer. The conclusion emphasizes the importance for health professionals to stimulate and facilitate the access of elders to volunteer work, considering this posture a creative and innovative challenge for the promotion of health for the elderly.

Health education: a strategy of care for the lay caregiver.

This article aimed to reflect about the importance of the role nurses perform in strategies of health education to lay caregivers, who are important actors in the health/disease process. It is a thematic reflection, built through bibliographic review, which discusses the role of lay caregivers in different stages of the life cycle. Considering the participation of lay caregivers in the Brazilian reality, strategies have been sought to include them in the health care, given the little attention Public Policies have given to them. Therefore, the nurses as health educators, must offer support to the lay caregivers helping them to choose among available alternatives, while delivering care, to not harm their own health. Concluding, health education can be an alternative to offer attention to the lay caregivers, while the nurse has important role in the development of alternatives.

Violence against children and adolescents: A challenge in the daily work of the nursing team.

This article aims to reflect on various forms of violence against children and adolescents practiced in the family context, and the importance of professional nursing care in view of this phenomenon. We discuss possibilities of care and violence prevention as well as the problems violence causes to society. Violence is a social and historical problem, constructed in society, and needs to be adequately addressed in academic nursing education.

[Nursing diagnosis in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia]. / Diagnósticos de enfermagem em adultos com leucemia mielóide aguda.

This case study aimed at identifying Nursing Diagnosis (ND) in adult patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with the purpose of contributing to the Systematization of Nurse Care. Interviews and observation were used for data collection, in addition to Nursing Process application. During the three months of data collection, other NDs were obtained by searching the files of the 6 patients. The 32 ND found in this study were grouped according to Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Out of these 32 ND, 15 corresponded to changes in Physiological Needs, and 10 to changes in Protection and Safety Needs.

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics and health condition of elderly people from a Family Health Program in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

This epidemiological and exploratory-descriptive study aimed to identify the socioeconomic and demographic features, as well as the health and disease condition of elderly people from a Family Health Program in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with the purpose of contributing to the planning of health actions for this population. Data from 98 elderly people were collected through a home survey by means of a semistructured instrument. The mean age of the interviewed subjects was 69.5. Sixty-one participants (62.2%) were women; 40 (40.8%) were married and 77 (78.6%) did not have remunerated work. Most men (64.9%) had a companion, against 26.2% of women with a partner. As to health, 80.6% reported suffering from some pathology, especially diseases of the circulatory system, reported by 55.1% of the interviewees. Although the collected data are in line with other studies, knowledge about them is important to adapt health actions by the Family Health Program team under study, in order to offer better care to these elderly people.