Symbolic effects capitalized by nurses from the National Institute of Cancer in Brazil (1980 - 1990).

OBJECTIVE: to describe the strategies of nurses in the National Institute of Cancer to disseminate its scientific capital and discuss the symbolic effects capitalized in the field of oncology in the 1980s. METHOD: historical social studies, with primary sources consisting of written documents and oral reports, and as secondary sources, articles and books on the subject, based on the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu's concepts of scientific capital and habitus. RESULTS: it revealed the effective performance of nurses in this Institute on policies of cancer prevention and control and strategies used in the teaching of oncology nursing at the undergraduate level. In conclusion, nursing stands out in this context, through the dissemination of its scientific knowledge, as a participant in the construction of a scientific field of oncology nursing in Brazil, highlighting the occupation of important social areas.

[Nursing care of child: short retrospection]. / Assistência de enfermagem à criança hospitalizada: breve retrospectiva.

This study focuses on the overview of the childhood health policy, highlighted in the context of a hospital, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, aiming at describing the nursing assistance provided to children in hospitals in the first half of the century. It is a historical study, the primary written sources of which correspond to articles published in the Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem during the period under scrutiny. The secondary sources are made up of literature relevant to the topic. In the beginning of the 20th century, health care loses its social and philanthropic character to be subsidized by the government. Concerning childhood assistance, numerous hospitals opened in the 30's and 40's, even though the national healthcare policy was based on preventive actions. It may be concluded that childhood assistance up to the 50's was characterized by technical and scientific transformations in the hospital scenario, encouraging the construction of nursing knowledge in the area of paediatrics.