Vol. 16 No. 4 (2008)

Editorial

Nursing knowledge production in tuberculosis control in Brazil

Tereza Cristina Scatena Villa

655-656

Original Articles

Does directly observed treatment ("DOTS") contribute to tuberculosis treatment compliance?

Maria Fernanda Terra, Maria Rita Bertolozzi

659-664
Doctoral education in nursing in Brazil

Rosalina Aparecida Partezani Rodrigues, Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann, Isília Aparecida Silva, Josicélia Dumet Fernandes, Thelma Leite Araújo, Lucila Amaral Carneiro Vianna, Rosangela da Silva Santos, Marta Júlia Marques Lopes

665-671
Hypertension among undergraduate students from Lubango, Angola

Manuel Simão, Miyeko Hayashida, Cláudia Benedita dos Santos, Evandro José Cesarino, Maria Suely Nogueira

672-678
Behavior, knowledge and perception of risks about sexually transmitted diseases in a group of people over 50 years old

Magali Olivi, Rosangela Getirana Santana, Thais Aidar de Freitas Mathias

679-685
Daily life of patients with chronic renal failure receiving hemodialysis treatment

Karina Viviani Bezerra, Jair Lício Ferreira Santos

686-691
The influence of social support on strengthening families of children with chronic renal failure

Érica Simpionato de Paula, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Semiramis Melani Melo Rocha

692-699
Relations between nursing data collection, diagnoses and prescriptions for adult patients at an intensive care unit

Emilia Campos de Carvalho, Fernanda Titareli Merizio Martins, Maria Célia Barcellos Dalri, Silvia Rita Marin da Silva Canini, Ana Maria Laus, Maria Marcia Bachion, Lidia Aparecida Rossi

700-706
Prevalent nursing diagnoses and interventions in the hospitalized elder care

Miriam de Abreu Almeida, Graziella Badin Aliti, Elenara Franzen, Elisabeth Gomes da Rocha Thomé, Margarita Rubin Unicovsky, Eneida Rejane Rabelo, Maria Luiza Machado Ludwig, Maria Antonieta Moraes

707-711
Coping strategies of ostomized individuals

Natalia Campos Barnabe, Magda Cristina Queiroz Dell'Acqua

712-719
Validation of the ratio scale of the differents types of pain

Priscilla Hortense, Érika Zambrano, Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa

720-726
Pharmacological analgesia in neonates undergoing cardiac surgery

Mariana Bueno, Amélia Fumiko Kimura, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta

727-732
Participating in a support group: experience lived by women with breast cancer

Cleoneide Paulo Oliveira Pinheiro, Raimunda Magalhães da Silva, Marli Villela Mamede, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes

733-738
Bipolar affective disorder and medication therapy: identifying barriers

Adriana Inocenti Miasso, Silvia Helena De Bortoli Cassiani, Luiz Jorge Pedrão

739-745
Indicators of healthcare results: analysis of adverse events during hospital stays

Camila Cristina Pires Nascimento, Maria Cecília Toffoletto, Leilane Andrade Gonçalves, Walkíria das Graças Freitas, Katia Grillo Padilha

746-751
Assessment of risk and incidence of falls in neurosurgical inpatients

Solange Diccini, Priscila Gomes de Pinho, Fabiana Oliveira da Silva

752-757
Evaluation of products and services of a nursing library: user satisfaction

Sheila Kátia Cozin, Ruth Natalia Teresa Turrini

758-764

The caregiving process in the vulnerability perspective

Vera Regina Waldow, Rosália Figueiró Borges

765-771

Review Articles

Pharyngocutaneous fistulae after total laryngectomy: a systematic review

Mary Elizabeth de Santana, Namie Okino Sawada

772-778
Psychocultural meanings of urinary incontinence in women: a review

Rosângela Higa, Maria Helena Baena de Mores Lopes, Egberto Ribeiro Turato

779-786

Short Communications/Cases Accounts

Nursing in the era of globalisation: challenges for the 21st century

Alcione Leite da Silva

787-790

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