The care for inmates under the viewpoint of nursing students

Objective: understanding the care for inmates under the viewpoint of nursing students. Method: this is a descriptive study of a qualitative approach, performed with 11 nursing students at the State University of Paraiba, in the period August-September 2013. For data collection it was applied an audio-recorded semistructured interview. Data were analyzed according to the technique of Content Analysis. Results: four categories were found: comprehensive care, social law, and care to inmates and gaps in academic nursing education. Conclusion: the care for prisoners to nursing students is understood as a professional and human obligation; however, this caring permeates difficulties such as fear, accented by myths, prejudices and stigmas, plus the deficit in academic training

Caring of People Affected by Tuberculosis: Grounded Theory

Objective: To understand how nurses in basic health care have dealt with the situations arising from the process of caring for the person affected by tuberculosis. Method: Qualitative research following the methodological assumptions of the Grounded Theory. Nineteen nurses participated in the study. It was used the in-depth interview. Data analysis was performed using open, axial and selective coding using the Atlas ti software. Results: It has been shown that in order to be effective in the treatment, the actions of the nurses and the ways of dealing with the circumstances of the care stem from their concern with the person affected by tuberculosis. In addition, it is also considered the situations that permeate the life of this person, so that it can achieve healing and the restoration of their health. Conclusion: Concerns and ways of dealing with people affected by tuberculosis should be reflected in the planning of care practices for these citizens. With this it is possible to draw confrontations and conduits for successful actions