Objective. To know the effects for the newborn of the use of crack in pregnancy. Methods. This is a qualitative study conducted in a university hospital in southern Brazil, in the first half of 2014. Fifteen mothers crack users and five grandparents participated. The data were produced through semi-structured interviews and later submitted to content analysis. Results. It was found that the use of crack in pregnancy leads to repercussions related to the health of the newborn and repercussions related to family restructuring. In relation to the newborn, prematurity, congenital malformation, hospitalization in an intensive care unit, use of care and feeding technologies through artificial milk formulas were mentioned. In the family context, it was evidenced the occurrence of abandonment of the child by the mother, causing the adoption of the newborn by relatives of the family nucleus or their institutionalization due to lack of family structure. Conclusion. It was found that the use of crack in pregnancy leads to repercussions related to the health of the newborn and repercussions related to family restructuring. In this sense, the recruitment of pregnant users of crack by health/nursing professionals and referral for high-risk prenatal care, as well as early identification of the peculiarities of the newborns of these women, and the development of actions that minimize the repercussions of crack are imperative.Descriptors: infant, newborn; pregnant women; postpartum period; cocaína crack; nursing.Uso del crack durante el embarazo: repercusiones para el recién nacido Objetivo. Conocer las repercusiones para el recién nacido por el consumo de crack durante el embarazo. Método. Estudio cualitativo realizado en un hospital universitario en el sur de Brasil, en el primer semestre de 2014. Participaron quince puérperas usuarias de crack durante la gestación y cinco abuelos. Los datos se recolectaron en entrevistas semiestructuradas y Use of crack in pregnancy: repercussions for the newborn posteriormente se sometieron a análisis de contenido. Resultados. Para los participantes del estudio el uso de crack en la gestación llevó a repercusiones relacionadas con la salud del recién nacido, como prematuridad, malformación congénita, internación en unidad de cuidado intensivo, uso de tecnologías de cuidado y alimentación mediante fórmulas lácteas artificiales. Por otra parte, en el ámbito familiar produjo abandono del niño por por parte de la madre lo que derivo en la adopción del recién nacido por parientes del núcleo familiar o su institucionalización por falta de estructura familiar adecuada. Conclusión. Se constató que el uso de crack en la gestación conlleva a repercusiones relacionadas con la salud del recién nacido y con la desestructuración familiar. En este sentido, se hace indispensable la captación de las gestantes usuarias de crack por los profesionales de la salud y por enfermería para la realización del control prenatal de alto riesgo, así como la identificación precoz de las necesidades de los recién nacidos y...

This study aimed to identify the difficult and easy aspects faced by mothers of visually impaired (VI) children in their care. It is a descriptive qualitative study, developed in the second semester of 2011, with ten mothers of children with visual impairment from an Educational Center for the Visually Impaired located in southern Brazil. Data were collected by means of semistructured interviews and submitted to thematic content analysis. The identified difficulties were the lack of knowledge regarding the disease and how to take care of the child, the lack of access to health services, overload generated by the dependence of the child and lack of support and prejudice within their own family. The easy aspects involved the desire for the child's healthy development the chance of being in touch with qualified professionals for their education, and the contact with other VI children. Therefore, it is important to qualify the family for the care of VI children so as to ensure the development of skills and competencies enabling them to live with quality.

Objective: Understanding the meanings attributed by family caregivers of children in hospital environments about their interactions with nursing professionals. Methods: This qualitative study used Symbolic Interactionism as a theoretical reference and Grounded Theory as the methodological framework. It was carried out in a Pediatrics Center in southern Brazil, in the first half of 2013. Participants were 15 family caregivers of hospitalized children. Data were collected through interviews and submitted to open and axial analysis. Results: Interactions with the nursing team enable family to trust or distrust in the provided child care and to positively evaluate the care received. Conclusion: Interactions between family members and the nursing team contribute to the significance attributed by the family to the nursing care received by the child. Nurses should be aware of the attitudes of the nursing team regarding the child and their family, prioritizing humanized care.

This is a descriptive study with a qualitative approach, carried out during the second half of 2011, in a Pediatric Unit in a city in the extreme South of Brazil. The study aimed to understand the situations in which families reveal themselves as beings of rights during the hospitalization of the child. Fifteen family caregivers participated, divided into three sample groups. Data collection was conducted through semi-structured interviews, and the data were analyzed using open, axial and selective analysis. The study had the Grounded Theory as methodological framework. It was found that the family revealed itself as a being of rights, when recognized as such, is called and fights for their rights; suggests improvements for the care and maintains its autonomy, even if it has to submit to the decisions of the team in the child favor. It was concluded that is essential to allow them to be families in the hospital, enabling the exercise of their rights and citizenship.

Objectives: to understand the meanings assigned by family caregivers about children’s chronic disease diagnosis. Methods: qualitative study, which used as theoretical framework the Symbolic Interactionism, and methodological, the Grounded Theory. It was held in a pediatric unit in Southern Brazil, in 2016, through interviews submitted to open and axial analysis, with the participation of 20 family caregivers of hospitalized children. Results: relatives, interacting with the nursing/health staff, perceive children’s disease at birth. They are diagnosed with chronic disease by the physician and deny it. Subsequently, they accept and seek information on care. Conclusions: the results pointed out the stages that relatives experience by assigning meanings to about children’s chronic disease diagnosis. These meanings provide subsidies for nurses’ actions, which need to be aware of children’s and family’s needs in order to offer comprehensive and humanized care.

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Objective: To understand the lived experience of the family in caring for children with the HIV/AIDS virus. Methods: The study was conducted in a university hospital in the first semester of 2010. Participants included seven family caregivers. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using thematic analysis. Results: There was evidence of a silencing of the diagnosis by the family caregiver whose life function became that of caregiver for the child. In terms of difficulties for care, these included: the health conditions of the mother or her death; hospitalizations that compromised schooling and reveaed the diagnosis; and fear of telling the diagnosis to the child. Conclusion: It is believed that health/nursing professionals need to employ strategies that enable these families to better cope with everyday life, advising them about care, providing information on HIV/AIDS to people in their social circle, and diminishing stigma and discrimination to which these children are exposed. Keywords: Caregivers; Family; Child care; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/nursing RESUMO Objetivo: Conhecer as vivências da família no cuidado à criança portadora do vírus HIV/AIDS. Métodos: Foi realizado em um hospital universitário no primeiro semestre de 2010. Participaram sete familiares cuidadores. Os dados foram coletados por entrevistas semiestruturadas e analisados pela técnica de Análise Temática. Resultados: Evidenciou-se o silenciamento do diagnóstico pelo familiar cuidador que passa a viver em função do cuidado à criança. Como dificuldades para cuidar, destacam-se as condições de saúde da mãe ou sua morte, as hospitalizações como comprometedoras da escolarização e reveladoras do diagnóstico e o medo em contar o diagnóstico à criança. Conclusão: Acredita-se que os profissionais da saúde/enfermagem necessitam empregar estratégias que possibilitem a essas famílias melhor enfrentamento do cotidiano, assessorando-as para o cuidado, fornecendo informações sobre o HIV/AIDS às pessoas de seu círculo social, diminuindo o estigma e a discriminação a que estão expostas essas crianças. Descritores: Cuidadores; Família; Cuidado da criança; Síndrome de imunodeficiência adquirida/enfermagem RESUMEN Objetivo: Conocer las vivencias de la familia en el cuidado del niño portador del virus VIH/SIDA. Métodos: Fue realizado en un hospital universitario en el primer semestre de 2010. Participaron siete familiares cuidadores. Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de entrevistas semiestructuradas y analizadas por la técnica de Análisis Temático. Resultados: Se evidenció el silenciamiento del diagnóstico por parte del familiar cuidador quien pasa a vivir en función del cuidado al niño. Como dificultades para cuidar, se destacan las condiciones de salud de la madre o su muerte, las hospitalizaciones como comprometedoras de la escolarización y reveladoras del diagnóstico y el miedo para comunicar el diagnóstico al niño. Conclusión: Se cree que los profesionales de la salud/enfermería necesitan emplear estrategia...

Objective: To know the barriers in the process of building family cultural care for the child in the hospital. Methodology: This is a qualitative study with a cross-cultural theoretical reference of Madeleine Leininger, called Theory of Diversity and Cultural Universality of Care, and with a methodological reference of the ethno-inference. It was developed in 2017 at the pediatric unit of a university hospital in the south of Brazil, through non-participant observation, participant observation and interview with 15 family caregivers of hospitalized children. The data was coded, classified and scrutinized to identify the saturation of ideas and similar or different patterns; also, it was re-coded and the theoretical formulations and recommendations were performed. Ethical aspects were followed, according to the Resolution of the National Research Ethics Council 466/2012. Results: The data showed as a barrier the need for hospitalization as a factor of family vulnerability, control of the unit’s health team members, hospital norms and routines, and the need to transgress as a manifestation of family care. Conclusion: Cultural care is a process that aggregates knowledge and can be considered a new paradigm for the accomplishment of nursing care by providing the mutual growth and construction of new knowledge, an affective, reflexive, human and empathic relationship between the nurse, the child and the family.