The general purpose of this exploratory research was to understand the stress in different nursing occupations, aiming at determining the meaning of stress to nurses, identifying the stressors regarding different nursing occupational activities and investigating if the nurses' occupational activity is perceived as stressful. The sample consisted of three groups of Nurses (clinical, managers and professors) working in the public service of the city of Brasília and data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Although the concept of stress is not clear among nurses, they do experience diverse stressors; related to intrinsic job factors, to relationships at work, to their roles and to the organizational structure.

Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are more likely to use the emergency department (ED) than their hearing English-speaking counterparts and are also at higher risk of receiving inaccessible communication. The purpose of this study is to explore the ED communication experience of Deaf patients. A descriptive qualitative study was performed by interviewing 11 Deaf people who had used the ED in the past 2 years. Applying a descriptive thematic analysis, we developed five themes: (1) requesting communication access can be stressful, frustrating, and time-consuming; (2) perspectives and experiences with Video Remote Interpreting (VRI); (3) expectations, benefits, and drawbacks of using on-site ASL interpreters; (4) written and oral communication provides insufficient information to Deaf patients; and (5) ED staff and providers lack cultural sensitivity and awareness towards Deaf patients. Findings are discussed with respect to medical and interpreting ethics to improve ED communication for Deaf patients.

In this review, a synthesis of studies employing community-based participatory research (CBPR) to address mental health problems of minorities, strengths and challenges of the CBPR approach with minority populations are highlighted. Despite the fact that minority community members voiced a need for innovative approaches to address culturally unique issues, findings revealed that most researchers continued to use the traditional methods in which they were trained. Moreover, researchers continued to view mental health treatment from a health service perspective.

Brazilian nurses in this study seem to have adapted satisfactorily to their profession, but the finding that constructive thinking was significantly related to psychological ill-health, occupational stress and physical ill-health highlights a need to value individual coping styles in the work environment.

Background and Purpose Most stroke survivors will be cared for at home by family caregivers with limited training. Families actively involved in rehabilitation feel more prepared for the new responsibilities of caring for the stroke survivor. The focus of this article is to highlight the relevant concepts of a family-centered model of care and provide general guidance on how integrating a family-centered mindset may be clinically applicable. Family-Centered Care Family-centered care is a model of healthcare that encourages collaboration and partnership among patients, families, and providers with respect to the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health care. Care provided within such a model can expand providers’ knowledge of the impact of illness and any issues that may affect eventual transition back home. Clinical Relevance and Conclusion Rehabilitation nurses should view stroke patients and family caregivers as a unit. Using family-centered strategies can help nurses provide appropriate, individualized care during rehabilitation.

Motivating health equity is requisite given starkly disparate health outcomes among black and brown racialized populations compared to white populations in the United States. Racial justice and improving health equity take on a significant role in the work of racial minority nurses (Beard & Julion, 2016). Representation of racial minority populations in nursing remains disproportionate when compared to the representation of white populations in nursing O'Connor and colleagues (2019) reported that 85%

Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa que procurou obter opiniões acerca do processo de aprendizagem a que foram submetidos os participantes de uma oficina de vivência "Conhecendo o SER Enfermeiro", oferecida no 47° Congresso Brasileiro de Enfermagem, na cidade de Goiânia, em 1995. Constituímos como objetivo: analisar as estratégias de ensino implementadas durante as vivências propostas na oficina. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de uma ficha de avaliação, respondida pelos sujeitos deste estudo, todos integrantes da oficina. Submetemos as respostas descritas a uma análise de conteúdo, utilizando a categorização temática, que permitiu identificar categorias que salientam e/ou ressaltam as estratégias recorridas.

INTRODUÇÃOEmbora o estresse ocupacional seja um fenômeno freqüentemente relacionado entre os enfermeiros para caracterizar a profissão, na prática, nos deparamos com a falta de instrumentos sistematizados para avaliar a problemática.O estresse ocupacional não é um fenômeno novo, mas um novo campo de estudo que é enfatizado devido ao aparecimento de doenças que foram vinculadas ao estresse no trabalho, tais como hipertensão, úlcera e outras (HOLT, 1993). O mesmo autor, critica ainda, que muitos instrumentos atuais não conseguem detectar a complexidade do fenômeno.Neste sentido, MACHADO (1996) aponta uma questão importante: se, por um lado, ainda persistem as dificuldades em se conceituar o estresse ocupacional, por outro o tipo de metodologia recorrida é quase exclusivamente baseada em auto-relatos, que podem ser considerados como obstáculos.A escassez de informações científicas sobre o estresse ocupacional leva à dificuldade de caracterizar acuradamente os elementos específicos do trabalho que provocam as reações de estresse. A relação é muito complexa, envolvendo ambiente de trabalho, indivíduo e fatores externos ao trabalho (MURPHY, 1984).De acordo com ROSS & ALTAMAIER (1994), o estresse ocupacional é a interação das condições de trabalho com as características do trabalhador, nas quais a demanda do trabalho excede as habilidades do trabalhador para enfrentá-las. Para COUTO (1987), estresse ocupacional é um estado em que ocorre um desgaste anormal do organismo humano e/ou diminuição da capacidade de trabalho, devido basicamente à incapacidade prolongada de o indivíduo tolerar, superar ou se adaptar às exigências de natureza psíquica existentes em seu ambiente de trabalho ou de vida.Existem diversas formas de mensurar o estresse ocupacional do enfermeiro, dentre as quais podemos citar a entrevista livre, o registro cursivo e a utilização de questionários identificando os estressores, a intensidade e a freqüência destes na profissão.Foram poucas as investigações sobre o estresse ocupacional do enfermeiro relacionadas na literatura