OBJETIVO: Descrever a atividade docente assistencial, cujo objetivo é proporcionar experiência de promoção da saúde bucal coletiva a estudantes concluintes do curso de odontologia. MÉTODOS: Tal experiência fundamenta-se na avaliação do desempenho do aluno, como educador em saúde bucal, à medida que ele tem, entre outras tarefas, a de motivar pacientes internados e seus acompanhantes, na geração de hábitos saudáveis, visando à assistência integral e mais humanizada do paciente hospitalizado. RESULTADOS: Os resultados mostraram que as metas desejadas foram atingidas, visto que a higiene bucal dos pacientes já se tornou uma tarefa incorporada à rotina hospitalar, considerando-se os índices de biofilme dentário: inicial, 1,72; e final, 1,17, respectivamente. Essa diferença, de acordo com a estatística U-Mann-Whitney, mostrou-se significativa, pois o valor de p<0,0001 traduz o alto nível de motivação, alcançado pelo binômio mãe-criança, no que se refere à higiene oral. CONCLUSÕES: Conclui-se que as experiências de ensino-aprendizagem, oriundas das atividades interdisciplinares e multiprofissionais, têm permitido melhor entendimento do processo saúde-doença, por parte do aluno de odontologia. Servem ainda como oportunidade para o seu aprendizado sobre o planejamento e execução de atividades educativo-preventivas, que complementam sua vivência técnico-profissional e despertam a sensibilidade social, tão necessária à sua formação acadêmica.

Aim: to identify the complications of pressure ulcers in severely ill patients from the perspective of the nurses. Method: This is a descriptive-exploratory study which adopts a qualitative approach involving a questionnaire to nurses working in an intensive care unit of Onofre Lopes Hospital, in Natal, Brazil. The data were submitted to the content analysis topics. Results: From the comments of the professionals, we generated a category "Complications of pressure ulcers in severely ill patients", and the subcategories "infection", "period of hospitalization", "hospital costs", "mortality" and "suffering". Discussion: Ulcers lead to infections and to an increase in microbiological resistance. They increase the period of hospitalization and the costs of treatment due to the resulting complications. Mortality is related to the worsening of clinical conditions. Suffering is a result of pain and dependency. Conclusion: For the nurses, pressure ulcers are complications that generate a worsening of clinical conditions of severely ill patients, which makes it necessary to adapt the treatment.

Objective: to characterize assistance of 88 elderly with venous ulcers attended in the tertiary and primary levels of health service in Natal city. Methods: integrative and descriptive study, from quantitative approach, with retrospective data of patients with venous ulcers who were studied in two dissertations presented at the Post-Graduate Program in Nursing/UFRN and a search report of CNPQ. Data was carried out from 2005 to 2007 through structured interview, physical examination and observation of the exchange of dressing, being organized in Excel and transported to the SPSS 14.0. These studies were approved by the Committees of Ethics in Research of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (55/05; 54/05; 196/06). Results: we studied 88 elderly, mainly female sex (68,2%), literate (81,8%), outcomes two basic salary (69,3%), (52,3%) with edema (69,3%) and pain (86,4%). The main mismatches in assistance were: dressing kit (71,6%), angiologist consultation (60,2%) and monitoring specialist (56.8%). Conclusion: the assistance was considered inappropriate, mainly in the tertiary level, fragmented, with low resolution level and integration between the levels of complexity of the Public Health System. Descriptors:  venous ulcerations; elderly people; health assistance.