we highlight that the focus group, as a technique to produce data in collective space, can contribute not only to the construction of knowledge in Nursing, but also to the research approach with the assistance practice.

Aim: to measure occupational stress and identify Coping Strategies used by nurses of Adult Intensive Care Unit and Intensive Cardiac Unit from a Rio Grande do Sul public hospital. Method: it's a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, conducted with 12 nurses between March and April 2010. For data collection, we used a form to sociodemographic and professional characterization, Nurses Stress Inventory (NSI) and Occupational Coping Scale (OCS). Results: we found that 41.66% of nurses have high stress and 58.34% low stress. Activities related to "Interpersonal Relations" are the most stressful and Control was the factor most used in coping of stress. Conclusions: know stressors can help institutions and professionals to rethink their work process in order to become daily life more productive and less stressful, what will reflect in quality of care provided.

Despite the satisfactory overall score, the need to expand the FSH coverage, and encourage the promotion of competitive public service examinations and the qualification of these professionals.

Esse estudo identificou os estressores, o nível de estresse e as estratégias de enfrentamento utilizadas por enfermeiros de uma Clínica Cirúrgica de um Hospital Universitário. Trata-se de um estudo transversal cuja população foi composta por nove enfermeiras. Coletaram-se os dados, entre maio e junho de 2005, por meio do Formulário para Levantamento de Atividades Diárias e do Inventário de Estratégias de Coping. Verificou-se que as atividades relacionadas à administração de pessoal foram avaliadas como as mais estressantes. Evidenciou-se uma enfermeira em estado de alerta para alto nível de estresse, três em médio nível e cinco com baixo nível de estresse. Observou-se que a Resolução de Problemas foi o fator mais utilizado no enfrentamento do estresse. O conhecimento dos estressores e das formas de enfrentamento pode auxiliar no desenvolvimento de possíveis soluções para minimizar seus efeitos e tornar o cotidiano mais produtivo e menos desgastante.

Objective: To identify the strategies that the professionals use to assist in adherence to treatment of HIV positive pregnant women with Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Method: This was an exploratory, descriptive qualitative research study developed with ten professionals working in a Center and Counseling Center in southern Brazil. Data were collected from May 2010 through semi-structured interviews were subjected to thematic analysis. Results: The results showed as strategies welcoming actions, to include these pregnant women in the service and rapprochement with the team; conducting group activities and active pursuit of defaulting, respecting their autonomy and preserve their secrecy. Conclusion: that adherence to treatment is necessary for the staff involved in the care of interdisciplinary, humanized and qualified manner; the nurse may be the organizer of the shares was concluded

The public network for health care of pregnant women with HIV, in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, includes primary and specialized care services. Objective: Evaluating whether the type of service interferes in the quality score of the health care in the experience of the pregnant women with HIV. Methods: Cross-sectional study, with data collection from April-November/2014, with 78 participants. The Primary Care Assessment Tool-Brazil instrument was applied and the Pearson's Chi-square test and Fisher's exact test were used. Results: The quality of care received was evaluated as unsatisfactory both in primary care (6.50) and in specialized care (6.35). Conclusion: The type of service interferes with the quality of care, which can affect women's choice of service. It is necessary to improve the quality of both types of services and to search for the management of shared care to attend both the usual care of gestation and the specificity of infection.

Objective: evaluate, based on the professionals' experience, the primary health care quality in home cities of children and adolescents with HIV, treated at a specialized service.Method: cross-sectional study involving 527 professionals in 25 interior cities in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in the first semester of 2014. The Primary Care Assessment Tool was applied. Pearson's chi-square Test, the Mann Whitney Test and the Poisson Regression were used.Results: the Estratégia Saúde da Família and the primary health care service presented a high score related to the essential attributes: longitudinality (7.17 and 6.74), coordination-integration of care (6.87 and 7.03) and coordination-information systems (8.24 and 8.19); and a low score for the attribute access (3.96 and 3.8). The variables: female gender (0.009), education as general practitioner (<0.001), statutory staff (0.029), coordinator position (0.087) and not having another job (0.027) were also associated with the high score.Conclusion: the coverage of the Estratégia Saúde da Família needs to be expanded and structural and organizational shortages in the access need to be overcome.

Objetivo: Descrever a assistência recebida por parturientes que fizeram uso de tecnologias não invasivas de cuidado no processo de parto e nascimento. Métodos: Estudo transversal, do tipo documental. Participaram 381 gestantes que tiveram seu parto realizado no período de junho a dezembro de 2020. A coleta de dados ocorreu em abril de 2021, por meio de um questionário construído a partir da ficha de indicadores obstétricos do serviço. Para análise dos dados empregou-se a estatística descritiva. Resultados: A idade das gestantes variou de 13 a 42 anos, no qual 56,2% foram consideradas multíparas e 42,3% nulíparas. Dentre as tecnologias não invasivas de cuidado de enfermagem obstétrica, destacaram-se a deambulação (80,8%) e a liberdade de posição (80,8%). Conclusão: A utilização destas tecnologias se configura como uma importante ferramenta para o manejo do alívio da dor durante o trabalho de parto, autonomia da mulher e qualidade na assistência. Assim, poderá ser implementada de forma conjunta com outras estratégias, visando ampliar a humanização na assistência ao parto.