Editorial

Abstract

EditorialTexto Contexto Enferm 2005 Abr-Jun; 14(2):155-6 EDITORIALCurrently there are perceptible changes in all areas of knowledge. These changes are considered dynamic and contribute to advances within their respective professions. Of course, some of these advances affect Nursing, interfering in its configuration as a profession of care for the human being.However, this dynamic reality causes difficulties in accompanying the change process for nurses. The technological and organizational advances contribute for the development of activities inherent to the profession, but at the same time demand nearly super-human effort from the professionals in order to learn how to perform given a series of activities that are continuously more complex, delicate, and technical.What one hopes for is that the technical advances aid in completing one's work, contributing so that the nurse could be better equipped to be human and be with the human to whom the nurse is giving care. However, one observes continuously greater separation between the nurse and the human receiving nursing care, both in academic reports and in the day-to-day practice of nursing. Time and patience are both more and more limited, whether for personal care or care for others. This unleashes a generalized indifference from society towards the human factor, which interferes and reflects itself in health care, as well.Considering the aforementioned with the intent of contributing to the day-to-day practice of Nursing, the theme of reflecting upon the Methods, models, and modes of caring in Nursing in this issue of the Texto & Context Nursing Journal creates a medium for sharing related knowledge and experience. This makes a certain exchange possible, and with that will aid in alerting professionals to the search for the best possible tools to exercise humanized care, based upon the best science has to offer.The human being no longer passively accepts dehumanized and compartmented care, being seen as a summation of "pieces". Rather, he/she wants to be seen as a single being; whole, indivisible, irreplaceable, and complete in their conception of interaction. Their conception of interaction includes their relationships with other people, their environments, and the world around them, in which they express their beliefs and values, which permeate their every action.The utilization of different methods, models, and modes for caring offers an opportunity for the nurse to perform professional care in such a way that he/she moves towards the wants and needs of the human being under their care.We all consciously or subconsciously act according to a method, follow a model, and have a mode of performance to our activities, whether in Nursing or another knowledge area. If we pay attention to our routine, we can observe that in the majority of cases we act similarly every day, repeating actions, from the most simple to the most complex. There is a reason for this; we accomplish our activities ruled by empirical knowledge, learned through pre-established and/or scientifi...

The complex stellar populations in the background of open clusters in the third Galactic quadrant

“…But star over-densities do not necessarily imply the existence of physical clusters, while the opposite may also be true. Some star clusters do not produce evident over-densities relative to the density of stars in the general Galactic field (Carraro 2006).…”

Photometric study of five open star clusters

“…As clusters evolve through dynamical effects (internally and by interactions with the Galactic tidal field), a significant fraction of the cluster stars is gradually lost to the field. Mass segregation and evaporation of low-mass members are the main effects of dynamical interactions (de la Fuente Macros 2001; Andersen & Nordström 2000;Patat & Carraro 1995;Carraro 2006). Hence, to understand cluster evolution it is necessary to study the dense central region (the core) as well as the expanded and sparse region (the halo or corona) (Pandey et al 1988;Maciejewski 2009).…”

Complex Stellar System ESO65SC03: Open Cluster or Remnant?

“…Due to the dynamic evolution processes such as stellar encounters, interactions with the Galactic tidal field, etc., a significant fraction of the cluster stars are gradually lost to the field regions. The main effects of dynamical interactions are mass segregation and evaporation of low-mass members (Andersen & Nordström 2000; Patat & Carraro 1995; Carraro 2006). Studying the sparse region (the halo) along with the dense central region (the core) is therefore necessary to understand the evolution of any cluster.…”