The aging of the world population is an important milestone in the life expectancy of people at all levels of development in the countries, and the population has been evolving into the third age due to the reduction of ...

Hospital infections (IH) currently have aroused great interest in the scientific world and its control has been a challenge for healthcare professionals in both the public and private sector. Their occurrence ...

The services offered in the identification of STDs in health facilities are limited, because there are few nurses who use the syndromic approach during consultations for identification and ...

The varieties in the profile of competencies of nursing professionals required, among others that work in health organizations, aims to meet the health needs, influencing so that they seek to act, mobilize, demand ...

It is known that nursing has many functions within the hospital scope and they are directed towards the direct assistance to the patient, in front of that, it is known as a class very exposed to occupational risks, either ...

Hospital infections are the infectious evolutions that occur in the hospital, and they are generally possible to prevent. To the transmission of infectious agents occurs mainly by health ...

In Brazil, with the occurrence of the demographic transition, the number of people reaching the third age has increased significantly, and in parallel with this process there is a gradual increase of mood disorders in this ...

In Brazil there are 45.6 million people with some form of disability. Among this population, there is a majority of females are 25.8 million Brazilian living with a disability. A number of women that although high, live ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) it is set of metabolic diseases related to changes in the production or action of insulin and it´s characteristic the elevation of the level of glucose in the bloodstream.. This disease mainly affects ...

Drug use has increased in the world causing more damage to the user and society. As social order problem, it is needed interventions that prevent the early use and addiction as the frequent use of these substances causes ...