Servir (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Servir (Lisbon, Portugal) · May 2008
Review[Learning needs of parents in transition to parenthood: review of the literature].
This article is a review of the literature published in an international context between 1999 and 2008, on the subject of parenthood adaptation. From a query to the database EBSCO and B-ON, using terms related to the subject, there have been studies on motherhood and parenthood in general and in specific groups. After this an identification of abstracts that referred directly to the learning needs in the transition to parenthood was made. ⋯ Evidence demonstrates that people learn when and how they want. There is a lack of studies on the topic and, furthermore, the need of a deeper investigation. The aims of this review article is to formulate new knowledge, to ponder new attitudes and to stimulate the interest in investigation and new findings.
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Servir (Lisbon, Portugal) · Jul 2007
Comparative Study[How to act in mechanical airway obstruction in adults].
The airway obstruction concerns any situation that clogs partially or totally the normal pulmonary ventilation. In this way, it is an absolute emergency which in case of not being solved leads to death in afew minutes. One of the most common airway obstructions is the one that results from an extrinsic cause to the airway--food, blood or vomit. ⋯ Evaluation and control of the airway are carried out through quick and simple procedures. Initially there is no need for any equipment, being just enough the application of manual techniques for control and disobliteration. Interscapular claps, the Heimlich Manoeuvre and the Thoracic Compressions, are manual techniques used in the disobliteration of the respiratory tract due to a solid body.
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Servir (Lisbon, Portugal) · Mar 2004
Biography Historical Article[Psychiatric and mental health nursing. Various contributions to its history in Portugal].