Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

Objective: To compare the effectiveness of aromatherapy with lavender essential oil (EO) versus an EO synergy on psycho-emotional symptoms and fatigue of nursing professionals in the COVID-19 setting. Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental pilot study conducted in 2020. The professionals were randomized in Group 1 — lavender, and in Group 2 — lavender and other EOs synergy. The instruments were validated in Brazil, namely the Self-Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the Fatigue Pictogram, which were applied at three moments: before the intervention, after 21 days of intervention, and three weeks after the end of the intervention follow-up. The data were evaluated using Pearson’s x2 test or Fisher’s exact test (dichotomous variables) and Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney test (continuous variables). Results: A total of 18 professionals participated, and both groups presented improved SRQ-20 scores (p < 0.010), which was maintained in the follow-up for Group 1 compared to the pre-intervention moment (p = 0.033). There was a significant decrease in fatigue in professionals in both groups (p = 0.010), but no difference was observed in the improvement of the impact of fatigue on daily life. Conclusions: There was a reduction in psycho-emotional symptoms and fatigue in nursing professionals who used aromatherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic in both groups.

Objective: To understand the meaning of worker safety in healthcare during a pandemic from the perspective of nurses, based on interventions related to continuing education in health. Materials and method: This action-research study is based on the constructivist paradigm. The study was conducted between August 2020 and April 2021 through open individual interviews, mediated by guiding questions without prior validation. The interviews were conducted with 19 nurse managers of inpatient units who had previously participated in a schedule of continuing education interventions in a university hospital in the South region of Brazil. Research data were analyzed based on Minayo’s thematic content analysis. Results: The research data resulted in two thematic categories: “Reframing knowledge and professional practices” and “From banalization to resumption of preventive care.” The categories indicate that, in addition to specific and normative educational processes, it is necessary to promote self-reflection and individual and collective self-examination. Conclusions: From the understanding of nurses, the pandemic period aroused greater reflection and self- examination among nursing/health professionals, especially concerning preventive health care, which is addressed as secondary.

Objective: To analyze the concept of “Obstetric violence” in the Nursing context based on identifying its antecedents, attributes, and consequences. Materials and method: It is a conceptual analysis that follows the method proposed by the Walker and Avant model, which consists of eight stages. Six stages were used to contemplate the study objective, namely: selection of the concept; delimitation of the analysis objectives; identification of different uses of the concept in the literature; determination of the essential attributes; identification of the concept’s antecedents and consequents, and definition of the concept’s empirical references. Results: The sample was comprised of 22 studies. A total of 31 antecedents were evidenced: 24 attributes for physical violence; 35 for psychological/emotional violence; 6 for institutional and sexual violence, and 5 for structural violence. Regarding the consequences, 39 elements were found. Conclusions: The study contributes to Nursing science, research, and clinical practice, providing scientific support with a deep discussion of the phenomenon and presenting the antecedents, attributes, and consequences of obstetric violence in detail. It enables Nursing professionals to recognize the empirical indicators of the concept; thus, it is likely that they will have more knowledge that will lead them to more precise Nursing care, in addition to subsidies to prevent obstetric violence.

Objectives: To map and examine the scientific evidence concerning the effects of cancer treatment on the comfort of children and adolescents with cancer. Materials and Methods: This scoping review was carried out in the following electronic information resources: BVS, PubMed, Cinahl, SciVerse Scopus, Lilacs, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Two independent reviewers analyzed the studies’ relevance. Results: The search yielded 4,295 publications, of which 20 comprised the final sample. Following evidence mapping, the effects (20; 100 %) on comfort were found, and the most prevalent were pain (12; 60 %), fear (9; 45 %), nausea (5; 25 %), difficulty eating (4; 20 %), and distress (4; 20 %). Regarding the oncologic treatment modality, antineoplastic therapy prevailed in 11 (55 %) of the selected articles. Conclusions: Cancer treatment affects the comfort of children and adolescents with cancer, causing suffering and changing their well-being. It indicates the need to evaluate its impact and take nursing care measures to reduce complications and improve these patients’ adaptation to treatment.

The article reflects on the importance of leadership and empowerment in Latin American nursing as a collective body responsible for participating in and making public health and health worker policies. For this, it spotlights the contribution that nursing, as a discipline based on research and theory, makes to knowledge, which relies upon the evidence of care in the health-disease process of individuals, families, and groups. It also posits the region’s nurse shortage issue, the unequal recognition of nursing as a human care profession, and the need for action and prominence to face the challenge of redefining it.

Palliative care is becoming increasingly relevant in health systems to meet the need for care for patients facing problems associated with life-threatening diseases, their families and people of all ages with severe health-related suffering, especially those near the end of life. Looking inward makes us reflect on palliative care and nursing, the misalignment between specific nursing education and graduate training, and the need to define skills that directly affect care and highlight the training, management, and research demands in caring for these patients and their families.

Els grans eixos de circulació que travessen l'Amazònia brasilera van patir, en les darreres dues dècades, transformacions importants, com a resultat de l'acció de l'Estat brasiler i de les empreses que actuen en aquests corredors d'exportació de grans. Aquestes transformacions, vinculades a un conjunt de sistemes d'enginyeria, inclouen tant l'ampliació d'eixos vials que connecten ciutats, regions productores de grans, assentaments i llogarets, com a inversions en estructures portuàries (ports granelers fixos i flotants) als punts d'intersecció entre les carreteres i els rius amazònics, augmentant la fluïdesa territorial. En aquesta nova dinàmica de circulació, que involucra fluxos i fixos en la seva majoria de gran port, aquest text té com a objectiu analitzar les diverses etapes de la implantació d'aquesta logística, així com els conflictes i impactes socioambientals al riu Tapajós, sud de l'estat de Pará.

En vista de l'expansió dels programes de telepeatge a les carreteres de l'estat de São Paulo (Brasil), busquem analitzar l'exercici de les cinc principals empreses d'aquest sector -Sem Parar, ConectCar, Veloe i Taggy-, juntament amb els principals agents financers, de caràcter nacional i internacional, presents a les seves respectives estructures accionarials. Considerant que l'objecte d'estudi de la geografia és l'espai geogràfic, sinònim de territori utilitzat, dirigim la nostra anàlisi als processos de popularització d'aquest mètode de pagament automàtic i electrònic, que només necessita un TAG present al parabrisa dels vehicles. A partir dels resultats, s'observa un dinamisme a l'àmbit financer, alhora que apareixen noves formes de circulació de diners pel territori. Els agents financers estudiats en aquesta investigació estan interessats en l'evolució i la massificació de formes innovadores de pagament i la tendència és que les disputes en aquest sector siguin cada vegada més intenses, amb èmfasi en els bancs digitals. No obstant això, aquestes noves formes de circulació financera requereixen un territori cada cop més informatitzat i dens materialment.

Les característiques naturals i socials distintes i individuals que prevalen en una àrea determinada poden influir en el desencadenament del procés de desertificació. Es creu que alguns d'aquests elements tenen més correlacions amb la gènesi del procés, com ara el clima, el relleu i l'acció antròpica, i d'altres amb els efectes d'aquest procés, com ara la vegetació, el sòl i els cossos d'aigua. Aquest article especifica la discussió sobre els factors de gènesi, buscant demostrar com el relleu i el clima, es configuren com a importants factors de la desertificació al nucli d'Inhamuns, Ceará, Brasil. S'usa en la comprensió del relleu de les diferents orografies, i del clima, les dades meteorològiques i les dades de precipitacions centenàries. L'àrea d'estudi es va delimitar per tal de fer comparacions, entre àrees desertificades i no desertificades, sobre els efectes orogràfics. S'observa amb les anàlisis que el procés de desertificació a l'àrea d'estudi pot ser desencadenat per la influència de la interacció, el relleu i el clima.

L'article investiga la font ideològica i discursiva dels moviments socials de dreta que van liderar les manifestacions a diferents ciutats del Brasil el 2015. El punt de partida és el reconeixement de l'acció social i l'ús de les xarxes socials com a espai per a la vida política i social. L'objectiu és identificar els actors que s'articulen i es mobilitzen sota un discurs comú, buscant revelar les principals fonts discursives en un període comprès entre el 2015 i el 2018. Des d'un punt de vista metodològic, l'anàlisi de les xarxes socials a Facebook permet identificar les xarxes d'actors que tenen una afinitat ideològica i discursiva, i destaquen els més populars i influents. La investigació revela que els moviments de dreta brasilera, vinculats sobretot al Moviment Brasil Lliure, actuen com a productors simbòlics de xarxes internacionals liberals i conservadores.