title: [Reflections on the child being and on the nursing care in AIDS context].
abstract: This article is the result of reflections on the study carried out for the completion of the Nursing School at the Federal University of Santa Maria-RS, Brazil. It relates to the Nursing Care on Health Education to the child being that lives with the HIV/AIDS and was developed at the Pediatric Infectious Disease Service of Santa Maria University Hospital-RS, Brazil. Trying to find subsidies in order to make a reflection on the child-being, one resorted to the Humanistic Nursing Theory by Paterson and Zderad that enlightened the followed way, and provided a reflection on the Nursing knowledge, its purpose and its direction in the care science.
authors.affiliation: Enfermeira, Mestranda do Curso de Mestrado em Enfermagem, Escola de Enfermagem, UFRGS-RS, bolsista CAPES/DF. cris_depaula1@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Cristiane Cardoso de
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Paula
authors.forename: Stela Maris de Mello
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Padoin
authors.forename: Eliane Tatsch Neves
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Vernier
authors.forename: Maria da Graça Corso da
authors.initials: Mda G
authors.lastname: Motta
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D002654:Child Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012737:Sex Factors