title: [Performing an arterial or venous puncture: its meaning for the Pediatric ICU Nursing team].
abstract: A preliminary note of a qualitative research using Symbolic Interactionism as theoretical framework and Ground Theory as methodological framework, carried out with nurses, technicians and nursing assistants of a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The study aimed at understanding the meaning that performing an arterial or venous puncture in children hospitalized at PICU for the nursing team. Preliminary data analysis revealed that the puncture is seen by the PICU nursing team as an important procedure--stressful for the child, family and team--but if performed promptly, such procedure can be good for the personal and professional ego.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduaçã em Enfermagem da Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brasil. dina.correia@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Herondina Analia de Oliveira
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Correia
authors.forename: Circéa Amalia
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Regina Issuzu Hirooka
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: de Borba
mesh_terms: D001158:Arteries; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000451:nursing*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D014680:Veins