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The evaluation of nursing education, from the point of view of the graduates, is essential subsidy to quality improvement in education. In this context, the National Nursing Curricular Guidelines are a tool for the practice in SUS and improvement of health services. The study analyzed the training of the nursing egress from a private HEI in Pará to work in the Unified Health System (SUS). This is a cross-sectional observational research and a quantitative, descriptive and analytical approach.

The overall objective of this study was to elaborate an instrument with the elements that need to be considered in the daily routine of a hospital radiodiagnosis service. Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive research was performed. The data were collected through non-participant observation of the daily life of 13 workers who work in the radiodiagnosis service of a public hospital in the south of the country. The content analysis technique was used to analyze the data.

Materials and Methods: Integrative literature review aiming to review in the literature the evaluation of Primary Health Care attributes with the use of the Primary Care Assessment Tool (PCA Tool) child version. The terms used were "primary care assessment tool" and "PCA Tool". The search occurred in the Lilacs, Pubmed, Scopus and Web of Science databases. Results: The corpus of analysis consisted of 28 studies. It was observed that Brazil leads the evaluation research in APS using the PCA Tool child version.

Objective: The objective of this research is to evaluate the impact on the quality of life of patients with oral mucositis induced by radiotherapy and / or chemotherapy treated with laser therapy. Materials and methods: This is a prospective longitudinal analytic study approved by the Ethics Committee on Research numbered 1544272. Sixty-nine patients were evaluated through quality of life questionnaires from the University of Washington and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer applied after laser therapy in patients with oral mucositis.

Pharmacotherapy is a traditional healing paradigm based mainly on herbs, with numerous pharmacopeia being compiled over the centuries. It was the dominant therapeutic option until superseded by modern chemical-based conventional drug therapy. As it is now experiencing a revival for reasons, such as better patient tolerance, more information is required on the mode of action and clinical efficacy of herbal remedies.

The graduation in Higher Education in the field of health presents a pedagogical model with a view to directing the professionals for the specialization of the precocius form contemplanting in its formation a biologist model. In this context,the interdisciplinarity presents the possibility of enhancing knowledge and contemplating not only the scientific knowledge and technological advances, but also the wide range of possibilities in which the health area needs. In this sense, the objective of the study was to understand the students' perception of interdisciplinarity as a teaching method.

The aim: The study of changes in the functional state of the central nervous system, the stability of the function of attention occurring in the dynamics of the working day. Material and methods: Correction tables were used, chronoreflexometry was performed. A widely used technique for studying the conditioned-motor reaction of Ivanov-Smolensky with preliminary verbal instruction was used. The attention function was studied by using proof samples. Used tables with settled text, according to Whipple's formula, actual performance was calculated.

Objective: To compare the clinical findings using the Fonseca and Helkimo indices with panoramic radiographic findings in patients with and without a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis. Materials and methods: The research was approved by the ethics committee in research with the number 2.234.767, composed of 30 patients. The patients were divided into three groups, two of which were: rheumatoid arthritis patients using biological drugs (n = 9) or synthetic drugs (n = 13) and control group (n = 8).

The Family Health Strategy Program directs a weight of responsibility on the shoulders of those who have become the mainspring in the public health promotion process, which is the nursing professional being the responsibility of the Ministry of Health. This study aims to outline the socioeconomic profile of primary care nurses.

To investigate the presence of temporomandibular joint dysfunction in patients with and without a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, by analyzing the relationship between the variables by means of the Craniomandibular index, questionnaire of the American association of orofacial pain and questionnaire and index of functional limitation of the mandible. Materials and methods: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee in research, numbered 2.234.767, composed of 91 patients, divided into three groups.