Hospitalized school children: proposition of a data collection instrument in light of Horta's theory.
Objetivo
To build a data collection tool for hospitalized schoolchildren in light of the Theory of Basic Human Needs.


Method
Methodological research developed in a a Teaching Hospital in João Pessoa, with the participation of eight teachers and assistant nurses, from July 2014 to March 2015. Statistical analysis was used to validate the empirical indicators.


Resultados
The indicators were identified from the instrument analysis validated for children, considering the International Nursing Minimum Data Set, which resulted in version 1 of the instrument with 301 indicators. The instrument validation resulted in 288 indicators, which were later revalidated and formatted once the instrument's final version was reached.


Conclusion
The instrument has contributed to data collection in teaching hospitals and has guided the other phases of the nursing process, considering the specific needs of these children, collaborating with the nursing care, education and research.
Conjunto Internacional de Dados Mínimos de Enfermagem: estudo comparativo com instrumentos de uma clínica pediátrica
Estudio descriptivo y comparativo, desarrollado a partir de dos historicos utilizados para la implementacion de la Sistematizacion de la Asistencia de Enfermeria en una Clinica Pediatrica de un hospital escuela. Objetivo-se comparar el Conjunto Internacional de Datos Minimos de Enfermeria (i-NMDS) con los datos de los historicos de enfermeria utilizados en una Clinica Pediatrica para aplicacion del Proceso de Enfermeria en el area de Salud del Nino y del Adolescente. De los deseaseis items evaluados pertenecientes a la propuesta del i-NMDS, el instrumento para adolescentes hospitalizados contemplo 12 (75%) y el instrumento para ninos de 0 a 5 anos contemplo 7 (43,75%). Concluyese que los historicos de enfermeria analizados no incluyeron en su totalidad los datos del i-NMDS. Se sugiere que debe haber una mejora en el desarrollo de los historicos, con la utilizacion del lenguaje estandarizado de enfermeria para la planificacion de la asistencia, la documentacion de las actividades, y para identificar y medir los resultados de la practica.
Randi Weingarten, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Challenges of Policy Leadership in a Hostile Environment
Randi Weingarten is the president of the most vocal and influential teachers’ union, the American Federation of Teachers. Since rising through the ranks to AFT president in just two years, Weingarten is now a major, if not the most prominent, nongovernmental player in national education policy. She has earned deep respect from many educational policy actors. Likewise, Weingarten elicits withering criticism from others. This fascinating profile explains why, in such a brief period, she has proved to be a fierce, fearless, and effective leader under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Her experience offers invaluable lessons applicable for others working in similarly intense policy arenas.