Entraves enfrentados por enfermeiros da Atenção Primária para a implementação da Vigilância do Desenvolvimento Infantil.

Abstract

The Growth and Development processes are important indicators of children's quality of life. Surveillance of child development is a continuous and flexible process that includes activities for the integral monitoring of the child, the promotion of adequate development and the early detection of alterations. Within the scope of Primary Care, the nurse is one of those responsible for carrying out the Child Care consultation and implementing Surveillance. However, even with so many benefits of surveillance, there are still obstacles that hinder an adequate implementation. Objective: Understand the obstacles faced by primary care nurses for the implementation of child development surveillance. Methods: This is an exploratory research, with a qualitative approach, carried out in a municipality in the curimataú of Paraíba, from November 2020 to February 2021. The sample consisted of 08 nurses. As an instrument for data collection, a semi-structured interview script was used. For analysis, the data were treated from the content analysis, in the thematic modality. Results: Barriers to the implementation of surveillance by professionals were evidenced: Devaluation of consultation by mothers, difficulty in accessing children, discontinuity of child care with changes in development, physical disruption, centralization in nursing work, high demand for children and consultation summary anthropometric measurements. Conclusion: Despite being an important instrument for assessing children, surveillance still faces many obstacles for its implementation to occur properly and, in order for them to be resolved, it is necessary to qualify nurses, access caregivers to information and raise awareness among managers, so that they can be resolved. provide favorable working conditions and the promotion of comprehensive and quality care for children. Thus, it is believed that the study contributed to awakening reflections on the importance of adequate implementation of child development surveillance by nurses in primary care.