Compreensão dos enfermeiros da atenção básica na cidade de Cajazeiras-PB acerca da infecção pelo vírus Zika na gestação.

Abstract

The Zika virus is an exanthematic disease, which had a great impact in Brazil, mainly in Northeast. Becoming a serious problem of public health because exist an association with the increased incidence of microcephaly in newborns to mothers infected by the virus, as well as others neurological and development problems in children. It is aimed to investigate the comprehension of the nurses of basic attention in the city of Cajazeiras-PB about the zika virus in the pregnancy. This is a field study in the model descriptive, exploratory with a qualitative approach, which was performed with 21 nurses of Family Health Strategy in the municipality of Cajazeiras- PB. It was used for the data collection a semi-structured interview, the data were analyzed through the analysis of content proposed by Bardin. The nurses majority interviewed was female, aged between 20-39 years, in relation to the operation time in the Basic Attention the average was in media six to ten years. The results of this study point that the nurses comprehension about zika virus consists of be a little-known infection because is a disease with recent studies emphasizing the lack of knowledge about the virus, in addition also of cerebral impairment in newborn, one of the main consequences of the virus; also according to the actions that the nurse would develop on suspicion or confirmation of the virus infection in pregnant the referral to prenatal of high risk and the realization of imaging examinations being essential to the care of pregnant, proving the need of realization prenatal consultations in the diagnosis clarification. It was evident that the majority of women in the community expressed bad feelings about the pregnancy, because the virus brings several consequences both to mother and to the fetus, and it was highlighted the importance and need of health education actions in the community with the purpose to disseminate informations about the control and prevention of zika virus infection in the whole community and pregnant women. It is concluded that the nurses comprehension about the zika virus infection in the gestation is still incipient considering that is a new event and that is still being researched, in which is necessary understand the importance of health education related to the zika virus in the pregnancy, because it is that way that the professional can comprehend and attend the demand of his population.