Relatos vivenciados por enfermeiros na consulta de puericultura na atenção primária à saúde.

Abstract

The reduction of infant mortality has become one of the millennium goals at the level of Brazilian territory due to its importance as an indicator of child health. To achieve this goal were created various public policies and programs child health, usually stated to be executed in in Primary Health Care through of Family Health Strategy – FHS, seeking health promotion, disease prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries. One of the measures taken to reduce this indicator is child care, whose goal is to monitor the growth and development of individuals 0-10 years of age. This measurement should be performed by professionals of Basic Health Units and among them, the nurse. The aim of this study is to know the practices of consultation childcare performed by nurses in primary health care and identify the facilities and difficulties experienced by these professionals in achieving the same. It is a research field with a descriptive exploratory qualitative approach, carried out in the Family Health Units of the urban area of Cajazeiras - PB. The sample consisted of seven nurses. Data collection was performed by applying a semi-structured questionnaire, objective data were analyzed through, while the subjective through simple descriptive statistics the technique of textual analysis. Data analysis reveals that all the study participants are female, most respondents has satisfactory knowledge and claims to have attended a training recently about the consultation childcare, 71, 43% declare develop this consultation at the health unit in which it operates, but was observed that the actions taken in the performance of this practice, usually consist of specific procedures, rather than holistic care. Was found more difficulties than facilities in query execution childcare, most cited the lack of adherence to childcare by parents or guardians. It is concluded that in their daily practice in consultation childcare nurses perform some isolated actions, as well as facilities and experience difficulties in exercising this practice, which needs to be improved in order to promote children a qualified and effective assistance.