Dificuldades encontradas pelos enfermeiros para a realização da consulta de puericultura.

Abstract

Concern about the health of the child arises since the dawn of mankind , when the figure of the parents had total control over the children , which in turn allowed them to kill , sell, expose newborns , or cause such acts as : abortion and infanticide . In the mid- seventeenth century began the first attempts to protect the rights of the child , and then comes the term - Childcare primarily focused on aspects of prevention and health promotion , acts to keep the child healthy growth to ensure their full and development ( Almeida , 2005) . However , only in the early twentieth century came the first public health policies in Brazil , which currently have in your primary care subsidy program in Family Health , recognized as the Family Health Strategy . In this context , within the programs prioritized by the ESF , there is the Childcare aimed at children 0-5 years old, and the nurse has the primary responsibility for implementation of actions to assist the health of the child . With this study aims to identify the main difficulties reported by nurses to perform the Childcare Strategy in Family Health in a city of Paraiba backwoods . Methodologically , the study addresses is an exploratory - descriptive research type , and field with quantitative and qualitative approach . Being carried out with 15 nurses from the ESF in the municipality of Sousa - PB . We used a semi- structured questionnaire applied during the month of August 2013. Quantitative data were presented in tables and discussed in the light of the literature on thematic and qualitative data were used content analysis . It is noteworthy that the research was based on the rules of the National Health Council ( CNS ) , by Resolution No. 196, dated October 10, 1996 . It is considered as relevant for the research topic is very important to children's health and at the same time for the entire health team Family Health Unit , as well as contribute to greater appreciation of the query childcare performed by nurses . It was noted that nurses like and perform Childcare , though not in the way advocated by the Ministry of Health , because there are still many challenges that need to be overcome in this activity , and that the effective action of the nurse contributes to a better promotion and prevention disease with regard to the child's health care.