KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF THE SYSTEMATIZATION OF NURSING CARE IN THE FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGY

Abstract

The Systematization of Nursing Care is a scientific instrument which guides and viabilizes the nurse’s work, and is important in the ambit of the Family Health Strategy, implanted so as to institute new health practices. The objectives of this qualitative research with an exploratory character were to identify the nurses’ understanding of the Strategy on Systematization, and understand how they systematize the nursing care in the Strategy; it was undertaken in 2010 with nine nurses from three Family Health Primary care centers in the municipality of Mossoró in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The analysis of the interviews resulted in the categories Nurses’ understanding on the SNC and Development of the SNC in the professional activities carried out in Family Health. It was observed that although the nurses understand the importance of Systematization, due to various obstacles they do not develop it. Means must be used which viabilize scientific, differentiated, dynamic and facilitative care.

Keywords

• Nursing
• Nursing processes
• Family health