Cogitare Enfermagem (Nov 2020)

NURSING PROTOCOLS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE: INSTRUMENT FOR QUALITY OF CARE

  • Márcia Cristina Cid Araújo,
  • Sonia Acioli,
  • Mercedes Neto,
  • Halene Cristina Dias de Armada e Silva,
  • Gláucia Bohusch,
  • Flávia Nascimento da Rocha,
  • Thiago Wendel Gonzaga da Silva

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v25i0.71281
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 0

Abstract

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Objective: to analyze the nursing protocols as a possible instrument for the quality for the nurse’s practice in Primary Health Care. Method: a descriptive and qualitative study, carried out by means of documentary analysis and semi-structured interviews, with 14 nurses from Metropolitan Regions I and II in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Bardin’s thematic content analysis was used for data treatment. Results: the category analyzed in this article was the “place of care”, which addresses the quality of care in nurses’ actions and its importance for the profession. Conclusion: collective and dialogical constructions are motivating factors for the elaboration of local protocols. In addition to being a permanent education strategy, nurses recognized the protocols as tools for decision-making, providing them with technical and ethical support, which greatly contributes to the construction of knowledge and to the development of good nursing practices.

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