Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem (Apr 2004)

REFLECTIONS ABOUT NURSES WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH

  • Virgínia Visconde Brasil,
  • Maria Márcia Bachion,
  • Maria Alves Barbosa,
  • Marcelo Medeiros,
  • Marinésia Aparecida do Prado

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 06, no. 01
pp. 09 – 15

Abstract

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This research is a part of CIPESC (Classification of Nursing Practice in Public Health) project, withnational coordination by ABEn (Brazilian Nursing Association) witch purpose was to elaborate an inventory ofactivities developed by Public Health Nurses. It sough to analyze the contribution of the nurses in public health inthe South Sanitary District in the city of Goiânia (GO – Brazil), and to identify the meaning of nurses workcontribution at Public Health Services, by users and managers. The study was developed by a descriptiveanalyticalinvestigation in a qualitative approach. The subjects were managers and users of the Public HealthSystem. Data was collected by individual semi-structured interview directed to the managers and controlling andthe Technique of Focal Group. The results had been grouped in three categories: "Performance of theprofessional", "Education Perspective of Nurses Work”, and "Health-care attendance". As conclusion was foundthat the nurses give great contribution in the implantation and maintenance of the health politics; that it has concernwith the professional formation, that many times is responsible for the incompatibility between the service and theexpected potential; it is stand out performance of the nurse as health education professional in the insertedactivities in the public health, being intense its contact with the community.

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