Atuação do enfermeiro na atenção à saúde da criança na equipe de saúde da família em um município de Minas Gerais

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the work of a nurse to assist children’s health in a family health crew at a town in Minas Gerais.This research evaluates the quality and commitment, based on a semi structured interview.14 nurses participated in the study, them being recently graduated, young professionals and with the experience of six months to three years. They work to assist children’s health and have the function of following the children’s growth and desenvolvement, to demonstrate the analysis of the results, it was divided into three categories:1-The nurse and the child’s health;2-Factors that facilitate the work of a nurse on a child while on the family health crew;3-Factors that obstruct the work of a nurse on a family health crew. In te first category the nurses stated that their actions begin with the child at birth until the age of five, though the first two years the appointments are monthly. Now in the second category the nurses said that the people on the crew facilitate and favor the work done monthly with the children, one of the most commented figure on the crew was the social agent. Another very commented aspect was the guide line of nurses of Minas Gerais, that help and guide the nurses on what they must and mustn’t do. Finally in the last category we may identify the problems, the lack of presence of parents in the appointments with the children, the lack of infrastructure to attend all the patients, the bad commitment of the society with their health and the overwork pushed onto the nurses. So we reach the conclusion that the nurse is not only the binding of the families and a good health but also an executer of the law of children assistance Keyword: Nursing, health promotion, child growth and health crew.