Diagnosis and treatment of syphilis during pregnancy: a challenge for nurses?

• Autor(a) principal: Machado, Isadora
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Silva, Victória Agna Nascimento da, Pereira, Renata Martins da Silva, Guidoreni, Cristiane Gorgati, Gomes, Mariane de Paula
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/6299
• topic: Syphilis; Women´s health; First care; Pre-natal tests; Sífilis; Saúde da mulher; Atenção básica; Pré-natal; Sífilis

Identification of difficulties or facilities that nurses have to copy with in the treatment of syphilis in pregnant women and their partners. Current exploratory, descriptive and qualitative research involved 29 nurses from Basic Health Units who answered a questionnaire. Most (86%) nurses applied the fast test and called partners of the pregnant women for tests; 62% answered they applied benzamine penicillin at the health unit; applying the fast test at the health unit and return agility of exam result were reported as main benefits; difficulties consisted of adhesion of partner and the lack of compromise by the pregnant female to follow the treatment. Aim was reached but several items in the treatment of syphilis should be upgraded, especially the prescription of penicillin and its use in a health unit and the acceptance of the couple for the control of syphilis in pregnancy.