MANAGEMENT OF SKIN LESIONS NURSING CARE IN THE RURAL CONTEXT: PERCEPTIONS OF NURSES

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Gímerson Erick
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: Severo, Patrícia Conferi, Richter, Samanta Andresa, Santos, Edemilson Pichek dos, Santos, Vilma Constância Fioravante dos, Duarte, Êrica Rosalba Mallmann
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Atenção à Saúde
• Texto Completo: http://seer.uscs.edu.br/index.php/revista_ciencias_saude/article/view/4832
• topic: Pele; saúde da população rural; atenção primária à saúde; gerenciamento da prática profissional; enfermagem; Skin; rural health; primary health care; professional practice management; nursing

Introduction: The primary health care (PHC), organizing axis and main access of users to the health system, plays an important role in the proposition and development of actions aimed at the care of people with skin lesions. The management of care focused on this specificity is one of the nurse’s responsibilities, and in this sense it is necessary for this professional to be attentive to the development and improvement of skills aimed at the management of clinical actions in the care provided so that it is effective. Objective: To know the specificities and configurations for the management of skin lesions nursing care in the rural context. Method: A descriptive-exploratory study of a qualitative nature, carried out with nurses from the PHC of a rural health district, located in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil). The data were collected through semi-structured interviews, whose results were submitted to thematic content analysis. Results: The collected data were systematized in three thematic categories: specificities of skin lesion assistance in the rural context; nurse’s intervention methods in care management; and settings for resource management in the skin damage care. Conclusions: The particularities of skin lesions care in the rural context, depending on the way they are managed, do interfere in the effectiveness of actions undertaken, so it is necessary for the nurse to be attentive to the attachment tightening with patients, and to develop intervention methods able to optimize the resource management practices with a view to integral care.