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- Title
Historical and social construction of the practices of auxiliary nurses and nurse technicians in Primary Care.
- Authors
de Souza Monezi, Nathalia; Véo Nery de Jesus, Mariana; de Oliveira, Luciana; Silva, Eliete Maria; de Gouveia Vilela, Maria Filomena; de Souza Santos, Debora; Marques, Dalvani
- Abstract
Objectives: to analyze the practices of nursing auxiliaries and technicians in the context of Primary Health Care in a city in the interior of the state of São Paulo. Methods: transversal, quantitative study, realized with 104 nursing auxiliaries and 46 nursing technicians acting in the Primary Attention. The data, collected using structured questionnaires, are presented by descriptive statistics, and analyzed based on the essential elements of First Contact and Longitudinality. Results: the professionals were, majority, women, married, with children, low political and collective participation. We identified thirteen activities related to the First Contact: and ten on Longitudinality. Conclusions: the insertion and capillarization of auxiliary and nursing technicians' practices show these professionals as the main ones responsible for the first contact in this context, highlighting their relevance in the longitudinality of care and the work composition of health teams, contributing to the consolidation of the Unified Health System (SUS).
- Subjects
BRAZIL; OCCUPATIONAL roles; QUANTITATIVE research; NURSING practice; PRIMARY health care; HOSPITAL nursing staff; NURSES; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021, Vol 74, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167-2020-1012