Challenges and potentialities of nursing work in street medical offices

Authors

  • Aline Costa Cardoso Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Débora de Souza Santos Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Enfermagem http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-3929
  • Silvana Martins Mishima Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto
  • Danielly Santos Cardoso dos Anjos Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Jorgina Sales Jorge Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia
  • Hiule Perreira de Santana Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Escola de Enfermagem e Farmácia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2323.3045

Keywords:

Street People, Primary Health Care, Professional Practice, Nursing, Vulnerable Populations, Public Health

Abstract

Objective: to analyze elements of the nursing work process in the Street Medical Offices, highlighting the challenges and potentialities of care for homeless people. Method: this is an exploratory research of qualitative nature supported by the perspective of the health work process. The study was conducted through semi-structured interviews with nurses from the teams of the street medical offices at the city of Maceió and data were analyzed according to the content analysis technique, approaching issues related to the object, instruments and purposes of the nursing work process. Results: the identified themes were: Need for health care in the context of social and health vulnerability; Strategic planning and teamwork as tools for organizing the work process; Purposes and products of work: guaranteeing the right to access and care. . Before a work object designed by serious health needs resulting from the social vulnerability of this population, nurses use different instruments in their work process: strategic planning, acting in multiprofessional team and valorization of the light technologies of reception and bonding. Conclusion: apart from the difficulties, the study presents a successful experience that explores the potentiality of sharing relationships of humanized care

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Published

2019-03-22

Issue

Vol. 26 (2018)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Challenges and potentialities of nursing work in street medical offices. (2019). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 26, e3045. https://doi.org/10.1590/1518-8345.2323.3045