Atuação da enfermagem no Programa saúde na Escola: desafios, limites e possibilidades

Abstract

The family health strategy based on intersectoral actions with education works in partnership with schools for the development of health actions through the School Health Program, aiming to contribute to the integral formation of students of the public basic education network by prevention actions, promotion and health care (BRASIL, 2009). In this context, nursing plays a strategic role as a health promoter, causing the care provided to surpass the walls of the health units. The objective of this study is to analyze the nurse 's performance in the school context, based on the development of the School Health Program. This is a descriptive exploratory qualitative study. It was performed with nurses of the family health strategy in the interior county of Alagoas. The data were collected through a semi-structured interview and the thematic analysis was used. In the study presented, we can see three categories: Nursing in the School: challenges in the context of the PSE, the Health in School Program: shared work? And the nurse's role in the PSE: What is not yet, but can be. The first one showing all the mishaps faced for the execution of the actions in school environment. The second one shows the lack of partnership of the school in this process and the discontinuity of care, in the face of inefficiency of the NASF and put an end to bringing a positive vision of how it could be this nursing action in school, with school being such an important environment in attention the child and the adolescent in primary care. From the results of this study, it was evidenced that nurses face different obstacles in the development of actions in the school setting in the context of the PSF, but they envisage a better performance in view of the importance of nursing performance in the school environment, aiming at the improvement in primary care health of the population.