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Published on: August 16, 2021
[Nursing performance in the policy transfer of directly observed treatment of tuberculosis]
Káren Mendes Jorge de Souza1, Lenilde Duarte de Sá2, Laís Mara Caetano da Silva1
1School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
Analyzing the policy transfer of directly observed treatment of tuberculosis from the perspective of nursing.
Method:
This is a descriptive study with qualitative approach, which had 10 nurses of the Family Health Strategy in São Paulo as subjects. The interviews were carried out between May and June 2013, and were adopted the technique of thematic content analysis and the referential of policy transfer.
Results:
On the signification of this treatment, are related the senses of disciplinary monitoring, the bond and approximation to the context of patients' lives. Operationally, nurses, community health agents and nursing technicians stand out as agents of implementation of this policy, developing multiple actions of user embracement. The nurse is evidenced as an educator in health, leader in the family health team, and capable of creating emotional bond with users.
Conclusion:
It was found that the innovations proposed in the treatment are incipient in the daily work of nurses.
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