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Advisory teams on the streets: A nurse's experience report
Tatiana Ferraz de Araújo Alecrim1, Pedro Fredemir Palha2, Jaqueline Garcia de Almeida Ballestero2
1Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, São Carlos, SP, Brazil.
Objective:
To report a nurse's work experience with the street medical consultation teams in the city of São Paulo/SP Brazil.
Method:
Descriptive, experience report study, which describes the care for homeless people, from a nurse's perspective and experience.
Results:
Among the attributions of the nurses working with the street medical consultation teams, there are the accurate knowledge of the territory, the ability to build bonds, the performance of diagnoses of health and epidemiological conditions, the planning of the team's actions, the establishment of integration flows with the Health Care Network, the knowledge and understanding about the people ending up on the streets, the supervision of the actions of nursing assistants and community health agents.
Conclusion:
Acting as a nurse on the street medical consultation team is a new and challenging experience that requires dynamic, strategic, creative, and empathic actions. The presence of nurses in the Street Medical Consultation teams contributes to ensuring access to health services and comprehensive care, expanding the possibilities of early detection, treatment, monitoring, and healing of chronic and infectious diseases.
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