Abstract
Objective: To identify the knowledge of nurses in primary health care in a municipality about the indication of special coverage. Method: An exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed with 101 nurses in 109 health units of primary health care through a structured instrument. The data were statistically analyzed with frequency distribution, percentiles, average, median, standard deviation, coefficient of variation, confidence interval, p-value and two-proportion equality test to compare the group that has qualification/improvement in the area with the group do not have. Results: About the indication of the coverage, 79.2% reported that it is intended to control exudate and non-viable tissue, and the indication with the highest percentage of correct answers for use in wounds was the silver hydrofibra coverage and hydrocolloid with silver. Conclusion: Primary care nurses with qualification/ improvement courses do not have enough knowledge to indicate the coverage.
Highlights
Primary health care (PHC) is a set of organizational strategies for care in a regionalized, continuous and systematized way in which preventive, curative, accountability, humanization, equity, individual, social and community participation are integrated[1 ]
This study aimed to identify the knowledge of the nurses of the PHC about the indication of special coverages
The study allowed to analyze the knowledge of the nurses of the PHC units of the city about the indication of special coverings for wound treatment
Summary
Primary health care (PHC) is a set of organizational strategies for care in a regionalized, continuous and systematized way in which preventive, curative, accountability, humanization, equity, individual, social and community participation are integrated[1 ]. In the service network of the Municipal Health Department (MHD) of the municipality surveyed, aiming at the best assistance in PHC, the service started to offer, in 2015, treatment of acute and chronic wounds of different etiologies. The care plan is developed to choose the ideal coverage and follow the evolution of the wound, in order to observe the effectiveness of the treatment. These measures can reduce wound complications such as infections and amputations[4]
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