Nursing consultation for people with diabetes mellitus: experience with an active methodology.

Silvana De Oliveira Silva,Vanessa Do Nascimento Silveira,Letícia Martins Machado,Laís Mara Caetano Da Silva,Anderson Cecchin De Bastos,Maria Denise Schimith

doi:10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0611

Abstract

to describe our experience with a methodology for teaching nursing consultation in support of people with diabetes mellitus at a Family Health Unit. experience report with four moments-submission of the proposal to the team; theorizing; nursing care for people with diabetes mellitus at home and at the health unit, and evaluation of learning. the pedagogical process favored the integration between service and users, contributed to implement and apply the nursing process and strengthened professional training, based on the epidemiological profile of chronic diseases and its implications for nursing in primary care. the active methodology discussed here allowed for a resignification of knowledge and a qualification of nursing care, demonstrating to be an important instrument for integrating clinical practice and epidemiology in accordance to experienced reality.

Highlights

This paper deals with a teaching experience involving nursing consultation for people with diabetes mellitus (DM), treated at a Family Health Unit (USF)
Partnership between staff and academia: uniting efforts to care and learn The proposal to carry out the educational action involving care for people with DM, in addition to being provisioned in the legal framework of the public health system which provides for the training of SUS human resources—was supported by the USF staff, since they allowed academics and students to enter the routine of their daily work
Contributions to nursing practice in Primary Health Care Based on the assumption that nursing consultation is capable of producing positive effects on DM control and promote improvements in quality of life, this experience involved the active search for people with DM, with visits being made to their residences

Summary

Introduction

This paper deals with a teaching experience involving nursing consultation for people with diabetes mellitus (DM), treated at a Family Health Unit (USF). To describe the experience of employing problem-based learning to teach the practice of nursing consultations in support of people with diabetes mellitus, in the context of a Family Health Unit (USF).

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