Educação continuada e permanente em enfermagem: ações, estratégias e desafios na atenção primária à saúde

Abstract

This study is focused on the education of nursing professionals within the Primary Health Care (PHC). It was developed based on theoretical frameworks of Continuing Education, Permanent Education and the Service Education. The objective was to identify actions, strategies and challenges of Continuing Education and Permanent of Professional Nursing auxiliaries and technicians working in Primary Health Care. The method used was the integrative review of literature. To select the population and the sample, of present study, we conducted a search in Virtual Health Library in the data sources SCIELO and LILACS. The sample consisted of ten studies, nine scientific papers and adissertation. The results of this review demonstrate that continuing education taken in the workplace, involving the teams is an essential tool for professional qualification of the APS. All studies of the sample (100%), advocate the development of strategies and actions based on participatory methodology, carried out through training programs, specialization courses, team meetings, lectures, discussions group and distance education programs. We conclude that to implement a professional education in nursing efficiently and effectively it is necessary incentives and institutional support, investment and the implementation of continuing health education as a strategy didactic-pedagogical units in primary health care to train and qualify professionals, as recommended by the health care system.