As ações do enfermeiro na prevenção e controle do hábito de fumar em mulheres

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate through an integrative literature review points to noteabout the actions of the nurse in prevention and control of smoking in women. Toperform this study was conducted a search in the Virtual Health Library and the site of INCA, the end was obtained a sample of twelve articles, nine of the LILACS database, two and a SCIELO article INCA. All articles met the inclusion criteriadefined in the methodology. Smoking is considered the leading cause of preventable death worldwide. The study took into account the female who has the habit of smoking, aiming at the realization that women feel safer smoking in situations of difficulty or sadness. Another issue is the fact that women go through differentbiological cycles of men, such as pregnancy. Being a professional nurse withtechnical and scientific knowledge are able to act preventively, it was found that this executive is a key part in monitoring of patients and smokers seeking cessationcenters. And it comes to performance in women, the nurse has greater access todifferent approaches to gender.