Childcare in primary health care: problems evidenced by nurses

Abstract

The objective was to highlight the main problems identified by nurses during childcare consultation in primary health care. It is a systematic review of the literature with meta-synthesis, using the PRISMA protocol to identify the search and selection of documents. SciELO and LILACS searches were carried out, presenting 61 documents. After inclusion criteria: articles available for free, published between 2015 and 2020, in Portuguese, English or Spanish and exclusion: did not present the central theme of the research, repetitive, dissertations, theses and abstracts, resulting in a total of 10 articles. The problems identified during childcare followed the same line, highlighting respiratory, nutritional, gastrointestinal and dermatological problems. It was possible to analyze the importance of carrying out childcare by the nursing professional, using practices of surveillance, attention, qualified listening, bonding, establishing trust, perception of vulnerabilities and constant monitoring, so that, then, you can identify needs and problems that affect children.