Nursing planning in front of covid-19 in a family health strategy: experience report

Abstract

Objective: To delineate an experience of organizational planning in nursing with his team from the Family Health Strategy VII, facing the pandemic of COVID-19. Method: Descriptive study of an experience report, which portrays the organizational strategies built for care in the Family Health Units, which make up the referred Strategy, located in the rural area of the municipality of Igreja Nova, AL, Brazil. Results: Three strategies for dealing with suspected cases of the new Coronavirus were elaborated, in the following axes: "Community orientation on the problem with awareness for prevention and health promotion actions", "Permanent Health Education in the FHS team" and "Organization the supply of health services provided by the USF in the face of the pandemic ". However, efforts were made to maintain attendance to special programs, already developed in these health units, to avoid damage to the community. Conclusion: The strategies implemented were indispensable, due to the role that Primary Health Care plays within the Unified Health System, because it instrumentalized the professionals to provide care, defined roles and aligned the discourse of the health protagonists to the guidelines with the community.