Knowledge of nurses in primary health care about the indication of special coverage

Cristiano Caveião; Ana Paula Hey; Willian Barbosa Sales; Edson Luís Pereira Tavares; Elisangela de Souza; Marly Marton Bittencourt Gervásio da Silva

Authors

Cristiano Caveião Centro Universitário Autônomo do Brasil (UniBrasil). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2664-7542
Ana Paula Hey Centro Universitário Autônomo do Brasil (UniBrasil) e Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP).
Willian Barbosa Sales Centro Universitário Autônomo do Brasil (UniBrasil). http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-8271
Edson Luís Pereira Tavares Centro Universitário Autônomo do Brasil (UniBrasil).
Elisangela de Souza Centro Universitário Autônomo do Brasil (UniBrasil).
Marly Marton Bittencourt Gervásio da Silva Universidade Positivo (UP).

Keywords:

Nursing, Occlusive healings, Knowledge, Primary health care, Stomatherapy

Abstract

Objective: To identify the knowledge of nurses in primary health care in a municipality about the indication of special coverage. Method: An exploratory, descriptive study with a quantitative approach performed with 101 nurses in 109 health units of primary health care through a structured instrument. The data were statistically analyzed with frequency distribution, percentiles, average, median, standard deviation, coeffi cient of variation, confidence interval, p-value and two-proportion equality test to compare the group that has qualifi cation/improvement in the area with the group do not have. Results: About the indication of the coverage,79.2% reported that it is intended to control exudate and non-viable tissue, and the indication with the highest percentage of correct answers for use in wounds was the silver hydrofi bra coverage and hydrocolloid with silver. Conclusion: Primary care nurses with qualification/improvement courses do not have enough knowledge to indicate the coverage.