Abstract

CAMARGO B., ITZA LEILIANA  and  VIRGINIA CARO, CLARA. The autonomous role of nursing during medical visits. av.enferm. [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.1, pp.143-150. ISSN 0121-4500.

This article refers to the nursing autonomy in primary assistance patient services. It originated from the questions posed by nurses on the autonomy in the development of their role within the framework of the health primary assistance strategy (APS for its initials in Spanish). In addition to the literature review on the issue, it contains some guidelines to make an approach to the nurses' autonomy through the APS. It is geared at all the nursing professionals who share the hope to, one day, be able to make their own decisions, taking into account that the lack of definition of their functions has an important repercussion for the nursing profession and for society. For the profession because it makes consolidation of professional identity more difficult, an identity that is much needed and promoted nowadays, and for society because it is reflected in the quality of the assistance provided and in the image people have of nursing.

Keywords : professional autonomy; primary health care; nursing care.

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