Potentialities And Challenges Of The Nurse As A Health Educator In Primary Care

Objective: To analyze the choices available in the literature on the role of nurses as health educators in primary care. Materials and methods: This is an integrative review study. The search was conducted in the databases, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS), National Library Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubMed), and the Database of Nursing (BDENF). The following descriptors were used: Primary Attention; Role of the professional nurse; Health education; health promotion. Included in the research are articles written in the last 05 (five) years, original that contemplate the theme, available in full, free and online, in Portuguese, Spanish or English. Excluded theses, dissertations; articles that did not meet the inclusion criteria. The analysis of the findings was performed through Bardin's proposal. Results: Ten articles on the role of the nurse as an educator were found. Three studies talked about the importance of the nurse in the nursing consultation in the FHS, two on the work of the nurse in the FHT marked by the work overload, one on the work process in the FHT, two on the educational actions in the FHT, and two refer - educational health actions in schools. Conclusion: The study demonstrated the lack of knowledge of nurses regarding the importance of actions related to health education. Since educational practices are an important tool for health promotion and prevention, it is fundamental that the nurse empowers these attributions and includes actions directed to health education in their routine work.