Knowledge and practice of nurses about the cancer of penis

Abstract

Objective: Describing and analyzing the knowledge and practice of nurses in family health strategy about penile cancer. Method: A qualitative, exploratory, and field research of descriptive character performed in basic health units in the eastern regional of Teresina-PI, in the months of August and September 2013. The subjects were 10 nurses. They answered a semi-structured and analyzed questionnaire from grouping of statements into thematic categories. Results: The research explains the lack of knowledge about penile cancer by the part of nurses in primary care, presenting fragmented practice, decontextualized from the needs of man as a holistic being. Conclusion: The Family Health Strategy sets a scenario of knowledge about penile cancer replete with gaps, which requires reflections that can contribute to a construction of an integral and integrated attention to man's health.