Nurse's clinical work: beyond chronic diseases

Abstract

Objective: analyze one case of nurse's clinical care at the primary health care (PHC) level. Method: qualitative approach that shows a research cutout on nurse's clinical practice at PHC. Three nurses from Family Health teams participated in the matrix support stage. They thought through cases where they provided care, selected and narrated during support meetings, highlighting what has mobilized them, which were their concerns, what they thought at the time of service, and what they think at the time of case report. Result: we analyze the case of a woman with chronic illnesses in mental health, hypertension, diabetes, and obesity that emerge throughout her life. The nurse takes an attentive and respectful listening position, seeking to develop autonomy through user's awareness of her own situation. Conclusion: it is concluded that the nurse has powerful tools for longitudinal monitoring that go far beyond the disease.