Nursing competence in the Primary Care: a focus on the humanization of the work process

DOI: 10.15343/0104-7809.2012363427432

Abstract

The possibility of establishing skills to nursing practice in primary care is an important resource to support the formation of
professionals. The National Policy of Humanization reaffirms the need to ensure comprehensive care to the population and
enhance the health condition as a right of citizenship ascribed to people. The aim of this paper is to discuss the skills that
are being taught in an undergraduate nursing course, pointing to those that support the practice of humanized health care.
This is a qualitative research, whose methodological option was to use the Delphi Technique, with faculty and students at
the School of Nursing of University of São Paulo for consideration of the list of skills built by Witt. The results showed that
there is a consensus on the fact that the powers relating to the provision of assistance based on ethics, commitment and
accountability to the citizens’ health and the services and expertise aimed at identifying problems and health needs are the
most developed in this undergraduate Nursing course. We conclude that there is the purpose of making nursing training to
look for strengthening of Primary Care and humanization of care.