Adolescent health: the role of the nursing professional in adolescent health care
International Journal of Development Research
Adolescent health: the role of the nursing professional in adolescent health care
Received 19th June, 2019; Received in revised form 22nd July, 2019; Accepted 16th August, 2019; Published online 28th September, 2019
Copyright © 2019, Lílian Natália Ferreira de Lima et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
To point out the main activities performed by nurses through health care programs. An integrative literature review was performed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL), based on studies between 2008 and 2013 that used the descriptors: Adolescence; Primary Health Care; Adolescent Health. Through the analysis of the selected studies, two themes were selected that synthesized the production studied: health care to the adolescent and its biopsychosocial impact; and the role of nurses in adolescent health. In view of all the above, it was observed that nurses are the fundamental professionals for the promotion of adolescent health, in which the importance of their performance in Primary Care is also highlighted, since they perceive themselves as professionals with a more incisive attitude in the areas of education, health promotion and socio-educational activities. It is noted that there is still an approximation of the part of adolescents to seek a professional and report their problems or feel at ease in a health establishment.
