Violence against women in the practice of nurses of primary health care

Silva, Viviane Graciele da; Ribeiro, Patrícia Mônica

Violence against women in the practice of nurses of primary health care^a a Extracted from a Master’s dissertation entitled “It’s no use asking for forgiveness, it’s no use! He’ll keep beating! Because it’s his nature. If he beats once, he’ll beat more. Until he kills! Experience of nurses in violence against women”, defended by Viviane Graciele da Siva, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Patrícia Mônica Ribeiro. Post-graduate program in nursing. Federal University of Alfenas, in the year of 2020.

ABSTRACT

Objective

Understand how nurses who work in Primary Health Care identify violence against women and describe the nursing care provided to these women.

Method

Descriptive study with a qualitative approach, conducted from August 2018 to February 2019 with ten nurses who work in Primary Health Care. Data were collected through semi-structured interview and analyzed by thematic content analysis.

Results

The narratives revealed how collaborators perceive violence against women and the meanings attributed by them. Three categories emerged: Perception of nurses about violence against women; Nursing care for women who suffer violence and; Training for the recognition of violence by the woman herself and by the nurse.

Conclusions and implications for practice

Nursing care for women in situations of violence is still difficult to approach in the context of Primary Health Care, which is aggravated by the difficulty of women to reveal their own violence and also to the professionals who perceive their inability to recognize situations involving violence.

Keywords:
Primary Health Care; Nursing Care; Violence against women; Delivery of Health Care