Challenges of nursing in the assistance of gestational syphilis in primary health care: integrative review

Abstract

Objective: To identify in the scientific literature the challenges faced by nurses to offer assistance to pregnant women diagnosed with Syphilis in the context of primary health care. Methods: This is an integrative review bibliographic search. Data were collected through the databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS) and Nursing Database (BDENF), with a time frame between 2016 and 2021. Results: In the database LILACS, 85 articles were found, using the crossing of the descriptors "Syphilis", "Nursing" and "Pregnant women". In the database (BDENF), 69 articles were found, being chosen to read in full 22 articles, after reading 8 articles were selected identifying the common challenges that nurses face in nursing care for pregnant women. Final considerations: There are external factors that hinder assistance, such as: the partner's refusal to perform the test and treatment for syphilis. And the interns were the lack of knowledge of the professionals in the management of syphilis and the lack of resources such as: inputs and infrastructure of the places to provide the diagnosis to the users.