The practical implications of nursing in family health: a look at the immunization room

Abstract

Objective: Describing the actions and practices performed by the nurse, emphasizing him as the technical and managerial responsible for the immunization room in the Family Health Strategy (FHS). Methods: A bibliographic review study where the electronic scientific data BVS, SciELO, and LILACS were used as the research source and selected 19 articles, 8 manuals and ordinances with a timeline from 2003 to 2018. Results: Primary care acts as a gateway, with the objective of reducing damage to the population, thinking the National Immunization Program comes as an expressive action of public health acts within the FHS carrying out vaccination actions to the population, with the purpose of eradicating and eliminating immunopreventable pathologies as determined by national vaccination schedules. The nurse in the FHS has the main function in the management, but also acts as an immunization provider, in the active search, managing the vaccine room team, conducting continuing education, in the care of post-vaccination adverse events, and the temperature control of immunobiologicals, attention to children and families, using therapeutic toys, immunobiological administration, feeding the Information System of the National Immunization Program, as well as care, hygiene and safe vaccination. Conclusion: It is important to reflect the nurses' performance in the vaccine rooms; and their role is fundamental for all activities to effectively developed all stages of immunization.