Nurses' performance in health promotion in the school context

Abstract

Objective: To record the experience of nursing students in promoting health education in a school environment for adolescents conducted through nursing consultations in an Educational Center in the Federal District. Experience report: The consultations took place from May 02 to 16, 2022 with adolescents between 15 and 18 years old, directed by 6 students from the Nursing Course of a University Center in the Federal District. A care form was used to carry out nursing consultations addressing the main demands of adolescents such as family support, food, hygiene, sexual health, and use of psychoactive substances. Final considerations: At the end of the consultations, it was noticed that the Health at School Program (PSE) is an essential resource to help achieve the goal of reducing the prevalence of child and adolescent diseases and increasing the population rates addressed and involved in training strategies habits and healthy postures, and that the presence of nursing students under supervision and with a qualified approach to the student population in the school setting, provides practices for health education favoring the construction of precise routines to promote the health of adolescents.