The importance of nurses in promoting the health of adolescents in the school environment: experience report

Abstract

Objective: To verify the importance of nurses in promoting students' health in a school environment through an experience report. Experience report: The internship took place with the execution of care through Nursing Consultations between May 17 and June 3, 2022 with adolescents aged 15 to 17 years in an educational center of the public network of the Federal District, using a service form for better guidance to academics that made it possible to assess the health of adolescents through information on eating and hygiene habits, sexual health, family structure and risk factors such as violence and self-extermination and/or self-mutilation attempts. Final considerations: Throughout the internship period and based on the literature, it was noticed that the nurse in the PSE is able to encourage self-care in adolescents, providing knowledge about their health, thus reducing risk factors and increasing the quality of life of this public. target.