Abstract
Objective: To verify the importance of nursing care in wound care in primary health care. Methods: This is an integrative literature review, carried out in the Public Library US National Library of Medicine (PubMed) and Virtual Health Library (VHL) databases through the association of descriptors, with primary studies as inclusion criteria , available in full, published in the last 5 years, in any language that met the theme. Results: An analysis of 11 articles was carried out that discussed the importance of nursing care in wound care in primary health care, in which it was observed that care is performed empirically and without the use of protocols, identified the scarcity adequate to perform the treatment of wounds, as well as the low knowledge of professionals regarding treatment, conduct, choice of dressing and assistance provided to patients, associated with the lack of training of professionals and deficiencies in their training process. Final considerations: Nursing professionals play an extremely important role in the treatment of wounds guides, executes and supervises the nursing team in the implementation of dressings, acting in the prevention, evaluation and indication of the appropriate treatment for the injury.