Abstract
Objective: to identify the main difficulties experienced by Nurses who work in a family health Strategy in the prevention and treatment of iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women. Methods: this is a qualitative research conducted with nurses who work in a family health strategy, the collection occurred in the months of June and July 2013, with data collection instrument a semi structured with a roadmap guiding on the difficulties in treating iron deficiency anemia in pregnant women in a family health Strategy. Results: broke the systematization of five categories that represent the axis around which the dynamic product held articulates, namely: signs and symptoms of iron deficiency Anemia, the perception of the nurse on the vulnerability of pregnant women, Impasse between administrative matters and assists, strategies to prevent iron deficiency Anemia in pregnant women and pregnant women-related issues. Conclusions: the main difficulties of nurses related to the treatment and prevention of iron deficiency anemia are associated to pregnancy such as; the refusal on ingestion of ferrous sulphate and little knowledge and administrative matters and assists.