Educação permanente como ferramenta de gestão do sistema único de saúde: a concepção dos enfermeiros

Abstract

The Health System has a constitutional duty to organize the training of human resources in health and has struggled since its inception, through important moments in its history, such as the creation of the National Policy of Permanent Education in Health (PNEPS), not yet effective. This research aimed to analyze the Permanent Education as a management tool of nurses in the Health Regional Superintendence of Juiz de Fora (SRS-JF). It is a study of qualitative approach, descriptive, based on theoretical and methodological hermeneutic-dialectics reference, from which was drawn up two analytical categories: Category 1 - The work of nurses in health Regional Superintendence of Juiz de Fora and Permanent Education activities; Category 2 – Permanent Education as a tool for management in the vision of nurses. The results showed the existence of fragmentation in the services in SRS, which ultimately lead to discontinuity of health care, as the lack of coordination between the sectors does not allow the transformation of health practices. The study also revealed that nurses have knowledge about the importance of Permanent Education, but do not have a picture of the extent of it, however, still consider it na essential to the management of health systems.