EDUCATIONAL ACTIONS DEVELOPED BY NURSES TO ADOLESCENTS IN FAMILY HEALTH STRATEGIES

Objectives: To know the educational actions developed by nurses, directed to the adolescent public, in the Family Health Strategies in a city in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Method: It is a research qualitative, descriptive-exploratory research developed with 10 nurses of Family Health Strategies. Data collection took place in May 2015, through a semi-structured interview. The data were analyzed in light of the content analysis. Results: With the results emerged two categories of analysis being: educational actions to the adolescents from the perspective of the nurses and characteristics of the educational actions developed with adolescents. Conclusion: The study made possible to notice that educational actions are developed collectively, from the planning and execution, in most Family Health Strategies, and in places where this does not occur, the nurses understand the need to start a team work. The nurse is perceived as responsible for coordinating the team, and guiding the process of preparation of educational actions.