%0 Journal Article %T The experience of nurses at a family health unit in Londrina, and its relation to the responsibilities of the professional exercise As pr¨¢ticas das enfermeiras de uma unidade de sa¨²de da fam¨ªlia de Londrina, e a rela o com as atribui es do exerc¨ªcio profissional %A Suellen Karina de Oliveira Giroti %A Elisabete de F¨¢tima Polo de Almeida Nunes %A Mara L¨²cia Rocha Ramos %J Semina : Ci¨ºncias Biol¨®gicas e da Sa¨²de %D 2008 %I Universidade Estadual de Londrina %X Discussions over nursing practices have been intensified and valued over the last few years, due to the need to know and discuss nursing competences and to provide support to the nursing activities carried out by the Family Health Unit (FHU). For this reason, not only knowing what their responsibilities are but also certifying whether they are connected with the reality of their jobs have become indispensable. A qualitative research, using a case study, was developed to analyze, from June 19 2006 to September 6 2006, the activities carried out by five nurses from the FHU of Londrina. The nursing attributions analyzed by this research were those established by the Ministry of Health and the County of Londrina Health Department. Results showed that, although the attributions of the nursing professional exercise are broad, they lead to realistic nursing practices, some being more usual than others. In addition, findings from this study showed that, assistance activities, among other attributions, prevailed with nurses from the Family Health Program (FHP), whereas administration and supervision activities are done by the senior nursing officer. It was concluded that these responsibilities cannot possibly be accomplished by only one nurse, and that a good team work is required, with nurses sharing their tasks, organizing diaries, planning and defining priorities for their practices. Estudar as pr¨¢ticas de enfermagem ¨¦ um tema cuja discuss o tem sido valorizada e intensificada nos ¨²ltimos anos, devido ¨¤ necessidade de se conhecer e esclarecer as compet¨ºncias e dar respaldo ao profissional enfermeiro das pr¨¢ticas realizadas nas Unidades de Sa¨²de da Fam¨ªlia (USF). Para isso, torna-se necess¨¢rio n o apenas ter o conhecimento dessas atribui es, mas tamb¨¦m saber se todas est o de acordo com a realidade do trabalho desenvolvido por esses profissionais. Esta pesquisa tem uma abordagem qualitativa, tipo estudo de caso, que analisou, durante o per¨ªodo de 19/06/2006 a 06/09/2006, o desenvolvimento das atribui es realizadas por cinco enfermeiras que atuam em uma USF do munic¨ªpio de Londrina. Foram utilizadas para este estudo as atribui es estabelecidas pelo Minist¨¦rio da Sa¨²de (MS) e Autarquia Municipal da Sa¨²de de Londrina (AMS), cujo prop¨®sito ¨¦ entender se as pr¨¢ticas realizadas pelas enfermeiras da USF, condizem com as atribui es propostas pelo MS e AMS. Os resultados mostraram que as atribui es do exerc¨ªcio profissional, embora amplas, direcionam as pr¨¢ticas de enfermagem e est o de acordo com a realidade vivida pelos profissionais em estudo, e umas acontecem %K Pr¨¢ticas de enfermagem %K Trabalho em equipe %K Programa de sa¨²de da fam¨ªlia. %U http://www.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/seminabio/article/view/3418