[Nursing training and the strategy of integrated management of childhood prevalent illnesses].
The Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) strategy aims at improving the quality of care delivered and children's health conditions. This article presents a description and reflection on the introduction of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses in the Nursing undergraduate curriculum, based on the literature and on the experience of the authors teaching at the Nursing program on Children's Health from University of São Paulo (Nursing School and Nursing School from Ribeirão Preto). The authors mention historical aspects regarding the IMCI in Brazil and the principles that guide it. In the end, they indicate the potentials regarding the application of this strategy at the health care units for children, focusing on nurses' performance.
Veríssimo
Maria De La O Ramallo
Mde L
Departamento de Enfermagem em Saúde Coletiva, Escola de Enfermagem da USP, São Paulo/SP.
de Mello
Débora Falleiros
DF
Bertolozzi
Maria Rita
MR
Chiesa
Anna Maria
AM
Sigaud
Cecília Helena de Siqueira
CH
Fujimori
Elizabeth
E
de Lima
Regina Aparecida Garcia
RA
D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010371:Pediatric Nursing / Q000193:education*