title: The nursing work process in care for healthy children at a social security institution in Mexico.
abstract: We aimed to analyze the nursing work process directed at care in the Nutrition, Growth and Development Surveillance and Control Program (VNCD) for children under five years at a social security institution in Mexico. The study adopted a qualitative approach and was based on the work category, on conceptions of the work process in health and on institutional analysis. We carried out direct systematic observations and interviews with a group of nurses and their assistants and with mothers who attended nursing appointments with their children. The care process was identified as procedure-centered and based on care protocols, with rapid appointments and little room for interaction between nurses and mothers. However, on some occasions, nurses were capable of producing live work as a result of their self-government, which allowed them to establish a mother/child-centered care nucleus.
authors.affiliation: Nuevo León Autonomous University. yolaflo@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Yolanda Flores
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Peña
authors.forename: Maria Cecília Puntel
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: de Almeida
authors.forename: Rafael Luis Castillo
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Duranza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing; D008800:Mexico; D009736:Nursing Process; D012943:Social Security