title: [Nursing performance in the policy transfer of directly observed treatment of tuberculosis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Analyzing the policy transfer of directly observed treatment of tuberculosis from the perspective of nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a descriptive study with qualitative approach, which had 10 nurses of the Family Health Strategy in São Paulo as subjects. The interviews were carried out between May and June 2013, and were adopted the technique of thematic content analysis and the referential of policy transfer.
  
  
  RESULTS
  On the signification of this treatment, are related the senses of disciplinary monitoring, the bond and approximation to the context of patients' lives. Operationally, nurses, community health agents and nursing technicians stand out as agents of implementation of this policy, developing multiple actions of user embracement. The nurse is evidenced as an educator in health, leader in the family health team, and capable of creating emotional bond with users.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It was found that the innovations proposed in the treatment are incipient in the daily work of nurses.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Káren Mendes Jorge de
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing of Public Health and Psychiatry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil.
authors.forename: Lenilde Duarte de
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Sá
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Laís Mara Caetano da
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing of Ribeirão Preto, Department of Maternal-infant Nursing and Public Health, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Pedro Fredemir
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Palha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D023801:Directly Observed Therapy / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009736:Nursing Process; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*