title: [Nursing practices in the attention to a chronic condition (tuberculosis): analysis of secondary sources].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze nursing practiced in the treatment of tuberculosis, based on secondary data records.
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive study of the retrospective survey kind, conducted in Ribeirão Preto, from August to December 2013. The data of 109 electronic and clinical medical records, and a TB reporting system in the state of São Paulo for residents in the municipality monitored in the reference clinics. Descriptive statistic techniques were used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The median of 46.0 (IQ: 17.0 to 96.0) calls throughout the treatment shows the patient's proximity to the health service and professionals, of which the primary persons responsible for follow-ups were nursing assistants (99.1%), which perform the House Visits (71.5%) for patients under a supervision regime (75.2%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The actions developed with the patients were mostly focused on the nursing staff, making the importance of this category to achieve the indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals for tuberculosis visible.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Eugenia Firmino
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brunello
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Simiele-Beck
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nathalia Halax
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Orfão
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: Anneliese Domingues
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Wysocki
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Gabriela Tavares
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Magnabosco
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Rubia Laine de Paula
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Andrade
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Aline Aparecida
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Monroe
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Aline Ale
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Beraldo
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-infantil e Saúde Pública, Escola de Enfermagem de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Tereza Cristina Scatena
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Villa
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D057184:Practice Patterns, Nurses'; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000451:nursing*