01786nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001653002300042653001200065100001800077700001600095700001600111700001700127700001900144700002300163700002100186245009100207856010600298300001200404490000700416520111900423022001401542       2015                            d10aNursing Assessment10aleprosy1 aRodrigues F F1 aCalou C G P1 aLeandro T A1 aAntezana F J1 aPinheiro A K B1 aMartins da Silva V1 aSantos Alves M D00aKnowledge and practice of the nurse about leprosy: actions of control and elimination.  uhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672015000200297&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en  a297-3040 v683 a<p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>to assess the knowledge and practice of primary health care nurses about control and elimination actions of leprosy.</p>

<p><strong>METHOD: </strong>evaluation study with qualitative approach, using the Discourse of the Collective Subject, data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted with 16 nurses.</p>

<p><strong>RESULTS: </strong>the data collected revealed that health professionals have sufficient knowledge about the National Policy on Control and Elimination of Leprosy (NPCEL) and that the main actions preconized were applied, however, notifi cation of suspected or confi rmed cases and social reintegration of the patient were not mentioned.</p>

<p><strong>CONCLUSION: </strong>keeping patients in treatment, overload of work, lack of interdisciplinarity and treatment performed at other locations outside of the community were diffi culties reported by professionals. Nurses know the actions addressed at assistance of leprosy patients, however, the study points to the need for a practice which is more aligned to what advocates NPCEL.</p>
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