Action research about prenatal nursing consultations for pregnant adolescents: an intervention in education

Abstract

Aim: to develop didactic material in order to obtain an improvement of education regarding nursing's prenatal consultations to pregnant adolescents. Method: this was an action research project initiated in February 2016 in the Salgado de Oliveira University,  in  the  city  of  São  Gonçalo,  Rio  de  Janeiro.  Data  were  collected  through documental   research   provided   by   the   Nursing's   undergraduate   course   Political-Pedagogical Project (PPP) and through semi-structured interviews, which will be carried out  with  54  students.  The  statements  obtained  in  the  interviews  will  be  analysed according  to  Bardin's  Content  Analysis  aiming  the  construction  of  thematic  categories. Preliminary  results:  based  on  a  roundtable  discussion  involving  five  clinical  education preceptors who currently work in the Family Health Strategy (ESF), and on the analysis of the current PPP regarding the topic, a gap in these Nursing's training was identified. Practical  implications:  applying  the  didactic  material  will  help  students  to  acquire  new skills,  also  promoting  a  high  quality  health  assistance  to  the  pregnant  adolescents, changing, therefore, the professional training offered in the institution.