Complementary and integrative therapies in the scope of nursing: legal aspects and academic-assistance panorama

Abstract

Objective: to carry out a documentary study on the legal aspects that support the nurses' performance in the Integrative and Complementary Practices (PIC) and to discuss the panorama of teaching, research, extension and nursing activities in front of PICs. Method: documentary study, whose units of analysis were normative, guidelines, recommendations and clarification notes (n = 17). The data were organized into two categories: "Legal aspects of nurses' performance in ICP and acupuncture" and "Overview of the use of ICPs by nursing in the areas of teaching, research, extension and assistance activities". Results: nurses stand out in the implementation of PIC since the principles of training are congruent to the paradigms of this science, besides having legal support for acting in public and private services in Brazil. There is an incipient movement of nurses working in research and extension in universities, which contributes to the diffusion of knowledge and application of therapies in the community. Conclusion: the institutionalization of PICs in the Unified Health System has increased access and contributed to the provision of comprehensive and multidisciplinary health services. Implications for practice: with ICPs, nurses have achieved autonomy and the possibility of expanding their performance, aiming at a better quality of care.

The internationalization of TCM towards Portuguese-speaking countries

“…In addition to physical therapists, other medical doctors and allied health professionals within SUS are qualified to use TCM therapy according to Ordinance GM/MS No.971 [ 23 ]. In 2016, more than 2 million T&CM professionals were registered in the Basic Health Units of SUS, of which 770,000 were from TCM/acupuncture [ 28 ].…”

Avanços e desafios da Enfermagem em Acupuntura em Santa Catarina no período de 1997 a 2015

“…Ainda é pequeno o número de profissionais que atuam com essas terapias, no entanto, ainda muito precisa avançar. Um longo caminho precisa ser percorrido no sentido de fortalecer a utilização das PICS pelos enfermeiros no SUS encontrando nestas terapias uma perspectiva de intervenção em prol da sociedade (18) .…”

Processo de Enfermagem como potencializador da prática da acupuntura

“…4 The record of nursing care under systematic analysis reflects the work process, based on an expanded vision of care to patients and families, in continuity, with legal support and facilitator in multidisciplinary communication. 5 The Nursing Process was recognized as a work instrument and attribution of nurses after the approval of the Professional Exercise Law of 1986 (Law n.º 7.498/86 and Decree n.º 94.406/87), by means of COFEN Resolution n.º 272/2002, which determined the compulsory nature of Nursing Care Systematization throughout the national territory. Later, it was replaced by Resolution No.…”

“…The weaknesses are recurrent in the consolidation of the process related to the dynamics of nursing care, regarding human resources and preparation of staff and team, work overload, practices still focused on the task, among other difficulties in the working condition. [5][6][7] Nursing must include integrative and complementary practices as a prototype of care to be indoctrinated and applied in the respective environment, considering the biomedical and pharmacological interventions that, for the most part, have many side effects and are excessively aggressive to the body.…”