FORMAÇÃO PARA ATUAR COM A PESSOA IDOSA: PERCEPÇÃO DE ENFERMEIRAS DA ATENÇÃO PRIMÁRIA À SAÚDE.

Aim: To analyze the perception of primary health care nurses about their academic formation to act with the elderly. Methodology: Qualitative, descriptive and exploratory research, conducted in a North-eastern capital, from April to May 2017. With 10 nurses. For data collection, it was utilized semi-structured interview, and for the analysis, was performed through content analysis. Results: The results pointed to a formation with emphasis on the disease and non-specificity of care for the elderly, however, change tests were observed from the insertion of the students in the health services. Conclusion: It was evidenced a deficit in the nurses formation to work with elderly in primary health care, identifying unpreparedness and insecurity to care for this population in its entirety, since the experiences in formation were directed to the disease. There was a difference between the formation of study participants and the current academic formation regarding to the thematic area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]