ÉTICA E PROMOÇÃO DA SAÚDE SOB A ÓTICA DE ENFERMEIROS DA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA.

Objective: to identify the perception of primary care nurses about ethics in health promotion actions. Method: exploratory descriptive study of qualitative nature, carried out with 14 nurses working in Family Health Strategy units. The data obtained from semi-structured interview were analyzed through content analysis in the thematic modality. Results: conflicts of professional ethics between nurses and physicians were evidenced, in addition to the relationship between users and nurses; health promotion behaviors by nurses with a biologicist approach; justification of inadequate care to users, due to work overload and incomplete nursing staff; nurses' distress during professional experience. Final considerations: according to the nurses working in Primary Care, ethics in health promotion actions is related to the diversity of daily work resulting from professional experience. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]