Fundamental elements for the care in cuban private nurseries: a nursing perspective

Objective: to explore experiences related to fundamental elements for the care in private nurseries, carried out by nurses who work in public nurseries. Method: an exploratory qualitative study was carried out in October 2020, with 15 nurses who work in public nurseries from Santa Clara municipality, Villa Clara province, Cuba. The information was obtained using two focal groups; narratives were processed by means of content analysis. Results: five categories came up: child feeding, training for care, health control of carers, healthy environment for care and life schedule. Conclusion: food preparation and diet are highlighted, as well as the carers who should receive some kind of certificate and technologies for training. Cleaning, ventilation, illumination, observation of accident risks; life schedule related to physical, psychomotor, social and emotional development of children are recommended.