Residency in Family and Community Nursing: one of the ways to strengthen Primary Health Care

Abstract

In Brazil, multiprofessional and professional health care residencies were regulated in 2005, with the aim of training professionals to work in the Unified Health System (SUS). This training model, considered the gold standard for developing specialists, is guided by the principles and guidelines of the SUS and, in line with the National Policy for Primary Care (PNAB), prioritizes the loco-regional specificities of each state. For a country that chose Primary Health Care (PHC) as the guide of the Health System, there is an urgent need to train powerful professionals who act in an ethical, critical, reflective manner and respond to the population's health needs.