Evidence of intrauterine device insertion by nurses in Primary Health Care: an integrative review.

Abstract

<h4>Objectives</h4>to synthesize and analyze evidence on intrauterine device insertion by nurses in Primary Health Care.<h4>Methods</h4>an integrative review, carried out in the BDENF, CINAHL, LILACS, SciELO, Scopus, PubMed and Web of Science databases in June 2022, delimiting the period from 1960 to 2022.<h4>Results</h4>141 articles were identified in the initial search, and 10 studies made up the final sample. Four (40%) were developed in the United States and one (10%) in Brazil, with publications from 1979 to 2021. The findings were grouped into three categories: Nurse training to insert an intrauterine device; Nurses' competency to insert an intrauterine device; and Women's access to intrauterine devices.<h4>Conclusions</h4>nurse theoretical and practical training is a prominent element, consolidated in the favorable outcomes of insertions performed by nurses and satisfaction among women, a practice that has expanded access to the contraceptive method in Primary Health Care.