This study is a report of experience about the reorganize the nursing care provided at the wound dressing unit of the Health Care Center/University of São Paulo at Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine. The general goal of this research was to implement the systematization of nursing care according to the protocol of the Municipal Health Center. Aiming at making the study viable, at first the demand was identified according to the bio-psycho-social aspects and the wound classification. Afterwards, authors selected (a theoretical and practical selection) among the workers, the physical and material resources that were necessary to organize the unit as well as to form a multiprofessional team to provide technical support to the nursing care. Therefore, reorganizing the wound dressing unit involves not only the commitment to implement measures of local and technical interventions but also macro-structural interventions in the health system, finding through the principles of the Unified Health System the elements to reorganize the care, aiming at developing strategies and improving the population's health.
Nursing care; Nursing services; Organization and administration
