| Summary: | Gestational Syphilis is a Sexually Transmitted Infection transmitted by the bacterium
Treponema pallidum that when untreated can result in early fetal death by vertical transmission; with
SINAN registered 37,436 cases of syphilis present in gestation in 2017. Considering the nurse as an agent
of prevention and health promotion, the objective of this study is to analyze the forms of prevention and
treatment for syphilis in gestation applied by the nursing staff in a Basic Unit of Health in exploratory
literary, answering the guiding question: "what nursing interventions contained in the literature about
the prevention and treatment of gestational syphilis in primary care?". The method used was the
bibliographic search in the databases LILACS, SCIELO and GOOGLE ACADEMICO, using the key
words: gestational syphilis, nursing, prevention and treatment. The result of this study allowed to analyze
51 articles related to the theme, but excluding 31 articles that did not answer the guiding question; from
the 20 articles, four responses were formulated for the writing of information: "screening and control of
gestational syphilis; Health education; adherence to treatment of the couple; and prescription and drug
administration. " The work concluded the relevant work of the nurse in the prevention of the disease, still
in the gestation, and health promotion through the actions and interventions carried out in the Basic
Health Unit.
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