O IMPACTO DA VACINA MENINGOCÓCICA NA PREVENÇÃO DA MENINGITE: uma Revisão Bibliográfica

Abstract

This work addresses the issue of the importance of the meningococcal vaccine for the control of the epidemic of meningitis and the actions and importance of the nurse in the vaccine rooms. It deals, specifically, with the criteria used in the evaluation of papers presented, published in periodicals and published in the electronic academic bases, through scientific and notable publications. This bibliographical review aims to demonstrate through references and discussions how this scenario is being, in addition to educating readers about this topic. The objective of this study was to carry out a bibliographical survey making a parallel between the themes Meningitis, Meningococcal Vaccine and nursing actions in primary health care referring to immunization demonstrated through bibliographical references. In order to reach this objective, we opted for the bibliographic review, which constitutes a basis for all scientific research (POLIT, BECK AND HUNGHER, 2004), which was carried out from March 2018 to September 2018. The nurse is responsible by supervising or monitoring the work done in the vaccination room and by the team's ongoing education process.