Atuação do enfermeiro no pré-natal: uma revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Gestation is a natural process that requires care and shelter. However, in order for the pregnancy to reflect on a favorable outcome, qualified professional assistance is essential. Data from the Ministry of Health show that the number of women dying as a result of complications during pregnancy and delivery was 43% in 2014. In this sense prenatal care is a fundamental tool in this context. Nursing follow-up during pregnancy, without maternal and fetal complications, can be performed at the basic health unit with consultations between doctors and nurses. Nurses are not limited only to the care offered in the office, they use a set of resources that allow the guidance of pregnant women about the behaviors during prenatal care. Therefore, and following the premise that nurses are fundamental in the care of pregnant women, the purpose of this study is consolidated in describing the bibliography about the performance of nurses in prenatal care to contribute to the improvement of care and a qualified service based on scientific evidence . The methodology used was the integrative review of the literature. Thus, a survey was carried out in the databases BDENF, LILACS and SciELO of publications from the years 2006 to 2016, available in Portuguese, using the descriptors "nurses", "prenatal" and "pregnant". The sample was composed of 11 articles, whose contents were organized in axes to facilitate the analysis. The results point out several important aspects for the improvement of care given to pregnant women, especially nurses need to make pregnant women aware of the importance of prenatal care and of the changes that the gestation process causes in the female organism, whether emotional or physical. It is hoped that the reading of this work can contribute both to the theme in question and an advance for nurses in the development and exploration of practices performed in primary care.