Obstetrical nursing and health education: contributions to the experience of process of parturition

Authors

  • Jacqueline Silveira de Quadros
  • Thamiza Lauriany da Rosa dos Reis
  • Juliana Silveira Colomé

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2016000400003

Keywords:

Health Education, Obstetric Nursing, Women’s Health.

Abstract

Objective: to understand the contributions of obstetrical nursing to health education activities aimed at the parturition process. Methods: qualitative research conducted with ten hospitalized puerperal women who had vaginal delivery in a maternity ward. Results: two categories emerged from the data of this research: Weaknesses of prenatal care for pregnant women and The obstetrical nurse as potentiator of humanized care. Conclusion: obstetrical nursing, through educational work, strives to promote a reframing of the process of parturition, rescuing parturition as a physiological process, and emphasizing the use of natural resources in the evolution of labor and delivery.

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Published

2016-08-04

How to Cite

Quadros, J. S. de, Reis, T. L. da R. dos, & Colomé, J. S. (2016). Obstetrical nursing and health education: contributions to the experience of process of parturition. Rev Rene, 17(4), 451–458. https://doi.org/10.15253/2175-6783.2016000400003

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Research Article

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