PERCEPTIONS AND DIFFICULTIES OF OBSTETRICAL NURSES IN HUMANIZED CHILDBIRTH CARE

Abstract

Introduction The birth experience is usually a unique event and an unforgettable experience in a woman's life. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that some evidence-based practices  be encouraged, such as: respect for the mother's choice of place of birth and the right to privacy in the environment, provision of information, freedom of position and movement during Labor, early direct contact between mother and child, support of breastfeeding in the baby's first hour of life, among other recommendations. Objtective: The objective was to analyze the perception of obstetrician nurses about humanized delivery. Methodology: This is a field research, exploratory, descriptive, qualitative approach, which was carried out in the public maternity, in the city of João Pes soa, Paraíba, Brazil. The study universe consisted of all obstetrical nurses who work in said maternity and the non -probabilistic sample of 9 obstetrician nurses who assist in normal humanized delivery and who accepted to participate in the study. Results:The instrument used for the collection was a semi-structured interview script and a demographic and professional socio-economic questionnaire. After the production of the empirical material, the transcription stage began, where the oral narratives will be transformed into a written message. For the analysis of the material, the thematic content analysis technique was used. Considering: Considering the collections and the results obtained, it is noticed that the obstetrician nurses need to reflect on the humanization of childbirth care and how they perform this care.