The nursing professionalsparticipation in the attendance to the parturients in the municipal district of Alfenas - MG. / A participação dos profissionais de enfermagem na assistência às parturientes no município de Alfenas - MG

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The maternal morbidity mortality is considered a world problem and it represents a challenge to the Public Health. The progressive increase in the indexes of Cesarean has been producing negative impacts in the quality of the obstetric attendance. The qualified attentions to the parturients are of fundamental importance for the reduction of those indexes and for the promotion of the safe maternity. This study looked for knowing the reality of the attendance rendered by the nursing professionals to the parturients, in the municipal district of Alfenas - MG. Objective: To characterize the professionals that compose the nursing team that act in the service to the parturients and to identify the actions developed by them in practice, correlating them with the essential competences to the basic exercise of the obstetrics. Methodology: Descriptive study of traverse cut, of quantitative approach, accomplished at two maternities. The studied population was composed by 24 nursing professionals (10 nurses, five techniques in nursing and nine auxiliaries nursing). The collection of data was accomplished through interview and systematic observation, no participant, of the actions developed by the nursing team during the obstetric attendance. Were observed 38 admissions of parturients, 38 women in stage of labor, 25 childbirths, and 25 women in immediate postpartum and 25 receptions of newborn. The descriptive statistics and the exact test of Fisher were used for analysis of the variables. Results: The nursing professionals that render attendance to the parturients in the studied maternities are in his/her majority (58,3%) of medium level, predominantly female (91,7%) with medium age 38,25 years old; 54,2% are married and 70,8% have one or more children; the medium workload of work weekly is of 49,17 hours, and 25% of workers work in two jobs; 87,5% of the professionals did not participate in any scientific event in the area in the last five years; 58,3% of the professionals are formed more than five years, and, of these, 71,4% are professional of nursing of medium level which possess larger time of work in maternity. Professionals of medium level that render attendance to the women during the labor stage developing activities considered of larger complexity and they accomplish the childbirth in the doctors absence, they received informal training in the own maternity during the work day and they are not considered qualified for that kind of service. The nurses act in the supervision and administration of the nursing attendance. Many of the essential competences in obstetrics, approved by ICM, are developed in an incomplete way, with low frequency or they are not developed. Obstetric practices based on scientific evidences, recommended by WHO, are adopted at the maternities; other, no recommended, they are not used yet. Conclusion: In agreement with criteria and requirements established internationally about attention obstetric qualified, the reality presents lack of professionals of nursing qualified for the service to the parturients. The model of maternal attention does not prioritize the qualification of the nursing team and it presents different forms regarding of the division of the work. Many of the essential competences in obstetrics are not being carried out. The study reveals the need of the professionalsqualification to execute an suitable service with the established goals for the Global Initiative for a Maternity Without Risk.

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competência profissional qualified attention enfermagem obstétrica equipe de enfermagem parto atenção qualificada obstetric nursing nursing team professional competence childbirth

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