Compreensão dos enfermeiros acerca da assistência de enfermagem na consulta puerperal.

Abstract

The puerperium corresponds to the post partum period until there turn of the pre-gravid conditions, which is marked by a series of transformations and feelings, which exposes the woman to ther is of physical and emotional changes. Giventhis, the Ministry of Health advocates a puerperium consultation in the first week after delivery a imingat accesst quality and comprehensive care of the need sof the mother and the newborn. Thus, the studyaimed to investigate the understanding of Primary Care nurses aboutnursing care in the consultation puerperium. This is a fieldre search, descriptive, exploratory with a qualitative approach, carried out with fourteen nurses from the Basic Health Unit sof the Municipality of Cajazeiras - PB. For data collection a semi-structured interview wasused, with speeches described and analyzed through the analysis of content proposed by Bardin. Amongthe interviewees, 11 nurses were female and 3 were Masculino, ranging in age from 27 to 62 years and mean age of 35 years. In relation to the time of professional performance evidenced between 5 monthsand 19 years. With regard to professional specialization, 11 had post graduated egrees, 1 master'sdegree, 2 only undergraduate and 1 had no answer. With regard to the employmentrelation ship, 10 were in solvent and had another bond, 3 were hired and one was omitted in the response. In this way the nurses affirmed that the puerperium period is the moment after the birt huntil there turn of the normal condition sand that is divided in phases. In relation to the transferof know ledge nurses, the same is done in prenataland puerperium consultation, but is stopped at breast feeding; with regard to the puerperium consultation, it was stated that the home visitis carried out in a timely man nerand that the attention is mainly directed to then ewborn; it was reported that nursing care before puerperium consultationis a conclusion of prenataland care and the first week is fundamental for health care with reduction of maternal and child morbidity and mortality; the limit sand challenges experienced were the difficulty of accessto puerperium, and the deficit in the consultation dueto in creased demand. The present study is relevant because of the need to expand strategies for women'shealth with a reduction in the determinants of health problems. In addition, the finding shave a significan tinfluenceon the life of postpartum women, in addition to promoting, intervention and recovery of health.