O papel do enfermeiro obstetra no trabalho de parto e parto.

Abstract

The paper of womem in society puts in evidence the importance of offer to her a quality health, that contemplates your power of autonomy and decision about her body. This process becomes important when it concerns the act of gestating and in the process of giving birth, because it is for the woman in labor, along with the health professional that assists decide which type of delivery, because this moment is unique in the life of every woman. In this perspective, obstetrical nursing stands out for its potential to develop humanised and promotion of non-interventionist actions practices. The present study has the objective of conduct an analysis of scientific production about the obstetrical nursing care at human birth. To get this proposal, an integrative literature review was performed, motivated by the guiding question: What is the characterization of scientific production about the assistance of obstetrical nursing, available online journals in the period 2005-2014, with emphasis on approaches discussed? For this, has been done a systematic search in the base/ libraries of health data with the following descriptions: "enfermagem obstétrica" and "parto" and "assistência” in portuguese, “nursing obstetric” and “parturition” and “assistance” in english, and for spanish language was used “partería” and “parto” and “assistencia”. This was a qualitative study, based on the sample of 32 articles where the data were analyzed by content analysis, emerging three empirical categories: Legalization of the professional practice of obstetrical nursing; Difficulties found by category for the development of thier praxis; Humanization: care that provide security to the woman in labor. Concluded that the studies of the obstetrical nursing team does is relevant during the parturition process, revealing the importance of caring for this professional at the time of parturition.