Práticas integrativas e complementares no trabalho de parto e parto: revelando a atuação de enfermeiros.

Abstract

Gestation is a physiological process that promotes to the woman corporal and psychological transformations. At the end of this phase, the pregnant woman requires preparation for childbirth, which generates doubts, fears and anguish, especially concerning pain in labor and delivery. In order to alleviate these feelings, many professionals make use of non-pharmacological methods for pain relief and the comfort of the parturient. In this regard, the Integrative and Complementary Practices (PICS) stand out in the process of relieving the pain, fear and anxiety of that moment. In this sense, the general objective was to investigate the use of Integrative and Complementary Practices (PICs) by nurses during labor and delivery in a University Hospital. The methodology of the study is anchored in the qualitative approach of the exploratory and descriptive type. The participants' statements were obtained through an interview script of the semi-structured type and analyzed using the Collective Subject Discourse (DSC) technique. At the end of the study, it was noticed the need to qualify professionals working at all levels of health care, especially those who provide care to the parturients so that they can use PICs from the moment of prenatal care, allowing them to arrive to the moment of delivery empowered exercising their protagonism and autonomy and reducing the cycle of fear, pain and anxiety typical of the parturition scenarios.