Psicologia e práticas de cuidado na UTI materna.

Abstract

Beyound to the biopsychosocial changes generated by pregnancy and childbirth, it is considered that the confinement experienced during hospitalization in ICU favors the emergence of affective responses, cognitive and behavioral dysfunctional that directly or indirectly affect the clinical condition of the patient. Based on the theoretical and methodological contributions of Health Psychology in line to Amplified clinic model, the National Women's Health Policy and the National Policy of Humanization, a part on the assumption that the exercise of Psychology in the hospital setting figure as a protective factor able to minimize the suffering related to triad illness-hospital treatment. This article aims to describe the psychological practices developed in Maternal ICU during internship activities supervised specific in Psychology. It is a study of clinical-qualitative type experience report. In 36 shifts that amounted to a total of 180 hours of field activities, procedures and psychological interventions with pregnant and postpartum women were carried out over 18 years, considering the three phases of hospitalization (admission, permanence and discharge). Based on psychological practices developed in the field of maternal ICU, it was found that the ICU emerged as a risk factor for anxiety. This reality observed indicates the need to drive psychoeducational, psychoprophylactic and psychotherapeutic interventions, for patients and for visitors both. In addition, there was an emergency basis the importance of interdisciplinary actions for health care production.