View of Objective: to identify the care of nurses in the face of puerperal hemorrhages available in the scientific literature. Method: integrative review whose search was performed in the sources of information National Library of Medicine, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Scopus, Web of Science, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Scientific Electronic Library Online. Results: 31 precautions were found for the management of puerperal hemorrhages, the main ones being the measurement of vital signs and the new technology for blood measurement Quantitative Blood Loss. There was a lack of verification of vital signs and incorrect recording of cases that evolved into postpartum hemorrhage. Conclusion: postpartum hemorrhage can be prevented by nursing care. It is necessary that studies be made on the evaluation of the safety globe of Pinard, breastfeeding and mother and baby bond. And those new technologies, such as blood quantification, be added in institutional protocols.

Return to Article Details Objective: to identify the care of nurses in the face of puerperal hemorrhages available in the scientific literature. Method: integrative review whose search was performed in the sources of information National Library of Medicine, Embase, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature Scopus, Web of Science, Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences and Scientific Electronic Library Online. Results: 31 precautions were found for the management of puerperal hemorrhages, the main ones being the measurement of vital signs and the new technology for blood measurement Quantitative Blood Loss. There was a lack of verification of vital signs and incorrect recording of cases that evolved into postpartum hemorrhage. Conclusion: postpartum hemorrhage can be prevented by nursing care. It is necessary that studies be made on the evaluation of the safety globe of Pinard, breastfeeding and mother and baby bond. And those new technologies, such as blood quantification, be added in institutional protocols.