Progress and setbacks obstetrical nursing in Brazil

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https://doi.org/10.5902/217976923365

Keywords:

History of nursing, Nursing midwifery, Women's health

Abstract

Objectives: to describe the trajectory of midwifery in Brazil over the decades through a literature review. Methods: literature narrative review. Results: from the recent concept of humanization in the process of midwife, nurse midwife's work became more ordered as it was perceived, over the years, serious problems with excessive and unnecessary medicalization in childbirth, which proposed changes in urgent care model, especially in low-risk, as well as changes in the formulation and implementation of public policies related to obstetric context. Conclusion: after analyzing the course of nursing in the field of obstetrics, there is a considerable advance in this area of work of nursing in Brazil, mainly confirmed by the law creating the professional and national programs that encourage the inclusion of obstetric nurses in several areas of health

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Author Biographies

Chalana Duarte de Sena, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA

Enfermeira Obstetra. Mestranda em Enfermagem pela Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA).

Tialla Cardeal Simão Santos, Prefeitura Municipal de saúde, Juazeiro, BA

Enfermeira Intensivisa. Atuante no programa de saúde da família do município de Juazeiro-BA

Cássia Menaia França Carvalho, Universidade Estácio de Sá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Enfermeira especialista em gestão, mestranda em saúde coletiva.

Aline Costa de Moraes Sá, Prefeitura Municipal de Juazeiro, Juazeiro, BA

Enfermeira Obstetra, Supervisora de Distrito Sanitário.

Gilvânia Patrícia do Nascimento Paixão, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA

Enfermeira Obstetra, Mestranda em Enfermagem pela UFBA.

Published

2012-12-27

How to Cite

Sena, C. D. de, Santos, T. C. S., Carvalho, C. M. F., Sá, A. C. de M., & Paixão, G. P. do N. (2012). Progress and setbacks obstetrical nursing in Brazil. Revista De Enfermagem Da UFSM, 2(3), 523–529. https://doi.org/10.5902/217976923365

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