Pre-natal in the Family Health Program (PSF): with the word, the nurses

Authors

  • Maria José Cariri Benigna
  • Wezila Gonçalves do Nascimento
  • Joânio Lopes Martins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v9i2.1713

Keywords:

Nurse, Pré-natal, Family Health Programme.

Abstract

The pre-natal check-up is fundamental
to the motherhood preparation. It should not be faced
as a simple doctor’s assistance but as a prevention
work of intercurrences obstetric-clinical and
emotional assistance. So it was aimed in this study
to identify the pre-natal check -ups, carried out by
the nurses in the Family Health Programme (PSF),
in Campina Grande – Paraíba. The sample
consisted of 24 nurses that worked in the FHP, the
study was of a transversal kind, descriptive, with a
quantitative approach. The data were collected
through a structured formularies constituted by open
and closed questions. It was observed that 25% of
the nurses had a specialization in obstetrics, 79,16
% indicated the first quarter as an ideal period to
the beginning of the pre-natal. 35,7% of the
interviewed monthly take care from 20-30 pregnant
and 87,5% believe to be necessary more than 6
consults in order to have a good attendance of the
pregnant. Exams as blood group, and Rh factor,
haemogram, serology to syphilis were the most
remembered and required by the totality of the
interviewed. All the nurses checked the uterine height
measurement during the clinical exam, and 70,83 %
indicated the necessity to have an ultra-sonography
every 3 quarters in order to have a good attendance
of the pre-natal. Before the exposed it was noticed
that the technical capacity of the professionals agree
with the recommendation of the Department of
Health, however many variables that implies in the
success of the pre-natal check-up is out of the
responsibilities of the professional to find
explanations in others paradigms, as a reflexive
education, for example, and the investments in social
and health politics.

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Benigna, M. J. C., do Nascimento, W. G., & Martins, J. L. (2004). Pre-natal in the Family Health Program (PSF): with the word, the nurses. Cogitare Enfermagem, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v9i2.1713

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2004)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

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