Nurse’s perfomance in prenatal care
International Journal of Development Research
Nurse’s perfomance in prenatal care
Received 17th December, 2019; Received in revised form 26th January, 2020; Accepted 11th February, 2020; Published online 31st March, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Jésica Araujo Ferreira Silva and Lucimar Lima do Nascimento Santos. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Prenatal care is fundamentally important for a safe and healthy pregnancy, with a focus on preventing future pathological events during the gestational period. Objective: this article aimed to study the behavior of nurses in prenatal care in the Family Health Strategy. Methodology: It is a bibliographic review that has a descriptive format, and is that which informs and evaluates the knowledge produced in previous research, presenting concepts, procedures, results, discussions and conclusions relevant to the research. The publications were obtained by searching the Virtual Health Library (VHL). After the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 11 articles were included in this work. Results and Discussion: The nurses' insecurity was found when providing prenatal care, highlighting the lack of theoretical and practical knowledge for this function. Conclusion: It is concluded that professional nurses do not perform prenatal care as recommended by the Ministry of Health. The analysis of the publications suggests that, as it is a complex topic, there should be greater training for nursing professionals.
