Cogitare Enfermagem (Dec 2004)
PRE-NATAL IN THE FAMILY HEALTH PROGRAM (PSF): WITH THE WORD, THE NURSES
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.
