Strengthening nurses in prenatal care through reflection-action

Abstract

ABSTRACT Objective To describe the reflection-action process for the development of nurses' competence in prenatal care. Method Action research with 30 nurses from primary health care in a municipality in the south of the country, through workshops held between June and August 2019, analyzed according to Creswell. Results Nurses identify nursing consultation as a differential in prenatal care; point out the ignorance of work processes as an obstacle to the protagonism in prenatal care; and they highlight the registration of activities and the dissemination of the nurse's role with the team and the population as aspects that strengthen and value the profession. Conclusion The workshops enabled reflection to identify and overcome obstacles to the development of a competent practice, by strengthening nurses regarding the work process itself to discuss and implement changes in order to improve and enhance the care provided.

Keywords

• Education nursing
• Professional training
• Empowerment
• Primary care nursing
• Prenatal care
• Qualitative research