Cogitare Enfermagem (Dec 2008)

NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL CARE FOR LABOR PAIN RELIEF: NURSING TEAM’SADVICE

  • Andréia Cristina Sescato,
  • Silvana Regina Rossi Kissula Souza,
  • Marilene Loewen Wall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5380/ce.v13i4.13120
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 4
pp. 585 – 590

Abstract

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It is a qualitative research study, exploratory in nature, held at a teaching maternity hospital in the municipalityof Curitiba, Paraná State/Brazil in 2007. The objectives were: to verify if non-pharmacological pain relief care is provided bythe nursing team to the patient in labor, and to identify which non-pharmacological care techniques are proposed to thewoman in labor by the nursing team. By using a semi-structured instrument, it was held a participant observation of anursing team and postpartum interviews with 10 women. As a result, women performed at least one of the techniques,encouraged by the team, such as: massage, bath, deambulation, birth ball. By analyzing the results, it was verified that theteam is promoting care according to humanizing delivery manuals.

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