1. The nursing process in postpartum consultations at Primary Health Care Units
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Nayara Paes Garcia, Angelina Lettiere Viana, Fernanda Santos, Silvia Matumoto, Lauren Suemi Kawata, and Karina Domingues de Freitas
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RT1-120 ,Primary health care ,Nursing ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Primary health ,Medicine ,Humans ,030212 general & internal medicine ,PUERPÉRIO ,Nursing process ,Nursing Process ,Referral and Consultation ,General Nursing ,Primary nursing ,Maternal-Child Nursing ,Primary Care Nursing ,030504 nursing ,Primary Health Care ,business.industry ,Medical record ,Postpartum Period ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,business ,Psychosocial ,Nursing diagnosis ,Postpartum period - Abstract
Objective: To identify the steps of the Nursing Process and integral care. Method: Document analysis study on medical and nursing consultations records during postpartum conducted in primary health units in inland São Paulo state. The analysis comprised the registered steps, the sequence of steps, and the approach of psychosocial questions. The data are presented by frequency, percentage, and the expressed content of care. Results: The analyzed records amounted to 341. Out of these, 100% presented History; 62.2%, Nursing Diagnosis; 5.3%, Planning; 99.1%, Implementation; and 50.1%, Evaluation. Regarding the sequence of steps, 47.5% of the medical records presented three steps. In the incorporation of the principle of integrality, a more frequent presence of the biological approach was observed. Conclusion: This study shows the change of practice of nurses, with efforts to register the Nursing Process, and that the integrality of care constitutes a challenge to surpass a model of care which is fragmented and decontextualized from the life conditions of people.
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- 2020