SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS OF NURSES OF BASIC ATTENTION ON NORMAL BIRTH

Abstract

Introduction: Dehumanized careat birth may give rise to negative information that  is  transmitted  between  generations,  giving  rise  to  social  representations. Thus, these social representations of normal childbirth by the nurse practitioner, one of the protagonists of the assistance to women's health in basic care, are an important  object  of  study, based  on  the  understanding  that  these  professionals construct  in  the  realities  in  which  they  live. Objective: To  identify  the  social representations   of   primary   care   nurses   on   normal   delivery. Methods: A descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study was carried out with 12 nurses, who were responsible for Family Health Teams and who had more than 01 years of experience in basic  care in  the  city  of  Caruaru  /  PE,  northeastern Brazil.  Semi-structuredinterviews were conducted, guided by the guiding question: Tell me about normal delivery. The speeches were submitted to the analysis of thematic content  proposed  by  Bardin  and  interpreted  in  the  light  of  the  constructs  of Theory of Social Representations. Results: Based on the analysis of the speeches, four thematic categories emerged: Law of life, Desire and denial of normal birth, Insecurity, Imposition for low income women. Conclusions: The representations that emerged from the nurses' statements present normal childbirth as a natural event, permeated by divine help, bringing the desire to experience it. However, this  fact  is  not  enough  to  make  a  choice  for  this  type  of  delivery,  due  to  other factors such as the insecurity present at different times andaspects, as well as the understanding that normal delivery is imposed in public health services. In this way,  understanding  the  social  representations  of  normal  childbirth,  from  the perspective  of  nursing  acting  in  basic  care,  provides  a  perspective  on  prenatal health education, where the knowledge that involves this event is re-elaborated.