[Care indicators for the body that procreates: nursing actions before, during and after delivery -- a contribution to

Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueirêdo1, Maria Antonieta Rubio Tyrrell, Vilma de Carvalho

  • 1Escola de Enfermagem Alfredo Pinto, Universidade do Rio de Janeiro. propgdpg@unirio.br

This study results from dynamics seen as Scenes of Esthetical Production, which were accomplished with 28 nursing teaching and service professionals to answer the question: what is generated about the body in labor when we take care of it before, during and after delivery? A qualitative study was realized, which aimed to identify and discuss the actions accomplished at these moments during which the woman's body gives rise to another life. Three categories emerged: 1) The care of the body in labor: the (un)due invasion and concealed violence; 2) the (lack of) care for the body that (ex)pulses another body: the invasion and the expressed violence; 3) the (lack of) care for the empty body: "fatigue and solitude" "the violence of the abandonment". These categories indicated that there are forms of delivering care to this clientele's health, which should avoid violence against the woman's body in labor.

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