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Pain in the immediate puerperium: nursing care contribution
Juliana Vieira Figueiredo1, Ana Virgínia de Melo Fialho1, Glícia Mesquita Martiniano Mendonça1
1Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Health Sciences Centre. Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil.
Objective:
to analyze the contribution of clinical nursing care to the mother who has recently given birth with immediate postpartum pain based on the Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort.
Method:
qualitative study by the research-care method. Three nurses, who provided care for women in the immediate puerperium as caregiver-researchers and 30 postpartum women, were admitted to a public maternity hospital. A semi-structured interview was used for data collection, from which the thematic analysis of the content was carried out.
Results:
nursing care with influences from the biomedical model was observed, but it expresses concern when being cared for. It offers administration of medications, guidelines and non-pharmacological measures for pain relief.
Final Considerations:
nursing care based on the Theory of Comfort contributed to pain relief in the immediate puerperium.
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