Perfil da assistência ao parto normal em uma maternidade escola federal

Abstract

Objective: To characterize the assistance to normal birth in a Federal Maternity School, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Methodology: Descriptive research, with a quantitative approach, data were collected from local normal birth records from July to December 2018. 369 records were analyzed. For data analysis, the Microsoft Excel 2013 program was used. Results: most women were aged between 20 and 35 years old and declared themselves brown. The assistance to normal birth included practices based on scientific evidence, such as the guarantee of a companion during labor and delivery, use of non-pharmacological methods to relieve pain and encourage breastfeeding, but also, unadvised practices were present. routinely such as: amniotomy and episiotomy and the outlawed practice such as the Kristeller maneuver. Conclusion: it was observed that the assistance in that maternity hospital was predominantly based on good assistance practices.