A psicomotricidade e as possíveis contribuições para o cuidado em UTI neonatal: uma perspectiva interdisciplinar

Abstract

A great number of newborns need Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU) care due to prematuriness or sickness. Although necessary in these cases, internment at precautious age may compromise a child's europsychomotor development, due to excess of inadequate stimulation and scarceness of those which would be favorable. The aim of this monograph is to discuss the insertion of ht psychomotricist as a prophylactic agent of evelopment in Neonatal ICU, in an interdisciplinary perspective. We have taken orientation from qualitative methodology (Minayo, 1992; Oliveira, 1998) aiming reflexion on a practice developed in Maternidade Escola da UFRJ (School Maternity Hospital of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). For that purpose, we have taken support from the theoretical referential of Psychomotricity, from the theories on the newborn”s development, from the studies on Neonatal ICU and from interdisciplinary references. The results point out to some difficulties and to the search of new alternatives towards the construction of an interdisciplinary work with the medical staff on this field.