Implications of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospital care for parturient women from nurses’ perspective
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Objective: to know the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital care for parturient women from nurses’ perspective. Method: a descriptive and qualitative study, with 20 nurse-midwives from the state of Rio de Janeiro. Data were collected from May to July 2021, through a semi-structured interview carried out via videoconference, and subjected to thematic content analysis. Results: the implications included: parturient women were admitted to maternity wards in advanced labor and had little information about parturition; and increase in medical interventions, expressed in the indiscriminate adoption of practices that require clinical indications, are of judicious use or are proscribed. On the other hand, the implications for nurses’ care revealed adaptations in the offering of non-invasive technologies in light of COVID-19 control protocols, in order to preserve humanization and the rights of women in childbirth, even if they have hindered the manifestation of relational skills. Final considerations: it is considered that the pandemic interfered with the access and use of educational activities in prenatal care, and the measures implemented in hospital care for parturient women resulted in the erasure of good practices and the resurgence of medicalization. However, the potential of nurse-midwives is evident, as they respected health regulations and provided safe and respectful care.
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