Abstract Objective To verify the perception of the nursing team about safe motherhood in a maternal hospitalization unit in a maternal and child hospital. Methods Qualitative descriptive study of an exploratory nature. Fifty participants were interviewed with three guiding questions. The analysis was Bardin’s content analysis. Results Three categories were developed: 1. Understanding safe maternity; 2. The function of Nursing in safe maternity; 3. Proposals to improve care in the current context. Conclusion It was noticed that the nursing team […]

Abstract Objective To evaluate puerperal women’s knowledge about breastfeeding using the Knowledge Breastfeeding Scale (KBS). Methods This is an exploratory, observational, cross-sectional research with descriptive design, quantitative approach of the analytical type with correlation between variables. It was developed with fifty puerperae in the sector of the Guthrie Test at the Pediatrics Hospital Outpatient Clinic in São José do Rio Preto, in 2022. Data were collected using the Knowledge Scale on Breastfeeding (KNOWL), validated for the Portuguese-Brazilian language, with 25 […]

Abstract Objective To identify maternal practices in relation to the newborn more common health problems, in the first month of life. Methods Quantitative, exploratory, transversal study, integrating of a multicenter researcher, occurred in 2018, though interviews with 52 puerperae, in a municipality in the west of Paraná, with descriptive statistical data analysis. Results The puerperae were instructed on the care of the baby by the maternity health team (86.5%) and in childcare consultations (83.7%). The recurrent problems were colic (40.4%), […]