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Revista Cuidarte
Print version ISSN 2216-0973
Abstract
OLIVEIRA, Gleica Sodré de et al. NURSING CARE OF GESTATIONAL HYPERTENSIVE DISORDER IN A LOW-RISK OBSTETRIC HOSPITAL. Rev Cuid [online]. 2017, vol.8, n.2, pp.1561-1572. ISSN 2216-0973. https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v8i2.374.
Introduction
Gestation is a process characterized by intense physiological transformations, which sometimes result in complications. Among the most frequent, gestational hypertensive disorder is the primary cause of maternal mortality in Brazil. This study sought to analyze nursing care of pregnant women with hypertensive syndrome in a low-risk obstetric hospital.
Materials and Methods
This was a descriptive, exploratory field research, with qualitative approach, where an interview was conducted with nine nurses from a municipal maternity hospital in Bahia, Brazil. The results obtained were organized through the content analysis technique proposed by Bardin.
Results
The results were consolidated into three categories, namely: the nurses approach to women with hypertensive gravidarum disorder; factors that hinder adequate care; essential nursing procedures to preserve the lives of the mother-child binomial.
Discussion
It was verified that nursing procedures are essential to preserve and maintain life in the face of gestational hypertensive disorder; however, factors persist that interfere with the quality of care, like lack of fetal evaluation, quality prenatal care, humanization, and poor knowledge related to the operation of equipment, and even the disease itself.
Conclusions
The study permitted analyzing that nursing care of expectant women with hypertensive disorder is essential in the preservation and maintenance of the womans life and that of the fetus/neonate, given that these professionals are differentiated by their autonomy and critical sense, besides their technical and scientific knowledge, which when added to a multi-professional team makes the work dynamic and solution oriented.
Keywords : Nursing Care; Pregnancy; Pre-Eclampsia.