Gabriela Oliveira

Being born at home is natural: care rituals for home birth

OBJECTIVE To be aware of the care rituals developed by families when preparing for home birth during the gestational process. METHOD Qualitative and ethnographic research developed with families during the gestational process. We adopted the observation-participation-reflection model, and the analysis was performed according to ethnonursing. RESULTS Care rituals are related to the choice of home as a place for childbirth, being characterized as a familys rite of separation to experience this process. Other care rituals involved the preparation of the family and the eldest child as well as the home, the body, and the mind of the pregnant woman, and the choice of destination of the placenta. FINAL CONSIDERATIONS We must understand the birth process beyond the biological perspective, considering women and their family as a whole, within a cultural context with their beliefs and values.

Board game and simulation doll for pre- and post-operative guidelines: experience report

Several factors in the hospital environment contribute to anxiety and fear of patients, requiring a certain ability to cope with and adapt to complex situations. Surgical procedures and the need for hospitalization are examples of difficult moments faced by patients, since they often break the physical and psychological balance of the human being, so that sick patients suffer from anguish and fears [1].

Sentimentos e expectativas vivenciados pelas adolescentes ao se tornarem mães: nota prévia

Aim: to know the feelings and expectations experienced by adolescent women to become mothers. Method: descriptive, field study with a qualitative approach. The study will be at a hospital in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul. The subject of research will be teenagers in the postpartum period melican. The data will be collected by means of a semi-structured interview, from October to November 2016, and, then, analyzed through the operational proposal of Minayo. Expected results: it is expected that this study promotes discussions and reflections that help in the understanding the feelings and expectations experienced by young teenagers to become mothers