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Introduction: Dehumanized careat birth may give rise to negative information that is transmitted between generations, giving rise to social representations. Thus, these social representations of normal childbirth by the nurse practitioner, one of the protagonists of the assistance to women's health in basic care, are an important object of study, based on the understanding that these professionals construct in the realities in which they live. Objective: To identify the social representations of primary care nurses on normal delivery. Methods: A descriptive, exploratory, qualitative study was carried out with 12 nurses, who were responsible for Family Health Teams and who had more than 01 years of experience in basic care in the city of Caruaru / PE, northeastern Brazil. Semi-structuredinterviews were conducted, guided by the guiding question: Tell me about normal delivery. The speeches were submitted to the analysis of thematic content proposed by Bardin and interpreted in the light of the constructs of Theory of Social Representations. Results: Based on the analysis of the speeches, four thematic categories emerged: Law of life, Desire and denial of normal birth, Insecurity, Imposition for low income women. Conclusions: The representations that emerged from the nurses' statements present normal childbirth as a natural event, permeated by divine help, bringing the desire to experience it. However, this fact is not enough to make a choice for this type of delivery, due to other factors such as the insecurity present at different times andaspects, as well as the understanding that normal delivery is imposed in public health services. In this way, understanding the social representations of normal childbirth, from the perspective of nursing acting in basic care, provides a perspective on prenatal health education, where the knowledge that involves this event is re-elaborated. |
