THE PHYSICIANS VIEW ON THE PERFORMANCE OF AN OBSTETRIC NURSE IN THE OBSTETRIC CENTER OF A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF RECIFE - PE

Autor: Nara Regina de Albuquerque Santos Araújo, Sheyla Costa de Oliveira
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Cogitare Enfermagem, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 31-38 (2006)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1414-8536
2176-9133
DOI: 10.5380/ce.v11i1.5969
Popis: This is a descriptive exploratory research with a qualitative approach objectifying to analyze obstetricians’view on the performance of the Obstetric Nurses in an Obstetric Center of a teaching hospital in the city of Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil. The data were collected through a non- structured interview with one specific question. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and grouped in three categories: The recognition of the importance of the Obstetric Nurse to the health team; The difficulty in defining roles and the obstetric nurse/mid-wife’s legal responsibility. Physicans’questioning on mid-wives’practice. The results were: lack of knowledge on the legislation that backs up mid-wives’practice, therefore generating a difficulty in role definition; obstetric nurses/mid wives are judged dispensable, having a supporting role in care rendering.
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