%0 Journal Article
%T Nurse¡¯s perception on birth squatting
%A Francine Pereira Andrade
%A Francisca Dias de Oliveira de Almeida
%A Adrize Rutz Porto
%A Maira Buss Thofehrn
%J Revista de Enfermagem UFPE On Line
%D 2011
%I Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
%X Objective: to know the nurse¡¯s perception on birth squatting. Methodology: this is about a descriptive and exploratory study, from qualitative approach in which participated four nurses of a hospital in Porto Alegre/RS. Interviews were semi-structured. After collecting the data were analyzed by subject, from which emerged the following themes: knowledge about the birth squatting and investigation of the physiological delivery vertical to horizontal. The survey was conducted in 2004, implementing to the Ethical Principles in accordance with Resolution 196/96 of the National Health and with Research Ethics Committee of the institution under study, in which the research project was approved in its respective protocol number 064/04. Results: it was noted that half of the respondents showed an interest in working with birth squatting because this mode allows a woman to be the center of the parturition process, since it's the same person driving the delivery, identifying the movements and know what the best position. Conclusion: it was also found that all subjects have little experience with birth squatting. Therefore, it is believed that health professionals should give the mothers the freedom to choose the position that suit every moment of his birth.
%K nursing
%K natural childbirth
%K humanizing delivery
%K nurse's role.
%U http://www.ufpe.br/revistaenfermagem/index.php/revista/article/view/1328/pdf_282