Experience of professional autonomy in the assistance to home birth by obstetric nurses

Abstract

Objective: to identify the experience of autonomy in the assistance to home birth by Obstetric Nurses. Method: descriptive study of qualitative approach. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview applied to professionals who worked in teams of home birth. Data analysis used the content analysis of Bardin. Results: the experience of the exercise of autonomy is broad in the home environment, mainly by the presence of the biomedical model still rooted in the hospital environment and that limits the performance of the Obstetric Nurse. Conclusion: the legal support, scientific knowledge and materials/technologies support Obstetric Nurses to exercise their autonomy in the home birth.