Home visit to premature and low birth weight newborns: nurse′s experience report

Abstract

Objective: To report the structures of the experience of nurse’s home visits to premature and low birth weight newborns. Method: This is a descriptive study of the experience report type, structured on the experience of the nurse authors in the development of 48 home visits in a city in the state of São Paulo and its microregion between August 2020 and 2021 with eight mothers of premature and low weight newborns. Results: The guiding documents “Home visit for families with preterm and low birth weight newborns” and “Strategy of guiding questions for home visits” were created and used to promote open narratives from parental caregivers about caring for at-risk newborns, creating a relational space aimed at joint construction. Conclusion: The documents used have favored home visits, helping nurses to establish professional bonds and build relational space through dialogue when conducting their activities in the home environment.