[The dimensions of prenatal care embodied in nursing consultation].

Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing the social representation of pregnant women about pregnancy, regarding care provided in nursing consultations during the prenatal period. A qualitative study conducted by semi-structured interviews, with fifteen pregnant women at the nursing consultations of the prenatal program regarding the care provided, analyzed by the ALCEST software. Three thematic axes were identified: the experience of pregnancy, constituted by the classes: the impact and the changes due to pregnancy; the orientations provided about pregnancy, with the classes: perception of the nursing consultation and family planning; and the approaches baby care, with the classes: how to take care of the new-born and how to assure good breastfeeding. A nursing consultation covers different dimensions psychosocial to pregnancy and to the newborn.