Conflito de interesses: NãoContribuição dos autores: FEFC delineamento do estudo, discussão dos achados e orientação do projeto. KLA concepção, coleta, discussão dos achados e redação do manuscrito. KNSL interpretação dos dados e revisão crítica. RMVN delineamento do estudo e redação do manuscrito. SXO AbstractIntroduction: Pregnancy is a time of expectation responsible for promoting physical and psychological changes in women; therefore, it causes permanent changes to their way of life. It is essential that at the time of delivery the woman be aware of her rights, so that she feels safer and more confident and that labor takes place quietly. Objectives: Analyze the knowledge of women related to the practice of episiotomy; present the physical and emotional consequences of episiotomy, and report the importance of inform women about their rights during childbirth. Patients and Methods: This is a qualitative research, in which the Oral History of Thematic Life resource was used at the Maternidade Dr. Peregrino Filho, in the city of Patos, Paraíba State. The study involved five women who have been pregnant before, and were in the immediate puerperium period. They were 18 years-old and had experienced the procedure of episiotomy in previous pregnancies. Data collection was carried out after approval of the Research Ethics Committee of the Faculdades Integradas de Patos. Results: When asked about the knowledge of the episiotomy, all the women reported unawareness about it. It was noted as main emotional feelings, the fear of performing some physical effort due to the presence of episiorrhaphy. As physical influences, the study participants indicated pain, difficulty in locomotion in the bed, burning, pruritus, difficulty urinating and evacuation, and dyspareunia as major physical discomforts. Conclusions: It was noticed that all study participants experienced some kind of physical and/or emotional consequence after that procedure of the episiotomy. The opinion about the episiotomy from all women was formed in a negative way. It was related to a "cut that is not good" and they would only do it again if it was really necessary.Descriptors: Episiotomy; Humanizing Delivery; Women's Health.
Objetive: The study is an experience report, with the objective of reporting differences in the humanization present in nursing care between a Brazilian city and two cities of the United States of America, highlighting the potentialities and fragility of care provided in both cities frequented by students of Patos Integrated College -FIP. Method:The study was based on the exchange linked to the Bounce project, funded by the US government, which took place between May 21 and June 20, 2015, and was attended by 8 (eight) FIP scholars from Paraíba, Brazil. Through the study it was possible to perform a comparative analysis between the Brazilian hospital reality, seen in the FIP curriculum internship field, through the Deputy Janduhy Carneiro Regional Hospital, located in the municipality of Patos -Paraíba, Brazil, and the North American, evidenced by the visit to the hospitals of Hudson and New Paltz.Results: It was observed that the difference in care is in the humanization present in the Brazilian nursing care process. It is noteworthy the great work done by these professionals, who are not only concerned with technical-scientific efficiency, but with humanized assistance, based on ethical, moral, affection and for mutual respect precepts. Comparing the assistance provided in the two realities, we observed in our country a predominantly humanistic, rather than mechanical, assistance. Therefore, it is concluded that it is fundamental to seek
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