The need to include obstetric nurses in prenatal care visits in the public health system

Abstract

It was concluded that the activities of the nurse, conducting low-risk prenatal clinical visits in the basic healthcare network, has legal and ethical support and provides true benefit to the clients.

The insertion of the nurse midwife in delivery and birth: obstacles in a teaching hospital in the Rio de Janeiro state

“…In this perspective, there are difficulties regarding the insertion of the nurse midwife, both by the medical team and by the nursing team itself. One of the factors may be the lack of knowledge about the legislation that regulates the nurse's performance, besides the conflicts of interest related to the market, given the processes of operationalization of the medical act 19 .…”