Communication technologies used by nurses in prenatal care

• Autor(a) principal: Cavalcante Facundo, Sue Helem Bezerra
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: da Silva, Raimunda Magalhães, Gonçalves, Jonas Loiola, de Borba Netto, Fernanda Colares, Queiroz, Maria Veraci Oliveira, Praça Brasil, Christina Cesar
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira em Promoção da Saúde
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.unifor.br/RBPS/article/view/9882
• topic: Technology; Health Communication; Nursing; Prenatal Care; Primary Health Care.; Tecnología; Comunicación en Salud; Enfermería; Atención Prenatal; Atención Primaria de Salud

Objective: The study aimed to identify the communication technologies used by prenatal nurses in Primary Health Care. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted with 97 nurses in 27 Primary Health Care Centers of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Data were collected from July to November 2016 through an author-developed questionnaire addressing sociodemographic issues and educational and communication technologies. Inclusion criteria were prenatal nurses with at least an eight-month experience and three months on the current job. Data were analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 20.0. Results: Admission of pregnant women was not performed by 50.5% (49) of the nurses. Most nurses 70.5% (68) did not receive training on technology use and 81.4% (79) used SISPRENATAL. In all, 94.8% (92) of the participants used the electronic medical record and the prenatal record card. Conclusion: The main technologies used for monitoring pregnancy progress were the electronic medical record and the prenatal record card. There is notably a lack of training on technology for nurses.