Prenatal care and nursing care for high-risk pregnant women

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Mariana Pereira Barbosa
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Iara Lima de Andrade, Santos, Samuel Lopes dos, Leite , Airton César, Sousa, Maria Vitalina Alves de, Machado, Bruno Abilio da Silva, Moura, Layanne Cavalcante de, Silva, Gabriel Oliveira da, Campos , Mariane Rangel Gomes, Dias, Nathália Menezes, Ribeiro Filho, Moacir Andrade, Silva, Renata Laís Lima, Araujo, Gustavo Baroni, Apolinário , Joelma Maria dos Santos da Silva, Arruda, Maria Dhescyca Ingrid Silva, Oliveira, Angelica Ribeiro do Nascimento
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/17173
• topic: Prenatal; Nursing Assistance; High-risk pregnancy.; Prenatal; Asistencia de enfermería; Embarazo de alto riesgo.; Pré-natal; Assistência de Enfermagem; Gravidez de alto risco.

Pregnancy is an important stage in a woman's life, but it can pose risks for the pregnant woman and fetus when it comes to a high-risk pregnancy. Pregnancy is considered high risk when there is a possibility of an adverse outcome for the woman and when there is the presence of risk factors or determinants, which, therefore, can cause health problems or even maternal and fetal death. This study aims to discuss, based on findings in the literature, the importance of prenatal care and nursing care for high-risk pregnant women. This is a descriptive study, of the integrative literature review type, with a qualitative character, the search for articles was performed with the help of the LILACS, SciELO, BDENF, via BVS, and Scholar Google databases. The articles were collected in the period of May 2021. The following descriptors were used: "Prenatal" and "Nursing Care" and "High-risk pregnancy", crossed with the operator booleaning "AND", located in the list of Descriptors in Health Sciences (DECs). After applying the eligibility criteria, 12 studies were left that fit the objective proposed by the research. The nurse plays an extremely important role for a quality prenatal care to occur, and must therefore provide humanized care, attending to the patient's complaints, executing and prescribing care, in order to reduce the risks and possible complications for the pregnant woman risk and the fetus. It is concluded that prenatal care and nursing care for high-risk pregnant women is essential to reduce risks and adverse events for the mother and fetus, contributing to the reduction of mortality for both, and improving the prognosis of high-risk pregnant women, being essential an effective and efficient follow-up to them.