Integrality as a dimension of nursing practice in mother-baby welcoming

Objective: to analyze the practice of integrality in mother-baby welcoming in the context of primary health care. Methods: It is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Data were collected from medical records of children treated by nurses in a primary care unit in Rio de Janeiro, in the years 2009 and 2011, with 421 and 275 records, respectively. Results: The results showed that, in both years, more than70% of the mothers were between 20 and 35 years old and that, in 2011, there was a significant increase in cesarean births records, children with physiological jaundice and the number of women that were exclusively breastfeeding. Conclusion: It was concluded that comprehensive child careactions constitute one of the dimensions of nursing practice in primary health care and contribute to improve the quality of life of the clients. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. 5 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. RESEARCH PESQUISA INVESTIGACION Integralidade como uma dimensao da pratica assistencial do enfermeiro no acolhimento mae-bebe Esc Anna Nery (print)2013 Sep-Dec; 17 (4):677 682 Maria Helena do Nascimento Souza1, Elisabete Pimenta Araujo Paz2, Sheila Nascimento Pereira Farias3, Liane Gack Ghelman4, Camille Xavier de Mattos5, Rebecca Rodrigues de Barros6 Integralidad como una dimension de la practica asistencial del enfermero en el acogimiento madre-bebe Comprehensive health care; Child health; Primary health care; Nursing.