HUMANIZATION OF CARE: NURSING PRACTICE IN NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE

The largest cause of newborn death worldwide is premature birth, a condition that requires intensified care and humanized care, especially because it is associated with low weight and complications, as well as possible pathological conditions. The neonatal intensive therapy unit (NICU) is a planned sector with professionals qualified to provide intensive and humanized assistance to the newborn (NB) extending to the family. The nursing team is required specific training, adding technical and personal skills that allow the humanization and integration between the newborn and his family. The purpose of this article was to highlight the actions that promote the humanization of care in the NICU. This is an integrative review of studies published in the VHL databases, with timeframe between 2014 and 2019, in Portuguese and English. The sample consisted of 13 references related to nursing humanization actions employed in newborn and family care at the NICU, used for results and discussion. The humanization measures found in the analyzed articles were sufficient to determine the benefits of humanized care for the newborn, mother, family and nursing. Based on the analyzed literature. It is concluded that humanized care provides numerous advantages to agents involved in the treatment of newborns and that nursing practice in the NICU humanizes care and offers well-being to the newborn and family.