MEANING OF THE NURSE'S WORK IN HIGH RISK PRENATAL: AN APPROACH ON THE VIEW OF SOCIAL PHENOMENOLOGY
Prenatal care; High risk pregnancy; Role of the nursing professional.
This study aimed to understand the meaning of the nurse's work when assisting high-risk pregnant women in prenatal care. A qualitative study with a phenomenological approach, using Alfred Schutz's comprehensive sociology as theoretical and methodological support. The study development scenario was the four referral outpatient clinics for high-risk prenatal care in Alagoas: Hospital Universitário Professor Alberto Antunes (HUPAA), in Maceió-AL; Santa Monica Maternity School, in Maceió-AL; Espaço Nascer, in Arapiraca-AL; and the Quitéria Neves Women's Health Care Center, in Santana do Ipanema-AL. The study participants were 7 (seven) nurses who provide assistance to pregnant women at the referral clinics for high-risk prenatal care in Alagoas. Open interviews were carried out at the place where each one of the nurses works, guided by the following guiding question: triggering questions: “What is the experience of working as a nurse assisting pregnant women who are at high risk during prenatal care?”; What actions do you carry out in the prenatal clinic with high-risk pregnant women? The thematic categories emerged from the data collected: the life world of nurses in high-risk prenatal care, the life world of the nurse translated into the perspective that makes a difference, the life world of nurses facing difficulties and challenges to work in the PNAR, nurses' life world building autonomy and empowerment in their work in the PNAR.