Práticas de atenção ao parto normal: a experiência de primíparas

Objective: To know the care practices developed by nursing professionals during the birth process from the perspective of primiparous women. Method: A descriptive and exploratory study with a qualitative approach, developed with ten primiparous women in the months of February to April 2014. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using Minayo's operative proposal. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Santa Maria, under CAEE 26452313.8.0000.5346. Results: Were structured into three categories from the World Health Organization Practical Guide with recommendations for safe practices in normal birth. Conclusion: It is considered the need to rethink and reformulate institutional care practices that are in disuse and investment in continued education and in the practice of care that contributes to the physiological evolution of childbirth.