Abstract
To report the educational experience with pregnant women considering the recovery of collective memory inherited from the care for the umbilical cord stump provided by grandmothers. This case study was based on collective memory and resulted from a workshop with 20 pregnant women from a Basic Health Unit in a city in the inland of Bahia. The study showed that pregnant women's grandmothers are significant in the stump care process because they transmit their memories pervaded by beliefs, myths and superstitions that, although should be respected by nurses and other health professionals, can sometimes contribute to the occurrence of omphalitis and neonatal tetanus. The results indicated the need for raising awareness and education of all persons involved in this care, especially grandmothers, so that they can reflect on the risks and damage that certain empirical knowledge can cause to the health of the umbilical cord.
Highlights
After the umbilical cord is cut, it is called umbilical cord stump and must undergo a physiological process of dehydration and mummification in order fall in a period between 10 to 15 days, remaining only a scar, popularly known as belly button(1).During this process, the stump must be kept clean and dry and its bandage must be made after diaper change and shower
When questioned about who would take care of the children’s umbilical cord stump in the first days of life, the pregnant women answered that the maternal grandmothers would, showing clearly in their reports the empirical knowledge used by these grandmothers in the provision of such care and the strengthening of these knowledge – which justifies the continuity of the collective memory inherited
The results showed that when maintaining the RN in the room for 24 hours on the seventh day of life, both grandmothers and pregnant women seemed not to know the effectiveness of the neonatal tetanus vaccine, because the participants presented as justification that this measure prevents the neonatal tetanus
Summary
After the umbilical cord is cut, it is called umbilical cord stump and must undergo a physiological process of dehydration and mummification in order fall in a period between 10 to 15 days, remaining only a scar, popularly known as belly button(1). During this process, the stump must be kept clean and dry and its bandage must be made after diaper change and shower. In 2001, the standard guideline for the use of 70% ethyl alcohol was established, in which the stump and the surrounding area should be uncovered in order to an adequate aeration that favors the rapid mummification and fall occurs in less time(1-2). Proper cleaning must be held by soaking a cotton swab or a gauze sterilized with alcohol passed sequentially from the base to the tip and, when placing the diaper, it must be folded and positioned below the stump(2)
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