Abstract
to analyze the strategies used by nurses and nurse professors for a better position in the maternity ward of the teaching hospital of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. this is a social-historical study with a qualitative approach. The primary sources were written documents, such as official letters, memos, ordinances, standards and routines of the hospital; photographic material; and oral testimonies from seven participants. The interviews were performed using a semi-structured questionnaire, with questions regarding the adaptation from a sanatorium to a teaching hospital, the challenges faced, and the strategies adopted by the nursing department. the results allowed us to understand the close link between the maternity ward and the nursing course of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, which created a differentiated nursing care that integrated training and care with a broader and humanized look. the actions of the nurses were recognized and gave them professional visibility, influencing a new form of care in the maternity ward.
Highlights
The conceptions and practices related to motherhood, childbirth and postpartum are different depending on the historical moment, they were produced from the cultural and scientific discourses and practices of each moment
The trajectory of the teaching hospital of the Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes) as a health institution was marked by transformations in its physical and organizational structure, accompanied by multiple
Regarding the physical restructuring of the hospital, the documents and interviews show that there was no careful planning to consider the safety of patients and professionals, since the constructions were performed concomitantly to clinical appointments; in addition, the maternity ward was affected by a serious bacterial infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Summary
The conceptions and practices related to motherhood, childbirth and postpartum are different depending on the historical moment, they were produced from the cultural and scientific discourses and practices of each moment. The technical and scientific improvements during the 20th century led the assistance to the woman and the child during childbirth and postpartum to change and become an attribution of Medicine. By the 1970’s the state started to integrate the national development more effectively, which determined the investment in higher education in the state, when compared to the other states in the Southeast region. Given this context, on May 5, 1954, the Universidade do Espírito Santo was created, being federalized in August 22, 1965(5-7)
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