Cuidados de puericultura do recém-nascido em uma UBS: relato de experiência

Abstract

The information about Health education in places such as homes, schools, workplace, Basic Healthcare Units and other public places is important, and healthcare professional must be prepared and prioritize good medical care. The creation of Baby Care groups, with multidisciplinary dynamics, positively contributes in the first newborn care actions. This work aims at thoroughly describing the multidisciplinary actions of basic instruction about Baby Care and breastfeeding to a group of mothers in a Basic Healthcare Unit. This is a qualitative investigation that was carried out on the basis of observation during which the experience lived by a multidisciplinary team that works with Baby Care in which I took part as a Nutrition student in a local university were carefully written down. The group was organized by means of the scheduling of the baby's first appointment with the Pediatrician responsible for the medical care in a healthcare unit in the city of Novo Hamburgo - RS. The experiences reported by the babies’ parents allowed them to approach important subjects for the baby’s healthy growth, thus bringing information and clearing up frequent doubts as to what to do in complicated moments of daily life. It is concluded that prenatal care and maternity hospitals have a fundamental role in instructing pregnant women and mothers with the aim of helping them seek the Baby care service in the Basic Healthcare System and of clearing doubts about breastfeeding and other caution actions related to this subject. In this process of creation in group meetings, the participants pointed out that humanizing actions in healthcare must become part of the routine.