Autonomia da Enfermagem Obstétrica na assistência ao parto: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Autonomy is the capacity of the human will to self-determine according to a moral legislation established by it. Thus, autonomy is the foundation of all morality in human actions. Relating this definition to the object of study of this work, we saw that autonomy is part of the individual search of each professional and is achieved through daily learning and updating in the work process. This study aims to evaluate the scientific productions available in national and international literature on the autonomy of obstetric nursing care to parturient women, in its conceptual, methodological, purpose and situations aspects regarding the monitoring and evolution of childbirth. This is an integrative literature review. Publications on the subject were sought from 2016 to 2021, in the LILACS, BDENF, SCIELO and MEDLINE databases, in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The sample of this study consisted of 09 publications. The analysis of the works corroborated the data presented in the literature, describing that the autonomy of obstetric nursing is impaired and there is no space for its performance, in addition to empowerment on the part of the working class. It is necessary for the obstetrician nurse to align with the entire team and for them to have at least similar ideals and each one to exercise their autonomy in accordance with the law that governs their profession, without hurting the space of their co-worker, but just adding scientific knowledge and human practice, without failing to care for women in the birth scenario.