Protocolos de intervención en enfermería para el control prenatal en consulta externa del Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, 2006

Abstract

With the objective of elaborating protocols of intervention of Nursing for the attention to the people who attend the prenatal control and external consultation of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso of the city of Cuenca. The activities performed by the nursing staff were observed, so that the procedures are performed and the quality of care is provided to the users. Two sets of procedures were determined; 1 the ones of nursing and 2 in which the nurse participates directly as a collaborator of the doctor. An overview of the situation of maternal and perinatal health in Ecuador and the province of Azuay is given. It addresses the program of the Free Maternity Law and illustrates the matrix of prenatal care in Ecuador. Describe the unit of analysis; The cognitive and practical elements that allowed the theoretical and logical support to the intervention protocols of Nursing aimed at improving the quality of internal and perinatal care. Conclusions and recommendations. The descriptive and innovative proposal that trains on the procedures that the nurse must fulfill in the prenatal control