ORIENTAÇÕES DO PUERPÉRIO: UM RELATO DE EXPERIÊNCIA

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The postpartum period is the period that occurs after childbirth, also known as confinement because it lasts 40 days. During this phase, the woman's body goes through an adaptation process that involves physical and psychological aspects. Therefore, it is essential that the woman has a support network and health education actions focused on good practices during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. From this, the importance of educational and technological materials stands out, such as the booklet that aims to guide parturient women on self-care, decision-making and prevention of complications. Thus, the objective of the article is to report the experience of nursing students in the construction of an educational booklet on the postpartum period. METHODOLOGY: the qualitative and descriptive methodology was adopted, since the first seeks to understand the facts from the subjectivity, not focusing on graphs and statistics; and the second, elucidates more specific information, which in this case, corresponded to the collection of data contained in SCIELO articles, booklets and official documents of the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health. RESULTS: the results obtained show that the preparation of the manual significantly impacted nursing students, since the research and writing process contributed to the deepening of their knowledge about puerperium, strengthening their theoretical and practical training. CONCLUSION: Therefore, the preparation of the manual of guidelines for the puerperium by nursing students from Cariri, Paraíba, highlights the importance of academic training focused on the real needs of the population.