Construção e validação de um instrumento de coleta de dados para recém-nascidos assistidos no berçário

Abstract

Introduction: The neonatal period includes the first 28 days of the baby s life. In this life stage, the human being presents many particularities which are characterized by his/her immaturity. However, it can be noted that newborns express emotions, pleasure and pain, no matter their gestational age when born. This way, the attention given to them must be structured to prevent complications and to reduce risks. Because of the procedures more and more specialized, it is known that the use of technology, as well as the way the assistance is being given are increasing the possibilities of survival by the newborns in a significant way. In this context, the nurse, through the Nursing Process, aims to improve his/her assistance, because this process permits the identification of the health problems presented by our clients. From this, interventions can be elaborated to solve these problems. The systematization of the nursing assistance constitutes a necessity for the development of a more effective attention, what favors the clients, mainly. Because of this problematic, the present study was developed. Objective: to built and to validate a data collect instrument for the newborns assisted in the nursery, because the nursing historic constitutes the first stage of the nursing assistance systematization to contribute with the implementation of this research methodology. Furthermore, in this study we adopted the Basic Human Necessities Theory, by Horta, because it is a very known theory in Brazil. Also, this theory is part of the Nursing Assistance Systematization Project of Lauro Wanderley Universitarian Hospital (HULW). Methodology: Then, it was developed a methodological study, which was done at the nursery of HULW in João Pessoa PB. The present study has as population and sample assistencial nurses and professors, as well as the newborns assisted there. By the Explained and Released Consent Term, they accepted to participate of the research. Results: This research was divided into two stages. The first one is the built of the first version of the data collect instrument for a newborn assisted in the nursery, from an ample literature revision which permitted the identification of the empiric indicators to these clients, based on Horta and the validation of them by assistencial nurses and professors. The second one is the built of the final version of the instrument, from the form and content validation by assistencial nurses and newborns assisted in the nursery of the first instrument version. Then, it culminated in a Data Collect Instrument for newborns assisted in the nursery and the elaboration of one rule for operationalize it. Final Considerations: However, we understand that this study can be modified at any time, since new and better ideas emerge. We hope that this instrument can be incorporated to the professional practice of the nursing team and that it contributes to improve the assistance given to our client, the newborn.