Nursing care to women who have experienced fetal death: literature review

Abstract

The death of a baby still in the maternal uterus reverses the logic that people are born, age and die. In this sense, the adequate tretament from a nurse to the pregnant woman is extremely important due to the fact that the process of the human existence pass through inversions. In this present study, it was made a review from an integrative literature in order to analyze the main causes of fetal deaths and the care of the nurse to women who experienced the fetal death based on the published scientific literature. The search of the texts was made in the Portal of the Virtual Health Library (VHL). Scientific texts published in Portuguese, full texts, full texts online and with relevants topics to the research from the past 10 years were included. It was resulted in 10 texts. It is concluded that the most part of the fetal deaths occurred without a defined cause and it could be prevented through adequate care provided to women during pregnancy. The nurse feels limited to provide an adequate care to women who experience the fetal loss but demanding more sensitivity in more empathetic relationships in the care of these women.

DOI: 10.56238/pacfdnsv1-057