Projeto de intervenção para capacitar os profissionais sobre a importância do Método Canguru para o recém-nascido prematuro da Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal de uma maternidade escola de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The Kangaroo Method also known as "Mother Kangaroo Care" or "Skin to Skin Contact" has been a proposal of humanized care as an alternative for the participation of family members in the care of preterm newborns. This intervention project emerged after the situational diagnosis carried out at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to identify the reasons why professionals do not advise using the Kangaroo Method as a therapeutic measure for all premature infants. It was highlighted that most professionals in this unit were unaware of the benefits that the method provides to the newborn and their families. Thus, the objective of this study is to elaborate an intervention project that aims to train health professionals of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit about the importance of this method for the development of preterm newborns. To develop the proposal and give theoretical support to the study, a narrative review of the literature was performed in the databases of the Virtual Health Library on the theme of the Kangaroo Method. With this intervention project it is hoped to obtain a better awareness of the benefits of this method for the care of newborns inserted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of a maternity school in the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Keywords: Kangaroo Method; Premature Newborn; Neonatal Nursing.