Assistência de enfermagem à puérpera HIV positiva e seu RN: construção de um protocolo

Abstract

It has passed two decades since the world started to deal with AIDS epidemic. Every day this disease grows in a terrible way specially within femmes in fully reproductive activity. Associated with the increase in AIDS cases among women, children come constituting a growing risk group for HIV infection, with sharp increases in the incidence of children born already infected. The incidence through the risk of HIV’s vertical transmission from mother to child is worrying and requires special attention, especially in the case of pregnant women, as it is also putting in risk the well-being of the fetus and family. Research indicates that the use of AZT (Zidovudine), essential medication during pregnancy, labor and delivery and newborn soon after birth, as well as contraindication of breastfeeding has been shown to significantly reduce the TV. With these measures to intercept the TV, other cares are also important in the context of hospital care, guaranteeing quality woman and children with HIV care. Based on these grounds it is considered that women with HIV during pregnancy receive humanized and technically correct care and the nursing staff plays a key role in this aspect and should be qualified to serve this clientele.