A Vision about the Pregnant Woman with Preeclampsia from the Nursing Perspective

Abstract

Introduction: In a pathological process such as preeclampsia (during pregnancy), nursing should focus its care on the pregnant woman and the complication that occurs. An adequate approach from the profession itself requires, in this context, a vision from the nursing perspective.

Objective: To systematize the term pregnant woman with preeclampsia in the nursing context.

Methods: An integrative review was carried out for a reflexive critical analysis of contents within documents published from 2003 to 2020 with a clear methodology and theoretical referential, selected between August 2020 and February 2021. The keywords identified in DeCS and Boolean operators were used: embarazo [pregnancy] AND complicaciones del embarazo [pregnancy complications] OR procesos patológicos [pathological processes] AND enfermería [nursing] OR cuidados de enfermería [nursing care]. The search was performed in the Medigraphic, SciELO and Index databases. The PRISMA flowchart was used to contribute to formulating the search strategy.

Conclusions: The conducted systematization allows to identify the characteristics that define preeclampsia and the human responses that appear during it, an information of extraordinary relevance to provide care with a holistic and respectful approach, which favors interaction through communication in view of satisfying the unmet need for information and help.