Throughout history, the process of childbirth and birth in Brazil has undergone countless
transformations. From the twentieth century, a new model of assistance centered on
medical control, intervention and the use of technology began to be instituted. Faced
with this scenario, women lost their autonomy in the face of childbirth and became
susceptible to experiencing situations such as obstetric violence. In this context, the
humanization of childbirth movement emerged, in which obstetric nursing has an
important role for its implementation. Therefore, this study aims to identify the
contribution of nursing in the humanization of childbirth as a way of coping with
obstetric violence. The following study is an integrative literature review carried out
from August 2019 to May 2020 in the VHL, LILACS and SCIELO databases. After
searching the databases and carefully reading, 16 articles were selected that related to
the objective of the study. With the analysis of these articles, it was found that nursing
is considered a fundamental component for the implementation of humanized assistance
in childbirth and birth. Regarding obstetric violence, no articles were found that pointed
out the assistance provided by nursing to cope with this type of violence. Despite this,
positive results were noted in relation to the care that has been provided by these
professionals. Among these results, there is a decrease in interventionist practices such
as amniotomy, episiotomy and the use of oxytocin. The use of non-pharmacological
methods for pain relief, such as walking, bathing, breathing exercises, massage and
aromatherapy, has also been reported. In addition, lightweight technologies and health
education practices were also identified as important tools that have been used by these
professionals. From the analysis of these articles, it is concluded that nursing has been
contributing to the implementation of humanized care following the recommendations
of WHO and MS through the reduction of interventions and de-medicalization of
childbirth. Despite the fact that measures to deal with obsetric violence, which has been
adopted by these professionals, have not been explicitly pointed out, it appears that the
assistance that has been carried out has contributed to the implementation of a
humanized and violence-free delivery.
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