Cumplimiento del personal de enfermería en la promoción de la lactancia materna en el área de ginecología del Hospital General Guasmo Sur. Año 2019.

Abstract

Currently exclusive breastfeeding has been decreasing, either for a short period or never having given it, this causes a higher rate of children with delay in height or underweight, allergies and infections. The objective of this research is to identify the compliance of nursing staff in promoting breastfeeding in the gynecology area of the General Hospital Guasmo Sur. Methodology: descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional. Population: 30 out of 30 nursing graduates and 6 nursing assistants. Instruments: Survey. Results: 53% are between 24 and 29 years of age and women (86%), graduates (83%), more than one year in the institution (44%), make talks in the waiting room (58%) , do not show videos (78%), and do not deliver information brochures (64%), use banners (72%), written communication (78%), point out that nurses are the ones who communicate the most (42%), there are no workshops of breastfeeding techniques (81%), so they do not assess learning (67%), they do not have a budget or available resources (72%). Discussion: according to Jiménez (13), the nursing professionals to develop breastfeeding education programs must receive training to be able to give these talks; Conclusion: In relation to the communication and education activities developed by the nursing staff to the mothers, there are diverse criteria when developing the promotion of breastfeeding, for which reason they make use of talks, workshops, videos, brochures and banners; It should be noted that not all are applied by the gynecology nursing professional.