About Birthing Centers: Some considerations
Birthing Centers. Nurse Midwives. Patient satisfaction. Patient Transfer. Nursing care
Objective: to understand satisfaction of puerperal women with assistance provided in Birth Centers in Brazil. Methods: This is an integrative literature review with the guiding question: “What is the satisfaction of Brazilian puerperal woman with care provided in Birth Centers?” A search for articles was carried out in the databases Pubmed, LILACS, SciELO electronic library and Google Scholar. After reading and selecting the studies, a sample of 18 original articles was obtained. Results: satisfaction of puerperal women with assistance received at Birth Centers was unanimous. The following stood out: one-to-one care, use of pain relief measures during labor, team's attention and affection, presence of companion during labor and the welcoming and differentiated environment, composing the entire project which aims to make Birth Centers a welcoming place for parturients. Conclusions and implications for practice: There are evidences and sensitive data about satisfaction of puerperal women about the attendance at Birth Centers and the need to expand and disseminate them throughout Brazil. Therefore, a cultural paradigm shift is necessary, in order to break the medical-hospital hegemony in the care of pregnant women at habitual risk.