The nurse's performance in the guidance of first parents about exclusive breastfeeding

Abstract

Objective: To describe about the guidelines given by nurses in Primary Health Care on Exclusive Breastfeeding, in the face of obstacles presented by primiparous mothers. Method: This is an integrative literature review carried out in the SCIELO, LILACS, BDENF, MEDLINE AND CAPES databases, with 10 articles selected. For the guiding question, the PICO strategy was used and, for analysis of the results, the PRISMA flowchart was used. The searches covered the period from 2017 to 2022. Results: Based on the descriptive analysis, it was evidenced that the articles that proposed this review present considerations about the difficulties presented by primiparous women and guidelines given by the nurse on Exclusive Breastfeeding. Conclusion: The main obstacles encountered by primiparous women refer to guidelines on the act of breastfeeding, aspects related to the breast, sociodemographic, cultural, family factors, emotional and physiological processes of women.